Simulated Emergency Test

From Megawiki

Saturday, October 7, 2006 0900-1200 CDT

"Bioterrorism Hospital Activation" This Simulated Emergency Test will test the readiness of the ARRL Wisconsin Section ARES/RACES organizations to handle emergency communications during a Bioterrorism event.

We will be able to evaluate the effectiveness of hospital/ public health agency amateur radio activation plans and other improvements made in the Wisconsin ARES/RACES organizations and practices during the preceding year.


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Goals

  1. Test the effectiveness of hospital/ public health agency ham radio activation plans.
  2. Test the effectiveness of the statewide communications structure.
  3. Encourage each district and county to design and execute a local scenario within the scope of the statewide SET.
  4. Pass the maximum number of messages using standard message formats.
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Objectives

  1. Maximize participation by ARES/RACES communicators.
  2. Activate a ham radio station in at least one hospital or public health office in each county with an ARES organization.
  3. Activate as many Emergency Operations Center (EOC) stations as possible.(1)
  4. Activate all county nets and assign a liaison station to their respective district nets.
  5. Activate all district nets, coordinate county nets in the district, and assign liaison stations to the state nets.
  6. Activate ARES/RACES HF net and coordinate the district nets.
  7. Activate the Badger Emergency Net and move traffic to and from the National Traffic System (NTS).
  8. Operate as many stations as possible on emergency power.(2)
  9. Use as many modes as possible (HF, VHF and UHF phone, Winlink 2000, ATV, PacTOR, PSK63, etc.)
  10. Encourage served agencies such as American Red Cross and Racine County Emergency Management to participate by passing message traffic.
  11. Encourage media coverage by sending press releases to local print and broadcast outlets.
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Digital Plans

  • Winlink 2k- Digital messaging NTS messaging.
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Frequencies

Repeater Primary 147.270 check in Net- Others to be announced during NET.

Digital 145.530; 145.610; 446.100

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Questions

Contact KB9MMA 262-909-3996

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See Also

Emergency Coordinator SET press release

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External Links

Retrieved from "http://www.w9udu.org/wiki/index.php/Simulated_Emergency_Test"