[SFDXA] ARRL News - Houston Area ARES Activates in Response to Flood Emergency

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    Houston Area ARES Activates in Response to Flood Emergency

06/02/2016

ARRL South Texas Section Emergency Coordinator Frank Aguilar, N5SSH, 
reported on June 2 that South Texas District 14 Amateur Radio Emergency 
Service (ARES) has activated in response to continued flooding in the 
area. He said there have not been any communications failures, but ARES 
is assisting with other communication-related “situational awareness 
issues” for now. District 14 ARES activated at the request of Harris 
County Homeland Security Office of Emergency Management.

“Heavy rainfall continues to fall across Harris County and Southeast 
Texas,” said District 14 Emergency Coordinator Jeff Walter, KE5FGA. “The 
Harris County Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Management 
(HCOHSEM) has moved to Level 3 — Increased Readiness — in response to 
the potential threat of extensive flooding over the next several days.”

Walter said ARES volunteers will monitor reports from the field with 
respect to street flooding “that may need the new barricade rule put 
into effect.”

He asked volunteers having WebEOC access to input information via that 
route, using June 2016 Regional Severe Weather event. Otherwise, he 
asked volunteers to either call in by their area, rather than unit 
affiliation, on the net frequency or use a local repeater.

Frequencies to be monitored in the TranStar communications center will 
include:

  * 147.000 (103.5 Hz) (info net)
  * 146.720 (123.0 Hz) (NW area)
  * 145.190 (123.0 Hz) (SW area)
  * 145.430 (NE area)
  * 146.640 (SE area)

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