Post by RickS on Sept 1, 2015 12:36:32 GMT -5
Emergency Communications is really one reason why a lot of people obtained their ham radio licenses, to be able to assist if/when communications go out in an area, or when they are needed to assist other organizations to improve their own communications.
I found this really great site online, which I wish I had found before, that has a lot of useful articles for Hams in general, and for those in EMCOMM and general preparedness in particular. You should really check out the list of articles found on here, going back several years to 2003 and up to the present time.
These articles are part of a yearly presentation on Emergency Communications put on by Communications Academy in Seattle, Washington, an organization dedicated to sharing this information among its attendees. In their own words:
"Communications Academy is a non-profit coalition of volunteer communications teams to provide a high quality, professional-grade training opportunity for the various emergency communications teams around the Pacific Northwest. By providing a once-a-year large-scale venue for training, volunteer communicators are exposed to topics in emergency management, communications techniques and protocols, real-life emergency responses, and other pertinent subjects, which might not otherwise be available to them."
Go to Communications Academy and click on the Previous Years tab to see a list of years. When you click on a year, you will get a list of the articles that were presented that year. If it should ask you for a user and password, that information is provided for you on the article list page. You will be amazed by the range of material presented, and I am sure you will find many that will help you with your own preparedness efforts. Enjoy!!
Rick ND4F
I found this really great site online, which I wish I had found before, that has a lot of useful articles for Hams in general, and for those in EMCOMM and general preparedness in particular. You should really check out the list of articles found on here, going back several years to 2003 and up to the present time.
These articles are part of a yearly presentation on Emergency Communications put on by Communications Academy in Seattle, Washington, an organization dedicated to sharing this information among its attendees. In their own words:
"Communications Academy is a non-profit coalition of volunteer communications teams to provide a high quality, professional-grade training opportunity for the various emergency communications teams around the Pacific Northwest. By providing a once-a-year large-scale venue for training, volunteer communicators are exposed to topics in emergency management, communications techniques and protocols, real-life emergency responses, and other pertinent subjects, which might not otherwise be available to them."
Go to Communications Academy and click on the Previous Years tab to see a list of years. When you click on a year, you will get a list of the articles that were presented that year. If it should ask you for a user and password, that information is provided for you on the article list page. You will be amazed by the range of material presented, and I am sure you will find many that will help you with your own preparedness efforts. Enjoy!!
Rick ND4F