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[Steve Beckman]

Folks;

Please see email message below. ARES Members should have been called this 
evening to ascertain their ability to support this situation, if it were an 
actual emergency.

Here in Carroll County, we need to determine the following:

1) Number of ARES members that could be made available
2) Member's capabilities (HF / VHF / UHF / Digital )
3) Number of mobile communications vehicles that could be made available
4) An estimate of your response time to gather up your equipment and meet 
at the FTC

If you already responded to these questions when you were called this 
evening, then its not necessary for you to send me a reply. But if you were 
not called, please send me an email ( n3sb at qis.net ) with your answers.

It is not intended that anyone actually gather up their equipment and go 
anywhere. However, we'll make this exercise the theme of our CARET net this 
Tuesday evening (8:30 PM, 145.410 MHz) so please plan on checking in.

73; Steve, N3SB



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AT 2345Z  1 DECEMBER2008, A LATERAL COLLAPSE OF THE CUMBRE VIEJA
VOLCANO LOCATED IN LA PALMA, CANARY ISLANDS OCCURRED. THIS COLLAPSE
HAS TRIGGERED A DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI THAT IS SPREADING TOWARD THE EAST
COAST OF THE UNITED STATES. IN APPROXIMATELY 9 HOURS, AN ESTIMATED
WAVE OF 10-25 METERS COULD REACH THE COAST OF THE EASTERN UNITED
STATES.



AT THIS TIME, ALL ARRL SECTIONS THAT BORDER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN SHOULD
BE CONSIDERED TO BE AT THE HIGHEST ALERT STATUS AND TAKE ALL NECESSARY
ACTIONS.



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THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS ARE REQUIRED TO COORDINATE AN EAST COAST
RESPONSE TO THIS EVENT.



ALL SECTION MANAGERS ARE TO IMMEDIATELY CONTACT THEIR SECTION
EMERGENCY COORDINATOR AND ANY SUBORDINATE LEVELS WITHIN THE SECTION.

WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF THE SECTION EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION PLAN (IF
IN PLACE), ASCERTAIN THE AVAILABILITY OF ARES RESOURCES TO RESPOND.
FIRST PRIORITY IS TO NOTIFY RESOURCES ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE
AND TAKE MEASURES TO SAFEGUARD LIFE. ONCE THE AVAILABILITY OF ARES
RESOURCES HAS BEEN DETERMINED, FOR EACH COUNTY OR OTHER GEOGRAPHICALLY
BASED REGION IN THE SECTION, THIS INFORMATION NEEDS TO BE SENT BACK
VIA E-MAIL TO ARRL HQ. RESOURCES ARE DEFINED AS PERSONNEL, INDIVIDUAL
EQUIPMENT, FIELD DEPLOYABLE STATIONS, AND MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS
VEHICLES.



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EACH SM SHOULD REPORT THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION BACK TO DENNIS DURA,
K2DCD MANAGER EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE AT ARRL HEADQUARTERS
AS SOON AS THE INFORMATION HAS BEEN DEVELOPED. K2DCD at ARRL.ORG

SM'S MAY DESIGNATE ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL WITHIN THE SECTION TO REPORT THE
COMPILED DATA TO ARRL HQ. INDIVIDUAL SUBORDINATE LEVELS WITHIN EACH
SECTION SHOULD NOT REPORT DATA DIRECTLY TO ARRL HQ.



1.       SECTION NAME, REPORTING INDIVIDUAL/CALL/TITLE, TIME/DATE OF REPORT

2.       TIME SM CONTACTED SEC

3.       METHOD OF CONTACT WITH SEC

4.       WAS CONTACT SUCCESSFUL?

5.       IF CONTACT WAS NOT ESTABLISHED WITH SEC, WHAT ACTION(S) DID
THE SM TAKE TO NOTIFY THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS RESOURCES IN THE
SECTION?

6.       HOW LONG AFTER THE ORIGINAL CONTACT WITH THE SEC WAS THE
REQUIRED RESOURCE INFORMATION DEVELOPED AND RETURNED?

7.       RESOURCE INFORMATION: TOTAL ARES PERSONNEL AVAILABLE WITHIN
SECTION BASED UPON SUBORDINATE LEVELS (COUNTY OR REGION)?

8.       RESOURCE INFORMATION: NUMBER OF AVAILABLE FIELD DEPLOYABLE
STATIONS FOR HF/VHF/UHF TO INCLUDE DIGITAL MODES WITHIN SECTION ?

9.       RESOURCE INFORMATION: NUMBER OF AVAILABLE MOBILE
COMMUNICATIONS VEHICLES WITHIN SECTION?

10.   RESOURCE INFORMATION: AVERAGE TIME OF RESPONSE OF ARES
VOLUNTEERS FOR DEPLOYMENT?



DRILL PLAY WITHIN EACH SECTION IS ENCOURAGED WITHIN THE CONFINES OF
THIS SCENARIO.



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