[Oremem] OR/ID SMD BCST 36-02 ALERT NOTIFICATION GF-02 OREGON

John E Jewkes-AAA0OR-AAA0ID [email protected]
Sat, 22 Jun 2002 09:17:00 -0700


ST AAA9W @ AA9USA
RR MTS 1R AAA9W
DE AAA0OR NR 133
R 221415Z JUN 02
FM AAA0OR OR
TO ALL OR/ID ARMY MARS STATIONS/MEMBERS
INFO AAA9W AZ
AAA0WA WA
AAA0ID ID
AAM6O UT
ZEN NNN0GBP OR NMCM SMD
ZEN NNN0EHG OR NMCM ECOM
ZEN AFA5HD OR AFMARS ECOM 
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MARS EXERCISE GF-02

SUBJ: ALERT NOTIFICATION HIDDEN SHADOW UMATILLA ARMY DEPOT, OR
REF ARMY MARS NATIONAL EMERGENCY OPLAN 4-02/OREGON OPLAN 8-01
1. UMATILLA ARMY DEPOT, UMATILLA OREGON.
2. SITUATION: A LIGHT PLANE WAS REPORTED STOLEN FROM HERMISTON AIRPORT.
AN AIRCRAFT MATCHING THE COLOR AND REGISTRATION NUMBER OF THE REPORTED
AIRCRAFT HAS CRASHED INTO A BUNKER LOCATED ON THE STORAGE AREAS OF THE
UMATILLA MILITARY RESERVATION AND DEPOT.  THE EASTERN OREGON DISPATCH
CENTER OF THE OREGON STATE POLICE HAS ACTIVATED THE DISASTER ALERT SYSTEM
FOR SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AND STATE/FEDERAL AGENCIES. THE ARMY DEPOT IS
ON LOCKDOWN AND ALL PERSONNEL HAVE BEEN RECALLED TO DUTY IN THE
SURROUNDING EMS, FIRE, POLICE AND RESPONSE TEAMS FROM THE OREGON ARMY
NATIONAL GUARD AND THE MARINE RESERVE UNITS LOCATED IN THE SURROUNDING
COUNTIES. STATE POLICE HQ (OSP) IN SALEM OREGON AND OFFICE OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT (OEM) HAVE REQUESTED SUPPORT FROM MARS, RACES AND CIVIL AIR
PATROL COMMUNICATORS. DEPLOYMENT IS NOT REQUESTED NOR IS IT AUTHORIZED
UNLESS STATIONS MUST EVACUATE THEIR PRIMARY RESIDENCE. NO GAS OR CHEMICAL
AGENTS HAVE ESCAPED AS YET, BUT MILITARY FIREFIGHTERS ARE UNABLE TO USE
WATER OR FOAM TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE SPARKED BY THE CRASH. CHEMICAL CORPS
SPOKESPERSON HAS NOTIFIED STATE POLICE HQ THAT AN EXPLOSION AND PARTIAL
RELEASE OF CONTENTS MAY OCCUR IF FIRE NOT SUPPRESSED SHORTLY.  TELEPHONES
ARE OVERLOADED AND CELL PHONES ARE TURNED OFF, EXCEPT AUTHORIZED USERS TO
AVOID CELL OVERLOAD DURING THE EMERGENCY.
3. MISSION: ARMY MARS HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO SUPPORT LONG RANGE
COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN OEM/OSP IN SALEM AND THE PORTABLE EOC IN HERMISTON
OREGON. CELL PHONES FOR ARMY MARS STATIONS ARE IN THE LIST OF AUTHORIZED
USERS AND MAY BE USED TO DELIVER MESSAGES TO EOC AND OEM. A LINK BETWEEN
THE TWO AGENCIES WILL BE ESTABLISHED AND WILL SUPPORT THE MESSAGES
NEEDING TO BE PASSED BETWEEN THE TWO AND BOTH DIGITAL AND VOICE
OPERATIONS ARE REQUESTED. OTHER LOCAL AGENCIES WILL BE SUPPORTED ON AN AS
AVAILABLE AND AS POSSIBLE BASIS UNLESS AN MOU EXISTS.
4. EXECUTION: ALL MARS MEMBERS SHOULD MONITOR NETS ON REGIONAL FREQ KFC
OR ON STATE FREQUENCY KCG WHICHEVER SUPPORTS PROPAGATION BEST FOR NET
CHANGEOVER TO /X STATUS IN SUPPORT OF MISSION. STATIONS WITH CELL PHONES
SHOULD CONTACT SMD FOR TELEPHONE NUMBERS OF OEM/OSP AND EOC    LOCATIONS.
1 STATION PER PORTION OF NET SHOULD BE DESIGNATED AS THE CONTACT PERSON
BY THE NCS FOR EACH LOCATION. NCS WILL COORDINATE TRAFFIC IN VOICE AND
DIGITAL FORMATS.
5. COMMAND AND CONTROL: 
A. SMD - NCS  
B. ASMD-ANCS 
C. ASMD ECOM- MONITOR THE EOC IN HERMISTON FOR ADDITIONAL NEEDS FOR
COMMUNICATIONS OR SUPPORT. 
D. GENERAL MEMBERSHIP/OTHER SERVICE STATIONS: SUPPORT RELAY AND TRAFFIC
PASSING AS POSSIBLE.
MARS EXERCISE GF-02
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