[MDC-ARES] Maryland-DC Section FSD-96 SEC Report

[Steve Beckman]

Monthly Section Emergency Coordinator Report to ARRL Headquarters
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ARRL Section: 
Maryland-DC               Month:   September              Year: 2011
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AMATEUR RADIO EMERGENCY SERVICE
Total number of ARES members: 654
Change since last month: 2

Number of DECs/ECs reporting this month: 7
Number of ARES nets active: 23
Number with NTS liaison: 8

Calls of DECs/ECs reporting: K3UEZ, W3JCT, N3SEO, N3QHC, WB3KAS, and N3SB.

Number of drills, tests and training sessions this month: 16
Person hours: 139

Number of public service events this month: 7
Person hours: 104

Number of emergency operations this month: 2
Person hours: 168

Total number of ARES operations this month: 25
Total Person hours: 411

Comments:

Allegany County: Allegany ARES assisted Garrett ARES with 4 operators in 
joint mission to provide safety observation and communications for the 
Savageman Triathlon. Also, Allegany ARES provided 9 operators for remote 
terrain communications for the RAGNAR Relay event in eastern Allegany 
County. Our thanks to AEC Jim KB3JRW for coordinating Allegany ARES and 
Kasey KK3L for the use of his repeaters for our operators for both of these 
events and for the patience and cooperation of other operators while we 
used them.

Wicomico County: RACES/ARES was activated by Wicomico County on Friday, 
August 26 and deactivated on Sunday, August 28. We also supported the Lower 
Shore Chapter of the American Red Cross and the Maryland Department of 
Social Services at the Shelter in the Wicomico Civic Center. Wicomico 
RACES/ARES assisted Ocean City EOC with one operator. RACES/ARES was 
activated on Thursday, September 29, to support the Extreme Makeover: Home 
Edition TV show build and renovated a number of homes in Wicomico County. 
We have found a 50 foot tower for the Lower Shore American Red Cross. We 
plan to take the tower down by mid-July and relocate the tower to the Red 
Cross building in Salisbury. Delmarva Emergency Net: Sundays at 6:30 PM 
using 3.905 MHz - Primarily stations on the Virginia, Maryland, and 
Delaware Eastern Shore.  Net Control, Sussex County Emergency Coordinator, 
Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) Local Net: Delmarva Amateur Radio 
Enhancement Net every Monday night at 9:00 p.m.  The DAR Net is sponsored 
by the Delmarva Amateur Radio Club which is now an ARRL Affiliated group 
operating a repeater on 146.820 MHz PL 156.7 Hz.

Prince Georges County: September 5: ARES' own, KD3JA headed up the 
Greenbelt Labor Day Parade Communications Unit. Ten ARES members and 
non-ARES members signed up and supported the event: WB5LPN, KB3MLM, N3ODK, 
N3NCH, KB3JRQ, N3JWT, KB3NIK, and KB3IIE. September 16: PRGE ARES 
representatives attended a dinner hosted by Prince George's County Citizen 
Corps Council to receive the "Uniting Communities, Preparing the Nation 
Award." Accepting on behalf of ARES/RACES: WB3KAS, EC and KB3IIE, RO. 
September 19: At our monthly meeting, Lee, N3YWZ, the Asst. Associate 
Director with the Prince George's County Department of Environmental 
Resources Waste Management Division gave an extremely engaging history of 
the Brown Station Rd Landfill which opened in March of 1968. At the 
conclusion of his great presentation, EC Jim presented Lee with a 
proclamation and certificate (suitable for framing) of an 'Official' PRGE 
ARES Tactical Callsign. . ."The G-Man." September 23: Wanda, KA3AHI, 
represented PRGE ARES at a special Prince George's County Health Care 
Coalition meeting to review, prepare and provide recommendations for ARES 
injects for the up coming 2011 Capital Shield Exercise scheduled for 
October 19. PRGE ARES will provide the communications platform for sending 
restock request form for medical supplies from two hospitals to the county 
health department using Winlink 2000. Plans are in the works to have ANAR 
ARES, in the capacity of mutual aid, act as the "State" recipient of the form.


Signature: Steve Beckman
Call sign: N3SB
Email: n3sb at qis.net

Please send to ARRL HQ, 225 Main St., Newington, CT 06111 by 10th of the month
FSD-96 (1-04)