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Amateur Radio Emergency Service |
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Situation Reporting Protocols
| Activation Methods -- The Method requires that the OES
Operators be notified of a disaster, using conventional and non-conventional means, including telephone; telephone
tree; pagers; radio self-activation (operator discovers there is an emergency and activates the OES); email; and
"Situation Reporting Protocols" (which to notify people of disasters) such as Citizen's Radio Network,
Incident Page Network, National Incident Notification Network, and regional organizations such as Pennsylvania
Situation Report: 1 Citizen's Radio Network -- CRN is an initiative to bring about a standard method and means for communities to stay in touch with and protect its residents during times of extreme emergencies. a CRN is not about replacing existing emergency services like REACT, ham radio or any public safety organization. It is about the ability for concerned citizens to help themselves if these groups are not available or do not serve the particular interests of that community. b CRN uses readily available (and widely available) radio equipment that does not require a license to operate it. Citizen's Band (CB) radio and Family Radio Service (FRS) radios are the basis of the equipment involved. By using these two radio services inexpensive equipment can be acquired without much effort. Both radio services are designed for personal communications and the radio equipment reflects this by being easy to use. This combination allows a much larger and diverse group of individuals to become involved in a CRN operation than if ham radio or commercially licensed radio services were used. Reference -- http://www.angelfire.com/ma4/citizenradionet/ 2 Incident Page Network -- IPN is the first and only service to send information on breaking fire and police incidents to your alpha-numeric pager from all over the United States, Canada and Australia! You're notified in real-time, as incidents are happening. Reference -- http://www.incidentpage.net/ 3 National Incident Notification Network -- NINN is an Incident Notification Network with incident coverage in USA and Canada. NINN provides Breaking News Stories in the Police, Fire and EMS Services, as they Happen, long before they're shown in the local newscast or in the newspaper. Reference -- http://www.ninn.org/index.shtml 4 Pennsylvania Situation Report Web Site -- PA-SitRep.com was created in May of 2001 with the goal of bringing all forms of communications together to help the citizens of Pennsylvania better prepare for, and cope with, emergency and disaster situations in our communities and in our State, the goals being: a To make available the most comprehensive website for Emergency Communications information for Citizens of Pennsylvania via www.PA-SitRep.com. b To create some basic standards and protocols for emergency communications utilizing e-mail, landline phones, cell phones, text messaging via cell phones and pagers, Amateur Radio, FRS radios and CB radios. Every community and local government should have a basic communications protocol in place for their residents in the event of an emergency where normal means of communications are disrupted. Even a local network consisting of some neighbors with FRS radios and a few basic standards to follow in the event of an emergency is better than nothing at all. c To help bring those who are interested in doing so into the Amateur Radio Community where they will have the ability to communicate efficiently in times of disaster and where they can become part of a team of Amateur Radio Operators who are dedicated to volunteering their communications services in the event of an emergency. |
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