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PROSPECTIVE AMATEUR RADIO VOLUNTEERS
BEING ASKED TO COORDINATE
NEWINGTON, CT, Sep 7, 2004--Ham radio volunteers
assisting in the Hurricane Frances response and
recovery effort now need relief operators. Some
have been on duty for several days without much
rest. Northern Florida Section Manager Rudy
Hubbard, WA4PUP, (850-626-0620) is coordinating
Amateur Radio volunteer resources from
out-of-state and is assisting section leaders in
all three ARRL Florida Sections in getting
Amateur Radio volunteers where they're needed
most.
"COUNTY emergency managers are contacting the
State of Florida Emergency Operations Center in
Tallahassee," Hubbard said.
"The Northern Florida Section Leadership is
monitoring the tracker system, which indicates
where the needs are." Section Emergency
Coordinator Nils Millergren, WA4NDA,
(850-639-5302) and Section Traffic Manager Dale
Sewell, N4SGQ, (580-514-1211) are assisting in
this effort. The Northern Florida Section
leadership in turn communicates these needs to
the West Central Florida or Southern Florida
Section Leaders, depending upon where the need
is.
PROSPECTIVE Amateur Radio volunteers in the
Southern Florida Section may contact SEC Jim
Goldsberry, KD4GR. Those in the West Central
Florida Section may contact SEC John Townsley,
AE4GB, (727-808-0493) or Section Manager Dave
Armbrust, AE4MR, (941-685-2081).
ALL radio amateurs seeking to volunteer must get
an official assignment tracking number before
deploying to the affected area.
THE Florida Division of Emergency Management
only recently put a system in place in order to
keep track of requests for volunteer
communication resources and how they're
deployed. One advantage is that Amateur Radio
volunteers who work through the tracking system
are covered by Florida liability insurance, and
those deployed on "official assignments" are
eligible for reimbursement for out-of-pocket
expenses, Hubbard indicated.
RADIO amateurs from outside Florida who want to
help should first contact their ARRL Section
Emergency Coordinator (SEC). The out-of-state SEC
then will contact Hubbard or Northern Florida
Section leadership to indicate what resources are
available.
HUBBARD says that over the last couple of days,
a dozen radio amateurs from Georgia, two from
Tennessee, and one from North Carolina have been
assigned to volunteer duties in Lake and Volusia
counties in Central Florida. Amateur Radio
volunteers are providing communication support
for county and local emergency operation centers
(EOCs) and for American Red Cross-sponsored
shelters.
ARES members throughout Northern Florida,
Southern Florida and West Central Florida have
been supporting communication for EOCs and
shelters in their sections.
THE Southern Florida ARES Net is maintaining
special sessions following the NTS nets on 3940
and 7242 kHz. Approximate local times are 6:15
AM, 12:15 PM, 6:10 PM and 10:40 PM Eastern Time.
The Northern Florida Phone Net meets daily on
3950 KHz at 2330 UTC.
FRANCES, a Category 2 storm when it made
landfall Saturday in the vicinity of Stuart
Saturday, diminished a tropical storm before
traversing the peninsula, exiting into the Gulf
of Mexico and coming ashore near St Marks in the
Florida panhandle packing 65 MPH winds. The
storm, now a tropical depression, continues to
dump rain on part of the US Southeast.
THE Salvation Army also has mounted a huge
response and relief effort in Florida and has
been making use of Amateur Radio as well. The
Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network
(SATERN)--active for the past three days on
14.265 MHz--has been handling emergency and
health-and-welfare traffic. SATERN also accepts
H&W inquiries via its Web site.
THE Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) secured operations
Monday for Frances, but reactivated on 14.325 MHz
to keep an eye on Hurricane Ivan, now a Category
3 storm and, as of 2100 UTC, over Grenada and
heading for the eastern Caribbean packing 120 MPH
winds. The HWN has been working with WX4NHC at
the National Hurricane Center to relay measured
ground-level weather data and damage reports from
Amateur Radio volunteers in the storm's track.
The Hurricane Watch Net Web site offers access to
the latest weather forecasts as well as storm
graphics.
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