[SIERA] Fwd: ARES EC Monthly Report (FSD-212)

[Glenn Thomas]

>Below is a monthly ARES report.  It was submitted via the
>ARES Web site on Friday, March 03, 2006 at 11:08:46
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>title: ARES EC Monthly Report (FSD-212)
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>1. County: Douglas
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>2. Month: February
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>3. Year: 2006
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>4. Total ARES members: 55
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>5. Changes since last month: 0
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>6. Number of active nets: 1
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>7. Total Sessions: 1
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>9A. Number of nets, drills, tests & training sessions: 2
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>9B. Number of volunteer hours: 30
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>10A. Number of public service events this month: 0
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>10B. Number of volunteer hours: 0
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>11A. Number of emergency operations this month: 2
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>11B. Number of volunteer hours: 6
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>12A. Total number of ARES/RACES events this month: 4
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>12B. Total volunteer hours: 36
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>Comments: This report covers both Douglas county and Carson City.
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>Here are the results from the DCART meeting held on 20Feb06. In 
>attendance were WB6W, KB7BZE, KV7J, KF6MBH, KD7OKI, KD7NIR, KD7JMR, 
>KV7S, KD7NHC.
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>We will be starting a weekly DCART net. The first meeting will be 
>next Monday, 27Feb06 at 1830L and will be every Monday that DCART 
>doesn't have a regular meeting. The net will meet on the 147.27+ 
>(123.0 PL) repeater.
>
>Ed Tune KV7J provided copies of the ICS 420-1 document, "Field 
>Ooperations Guide" (or "FOG"). It's a concise description of ICS. 
>The version we have is dated January 2001. I have an older version, 
>dated September 1983 and it's only a third as thick!
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>The rest of the meeting...
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>The first item discussed was DCART organization. There is a need for 
>at least two Assistent ECs (AEC's) in DCART. They will be acting EC 
>in the event that the EC isn't available for some reason.
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>Cynthia Bagley KB7BZE will be writing a DCART SOP for self 
>announcing events. An example of a self announcing event is an 
>earthquake - no explicit call up should be necessary.
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>Glenn Thomas WB6W will be revising the call up tree for events that 
>do not announce themselves. This will be a system where everyone may 
>be called twice. There is reliability in redundancy! I'll also be 
>pruning the membership list so that the people who may be called are 
>those who wish to be.
>
>Judy Thomas KF6MBH provided refreshments for the meeting. Phyllis 
>Lewis KD7OKI volunteered to provide refreshments for the March 
>meeting. Hopefully we'll be able to spread this chore around so that 
>everyone can enjoy and no one will get stuck with it.
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>The need for a weekly net was discussed and Monday's at 1830L on the 
>147.27+ (123 Hz). The purpose of the net is to keep DCART members 
>better in touch with each other, test emergency 2m gear every week 
>and provide additional training.
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>In the next few months we will establish a DCART PBBS, based on 
>JNOS. Initially it will be stand alone but is expected to be linked 
>into other ARES/RACES packet systems as they come on line. One of 
>the monthly DCART meetings will be dedicated to training on use of 
>the DCART PBBS system.
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>Our served agencies will be approached to provide training on their 
>"way of doing business". Agencies/topics may include, ICS from 
>whoever is qualified (county fire?), "Into to Disaster Services" 
>from Red Cross, same general topic from Salvation Army. Also other 
>topics as suggested by agencies.
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>After refreshments, an exercise was held. The goal was to have each 
>member in attendance program their 2m radio to a frequency they 
>likely have never used before and demonstrate their success by 
>making contact with another DCART member who had just done the same 
>thing! Everyone successfully completed this exercise.
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>At 1500L on 25Feb06, DCART was put on standby. The event was the 
>potential flooding of the Carson River in Douglas county. The river 
>did not flood and DCART stood down at 0800L on 28Feb06 without 
>having been called out.
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>At 2030L on 28Feb06, DCART was asked to provide mutual aid to Carson 
>City. The event was the failure of the 911 system in Lyon county. 
>The task was to provide a link from the Carson City dispatch center, 
>where Lyon 911 calls were rerouted to, back to the Lyon county 
>dispatch center where they would be handled. WB6W and KV7S responded 
>on short notice. This was the first time Amateur radio was used in 
>the Carson City dispatch center, so there were no preposition 
>equipment or even a site survey. Nonetheless, a link with Lyon ECC 
>was established even before WB6W/KV7S were in the door. After 
>checking in with the supervisor, it was learned that, contrary to 
>initial reports, the standard backup radios were functional. The 
>amateur station was manned for more than an hour before being 
>formally released by Lyon ECC at 2300L.
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