[MDC-EC] 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:   April          Year: 2012
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AMATEUR RADIO EMERGENCY SERVICE
Total number of ARES members: 632
Change since last month: -11

Number of DECs/ECs reporting this month: 5
Number of ARES nets active: 26
Number with NTS liaison: 6

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

Number of drills, tests and training sessions this month: 22
Person hours: 251

Number of public service events this month: 6
Person hours: 319

Number of emergency operations this month: 0
Person hours: 0

Total number of ARES operations this month: 28
Total Person hours: 570

Comments:

Prince Georges County: Nets: Held four regularly scheduled training VHF 
nets on 146.61MHz on Tuesdays at 1930L. The monthly HF Hospital Net is held 
the Wednesday following the third Monday of the month on 3820KHz at 1930L. 
April 3: Held our Second Quarterly Hospital Drill. Eight hospitals and the 
county health department from around the state participated and were 
staffed with 15 radio operators: W9WNH and N3WYG at Bowie Health Center 
(BHC); KB3KOW and KB3UYZ at Civista Medical Center, LaPlata (CMC); K3IVR 
and WA3YTK at Doctors Community Hospital, Lanham (DCH); KB3IIE and KB3PEX 
(guest) at Fort Washington Medical Center, Ft Washington (FWMC); K3MAD at 
Frederick County Emergency Operations Center (F-EOC); KB3FIO at Frederick 
Memorial Hospital, Frederick, MD (FMH); WI3N at Laurel Regional Hospital, 
Laurel (LRH); KA3AHI and WB3KAS at Prince George’s County Emergency 
Operations Center, W3PGC, Landover Hills (P-EOC); WB2IFS at Southern 
Maryland Hospital Center, Clinton (SMHC). KA3AHI as the ARES IC, providing 
instructions and directions for the drill and NX3SS as drill NCS from home. 
April 7: AB3NA represented PRGE ARES at the Berwyn Heights Emergency 
Response Drill at their Town Hall, providing communications where necessary 
for CERT volunteers. April 12: PRGE ARES and RACES radio operators 
participated in a state wide State Emergency Operations Center Exercise 
centered around earthquake disaster response. PRGE EOC was staffed with 
KB3IIE, W3WFM, WB3KAS and KA3AHI. The exercise planners asked KA3AHI to be 
an evaluator for the exercise. Passed four pieces of Winlink traffic on 
behalf of the County. Mr. Tyrone Wells, from Prince George’s County Office 
of Homeland Security, NIMS and Planning Coordination Section Manager, 
stopped by the P-EOC briefly to observe drill operations. April 21: 
Supported the Scouts of Charles County, in their Merit Badge day at the 
American Legion Youth Camp in Cheltenham. One of the merit badge classes 
was Communications. The class presentation/instruction material was 
provided by ARRL and taught by KB3KOW and WB3KAS. April 26: PRGE ARES radio 
operators participated in Exercise Sisyphus, the Air Show Disaster Response 
drill with Andrews Air Force Base and local hospitals. It emphasized the 
role of regional partners in the processes and decision making involved in 
the management of a critical care medical surge in preparation for the 
upcoming air show at Andrews. The primary reasons for this mass casualty 
exercise is because Andrews holds an annual three day air show considered 
to be one of the largest by the military. Operators included: WI3N and 
AB3NA at Laurel Regional Hospital; KB3NJK and W3IVR at Doctors Community 
Hospital; KA3AHI and WB3KAS at Southern Maryland Hospital Center. Autopatch 
and Winlink messaging system were utilized throughout the exercise.

Anne Arundel County: Supporting the B&A Trail Marathon were: K3TED, N3WOF, 
KB3KWT, WA5VHU, WJ3K, KA2JAI, N3HKJ, KB3CWQ, WB3IGW, WB4APR, KB3LDM, N3SEO, 
W3NI, KD5CCB, KB3NQY, K3RUP, KB3UDJ, K3TH, KB3PGY, AA3RR, N3USP, N3HU, 
K3HMX, & W3RTX. Supporting the April Triathlon were: K8JW, WJ3K, KB3UDP, 
WA5VHU, KF5EUT & K3TED. Supporting the April Animal Walk were: K3HMX, 
KA2JAI, KB3QOU, KB3YLY, KB3YMF, N2IQT, N3USP, WJ3K, K3TED, KB3KWT, KB3UDP, 
KB3YME, KD5CCB, N3QEH & WA5VHU. Annapolis City EOC is now fully functional 
with 2M & 70Cm voice and Airmail.

Garrett County: The Garrett County ARES monthly meeting was held on April 
9th. The 3X5A Guinea, West Africa, DX CW Contest movie was presented. The 
next monthly Garrett County ARES (GCARES) will be 7:00 PM Monday May, 14th 
at the Garrett County Southern Rescue Squad located on route 135 east of 
Oakland Maryland. The GCARES net is held weekly on Sunday evenings at 8:00 
PM on the 146.805 repeater, dup PL 123 and is linked to the WAN and Target 
Link Repeater Systems. All traffic is FM voice.

Calvert County: CALV ARES cleaned up its old roster by having everyone 
interested in ARES submitting a new application. AEC Wayne/N1WR has been 
updating our Strategic & Ops Plans (189 pages) since December and finally 
finished. These documents are an outstanding accomplishment and excellent 
foundation for our group going forward. We are working with the ASEC’s to 
have RMS and FL-Digi capabilities throughout the county before September 
2012. Wayne has also been successful checking into the paNBEM nets. RO Bill 
Hackett/N3MZV and AEC Wayne/N1WR meet with Calvert Director of Public 
Safety and Emergency Manager & Safety Division Chief. A Power Point 
presentation was shown outlining CALV Strategic & Operations Plans. CALV 
ARES Nets are now held now on Monday’s following the Calvert ARA Net 
(1900-1940 Hours ± 20-minutes) on the Sunderland Repeater/146.985 (-) PL 
156.7. However, we will be using various modes for our nets for training 
purposes. VALV ARES information can be found on www.k3cal.org website 
starting mid-May. We will be conducting training of our Strategic & Ops 
Plans and soon digi-modes.. We also check into the Region V Hospital HF Net 
held Wednesday following the 3rd Monday at 7:30 PM (L) on 3820 KHz. LSB.

Carroll County: ARES Members KF3AK, KB3LNM, WO3L, N3VOP, and N3SB supported 
the MS Walk in Westminster

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

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