[W1SMH] Club Communication: Winter Emergency Communication Exercise

[Marty]

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael P. Neilsen, W1MPN [mailto:w1mpn@arrl.net]=20
Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 8:28 PM
To: Mass RAS General
Subject: [mras_general] FW: Winter Emergency Communication Exercise


****  Winter Exercise Scheduled for Saturday February, 8, 2003  ****
*****  Announcing a Call for Players from the ARES community,

and from Clubs in the Section  *****

*****  Proposed Play for the Exercise  *****



Happy New Year to all of you, and I hope that the year brings happiness =
and
prosperity to you and your family.

 The ARES leadership has scheduled a Winter Quarter exercise for =
Saturday
February 8, 2003.  The exercise will be an EOC to EOC emergency
communications exercise using a similar approach as the November =
exercise,
but implementing improvements suggested in critique sessions.  We will =
also
use a major winter storm scenario to add realism and purpose.  Due to =
the
time of the year, the field component prominent in the November SET will =
not
be exercised.  Additionally, the relatively quick follow on was in =
response
to many of you who suggested doing a similar exercise as soon as =
possible.

 ARES members, ARESMAT teams, Club Emergency response teams, town and =
city
RACES officers, and individuals are invited to play in this exercise.
Official RACES participation is not expected, but always welcome.

 ** Concept **  Teams and clubs are asked to set up a physical EOC and
operators for the exercise.  Ideally, several of these will be set up in
each district.  Due to the time of year, all exercise activities will be
carried out in these locations.  Obviously, EOC's must be heated and
lighted, and available for amateur use that day.  Public Service =
Agencies
are welcome to participate to any extent they wish.  Please remember =
that
most EMA personnel may not choose to participate because as it is a
Saturday.  They are, however, most welcome to participate if they so =
desire.

 The exercise will consist of establishing contact with other EOC's =
within
and without your district, and then passing various traffic.  Most =
traffic
will be from simulated agency officials in each EOC, and some will =
consist
of urgent traffic.  We will "pick up" where we left off in November.  =
Most
importantly, we will strive to improve our ability to establish
communications, set up effective net controls, and efficiently pass NTS
traffic.  We will implement many of the suggestions you forwarded such =
as
revising the frequency plans with more local emphasis, setting up more
planned activities during the day (i.e. "envelopes" or timed =
activities),
and allowing use of some repeater assets.  There was some discussion =
about
adding more complexity and extending the exercise period, but no =
decision
has been made as of yet.

 ** Schedule **  Please discuss participation with your clubs and =
interested
individuals as soon as possible during the month.  If you have any
suggestions, please forward them as soon as you can.  If you would like =
your
DEC or me to answer questions at your meeting, please don't hesitate to =
ask.

 The DEC's and I meet a week from Saturday on January 11 to finalize =
plans.
An exercise plan will then be available about a week later.  The =
district
frequency plan will appear separately about a week before the exercise.

 I will send an update shortly after the staff meeting on the 11th.  =
Let's
work together toward a successful exercise!

 s/Michael P. Neilsen

Michael P. Neilsen, W1MPN
Section Emergency Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts Section
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