[KYHAM] Re: KYHAM Digest, Vol 6, Issue 12 Interoperability Article
John Meyers, NB4K
nb4k at arrl.org
Mon Jul 12 08:47:23 EDT 2004
I've been lucky in District 7 to have had three counties get amateur
equipment through Homeland Security grants and am working on 3 others. This
can be done but won't get done if we haven't proved ourselves and make sure
we're part of their emergency call up and EOC. In this district we now have
four total EOC's with amateur equipment and all 9 counties use the amateur
radio fraternity as first contact responders to a point.
73
John D. Meyers, NB4K
Kentucky Section Manager
Great Lakes division
nb4k at arrl.org
nb4k at arrl.net
nb4k at claysisp.com
859-472-6690
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Goodpaster" <RGoodpas at wausaumosinee.com>
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Subject: [KYHAM] Re: KYHAM Digest, Vol 6, Issue 12 Interoperability Article
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> Many Counties in KY have applied for and received federal grants to
upgrade
> their radio systems to reduce this problem. Our county, Lincoln, received
> nearly $90,000 to buy radio equipment such as a new public service
> repeater, linking radios to the EM repeater network, generators, and
> believe it or not, ham radios, including a new repeater for us
> (ARES/RACES). Ham radio is still recognized on the federal level as the
> "only fail-safe radio communications in America".
>
> Thanks
> Ron Goodpaster
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> Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 12:43:54 -0400
> From: "Gary Thomas" <k4gap at charter.net>
> Subject: [KYHAM] Interesting article
> To: "KyHam" <kyham at mailman.qth.net>
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> I thought I would share this with some of you who may not be aware of such
> concerns.
>
> I found the following article at the link below
>
> http://www.emergency.com/ennday.htm
>
> ____________________________________________________________
>
> Submitted by:
>
> Gary Thomas
>
> K4Gap at yahoo.com
>
> _____________________________________________________________
>
> The United States Conference of Mayors
>
> (Emergency Services) INTEROPERABILITY SURVEY
>
> EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
>
> One month after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the nation, The United
> States Conference of Mayors brought together more than 200 mayors, police
> and fire chiefs, emergency managers and public health officials to
> Washington to examine the new and challenging security issues confronting
> the vast majority of Americans who live in cities. To examine the
> extraordinary costs already incurred by the cities in the weeks following
> the attacks, and to examine the even greater costs projected by the cities
> as they prepare to take on their new homeland security responsibilities.
>
> The summit meeting of mayors drafted a sweeping "National Action Plan for
> Safety and Security in America's Cities" that addressed three primary
areas
> of concern:
> 1) transportation security;
> 2) emergency preparedness, including interoperable communications; and
> 3) federal/local law enforcement.
>
> One of the foremost issues in the National Action Plan under
> "Communications
> and Technology" is the urgent need for interoperable communications across
> public safety agencies at the local, state, and federal level.
>
> The inability of public safety agencies to be able to talk to one another
> via radio communication systems, and exchange voice and/or data with one
> another on demand in real time on a day-to-day basis and during major
> incidents has been raised by mayors and police chiefs as a continued
threat
> to achieving homeland security. This was especially evident during our
Fall
> Leadership Meeting in 2003.
>
> To help us better understand the inability of police, fire, emergency
> medical service personnel, and others public safety agencies to
communicate
> in real time and in turn advocate for the interoperable needs of cities,
> The
> United States Conference of Mayors decided to undertake this comprehensive
> survey.
>
> URL:
>
http://www.usmayors.org/72ndAnnualMeeting/interoperabilityreport_062804.pdf
> Or it can be downloaded from the Emergency.com site at:
> http://www.emergency.com/2004/interoperabilityreport_062804.pdf
>
> The issue and need for interoperability was first pointed out by ERRI in:
> "A
> VISION OF TOMMOROW; PREDICTIONS FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES SYSTEMS
1992
> & BEYOND," see #5. Can be found at:
> http://www.emergency.com/emsvisio.htm
>
> Additional commentary was offered on disaster management and the need for
> communications and interoperability was released on 03/11/96 via the
report
> "ERRI Preliminary Report; Virtual Disaster Networks," which can be found
> at:
> http://www.emergency.com/vdstrnet.htm
>
> July 1, 2004 - Press Release
> Contact: Dean Boyd, ICE Public Affairs
> 202.616.6907
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 13:41:04 -0400
> From: "Bill L. Fuqua" <wlfuqu00 at uky.edu>
> Subject: Re: [KYHAM] Interesting article
> To: k4gap at charter.net
> Cc: kyham at mailman.qth.net
> Message-ID: <1089567664.6add9240wlfuqu00 at uky.edu>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
>
> The link provided below is better than FOX NEWS.
> 73
> Bill wa4lav
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Gary Thomas" <k4gap at charter.net>
> To: "KyHam" <kyham at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 12:43:54 -0400
> Subject: [KYHAM] Interesting article
>
> I thought I would share this with some of you who may not be aware of such
> concerns.
>
> I found the following article at the link below
>
> http://www.emergency.com/ennday.htm
>
> ____________________________________________________________
>
> Submitted by:
>
> Gary Thomas
>
> K4Gap at yahoo.com
>
> _____________________________________________________________
>
> The United States Conference of Mayors
>
> (Emergency Services) INTEROPERABILITY SURVEY
>
> EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
>
> One month after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the nation, The United
> States Conference of Mayors brought together more than 200 mayors, police
> and fire chiefs, emergency managers and public health officials to
> Washington to examine the new and challenging security issues confronting
> the vast majority of Americans who live in cities. To examine the
> extraordinary costs already incurred by the cities in the weeks following
> the attacks, and to examine the even greater costs projected by the cities
> as they prepare to take on their new homeland security responsibilities.
>
> The summit meeting of mayors drafted a sweeping "National Action Plan for
> Safety and Security in America's Cities" that addressed three primary
areas
> of concern:
> 1) transportation security;
> 2) emergency preparedness, including interoperable communications; and
> 3) federal/local law enforcement.
>
> One of the foremost issues in the National Action Plan under
> "Communications
> and Technology" is the urgent need for interoperable communications across
> public safety agencies at the local, state, and federal level.
>
> The inability of public safety agencies to be able to talk to one another
> via radio communication systems, and exchange voice and/or data with one
> another on demand in real time on a day-to-day basis and during major
> incidents has been raised by mayors and police chiefs as a continued
threat
> to achieving homeland security. This was especially evident during our
Fall
> Leadership Meeting in 2003.
>
> To help us better understand the inability of police, fire, emergency
> medical service personnel, and others public safety agencies to
communicate
> in real time and in turn advocate for the interoperable needs of cities,
> The
> United States Conference of Mayors decided to undertake this comprehensive
> survey.
>
> URL:
>
http://www.usmayors.org/72ndAnnualMeeting/interoperabilityreport_062804.pdf
> Or it can be downloaded from the Emergency.com site at:
> http://www.emergency.com/2004/interoperabilityreport_062804.pdf
>
> The issue and need for interoperability was first pointed out by ERRI in:
> "A
> VISION OF TOMMOROW; PREDICTIONS FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES SYSTEMS
1992
> & BEYOND," see #5. Can be found at:
> http://www.emergency.com/emsvisio.htm
>
> Additional commentary was offered on disaster management and the need for
> communications and interoperability was released on 03/11/96 via the
report
> "ERRI Preliminary Report; Virtual Disaster Networks," which can be found
> at:
> http://www.emergency.com/vdstrnet.htm
>
> July 1, 2004 - Press Release
> Contact: Dean Boyd, ICE Public Affairs
> 202.616.6907
>
> _______________________________________________
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