A trend among groups of radio ama­teurs involved in emer­gency com­mu­ni­ca­tions is the use of dis­as­ter sce­nar­ios to test equip­ment and learn lessons from what went right dur­ing an exer­cise, and what could be improved.

Recent­ly a num­ber of such …

Twice in August WICEN New South Wales was acti­vat­ed to assist in search­es for 

miss­ing peo­ple, as part of its com­mu­ni­ca­tion spe­cial­i­sa­tion with The NSW Vol­un­teer Res­cue Asso­ci­a­tion under the State Emer­gency and Res­cue Man­age­ment Act. 

The first acti­va­tion on August …

Fol­low­ing the mag­ni­tude 6.2 earth­quake in cen­tral Italy on 24 August, Ital­ian trained mem­bers of Rag­grupp­men­to Nazionale Radio­co­mu­ni­cazioni Emerg­er­gen­za (RNRE) are active.

Alber­to Bar­bera IK1YLO has asked that 7060 kHz be kept clear along with oth­er Emer­gency Centre …

The recent flood­ing in India trig­gered by mon­soon­al rains has a death toll of 300 and forc­ing many vil­lages to flee to high­er ground. 

Nation­al Coor­di­na­tor for Dis­as­ter Com­mu­ni­ca­tion in India, Jayu Bhide VU2JAU reports that in the eastern …