Begin forwarded message:
From: David Josephson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: May 7, 2006 8:06:01 PM EDT
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [IP] New Nationwide Public Emergency Communications
Network Launched
Dave, Esther et al
There seem to be dozens of self-proclaimed emergency communications
"networks" springing up now. Most people would like to help their
communities be prepared for disasters, and if they're radio people,
radio is a logical tool to use. Unfortunately most of the new ones
are small groups, often the work of one man. The traditional groups
have been radio amateur based (RACES, ARES, Red Cross, Salvation
Army) and CB based (REACT) and work more or less well depending
mostly on one thing: how well they are integrated with the official
emergency response agency in their area. A "network" of everyman with
an FRS radio on channel 1 would be a great idea, but who has a
mandate to maintain order and relay messages where they need to go?
If they have established cooperation with local government and worked
hard enough to ensure mutual trust, good things can and do happen.
Having worked with some of these groups in California for more than
30 years, my experience has been that more often than not these
groups big and small get into turf struggles with each other (I call
it "treehouse politics") and the "served agencies" who have no time
for them. They tend to see the technical problems they can solve
before they think about the political issues they need to address first.
Some groups that have a good start are the Amateur Radio Relay League
"Amateur Radio Emergency Service" http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/
emergency/ and the FEMA-supported Community Emergency Response Team
http://www.citizencorps.gov/programs/cert.shtm ... there is also a
good list of active organizations at http://www.nvoad.org/ It's
informative to ask new groups what they can offer as standalone
organizations, and whether the local emergency services professionals
have any place for them (in other words, will they be able to get
through the barricades when a disaster happens?)
--
David Josephson
I remember cb radio and channel 9 which ended up with idiots
playing music to jam it djf
Begin forwarded message:
From: Esther Dyson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: May 6, 2006 9:01:01 AM EDT
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Fwd: New Nationwide Public Emergency Communications
Network Launched
passing this along. I do not know this organization.
Esther
From: "Martin Brooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: New Nationwide Public Emergency Communications Network
Launched
Date: Fri, 05 May 2006 19:58:22 -0700
Dear Esther ,
Please see announcement below.
If you have questions, please contact -- Eric Knight,
NationalSOS.com, 860-673-2502,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Emergency Volunteer Organizations Participate in New Public
Emergency Communications
Network
-- "National SOS" based on the millions of FRS (Family Radio
Service) and GMRS
(General Mobile Radio Service) radios already in use for camping,
boating, hiking,
etc. -- and the nationwide network of 700,000 ham radio operators
and 70,000
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