Ham Radio Emer­gency Com­mu­ni­ca­tions in Poland
An agree­ment has been signed by the IARU’s Pol­s­ki Zwiazek Krotko­falow­cow (PZK) and the Gov­ern­ment that for­malis­es the use of ham radio emer­gency radio com­mu­ni­ca­tions in dis­as­ters and at oth­er times.
Min­is­ter of Admin­is­tra­tion and Digi­ti­sa­tion (MAC), Michał Boni, and Pres­i­dent of the Pol­ish Ama­teur Radio Union (PZK), Jerzy Jakubows­ki SP7CBG, reached the agreement.
It promis­es coop­er­a­tion between the Ama­teur Radio Ser­vice and the Pol­ish gov­ern­ment to pro­vide sup­port infor­ma­tion on nat­ur­al dis­as­ters and oth­er events that threat­en pub­lic safety.
The agree­ment encour­ages coop­er­a­tion between the MAC and PZK in actions relat­ing to back-up radio com­mu­ni­ca­tion in emer­gency sit­u­a­tions or when nor­mal com­mu­ni­ca­tions meth­ods are overloaded.
Coop­er­a­tion and coor­di­na­tion will be the respon­si­bil­i­ty of the Plan­ning Depart­ment of Civ­il Emer­gency Man­age­ment and Emer­gency Noti­fi­ca­tion System.
Rep­re­sen­ta­tives from PZK will be Piotr Skrzypczak SP2JMR (Vice Pres­i­dent), Rafał Wolanows­ki SQ6IYR (Emer­gency Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Coor­di­na­tor) and Hubert Anysz SP5RE (Deputy Coor­di­na­tor of Emer­gency Communications).
Spe­cial thanks for con­sul­ta­tion to Greg Mossop G0DUB the IARU Region 1 Emer­gency Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Coordinator.