Flooding disaster continues to hit the US state of Colorado as rivers overflowed damaging roads and property in the Rocky Mountain foothills. Four people have died since the floods began Wednesday. Hundreds have not been heard from as rescuers make …
Category: Disaster Communications
Trans-Pacific Emcomm Exercise
The recent Pacific Endeavor-13 simulated emergency communications exercise
using amateur radio in make-believe ‘Pacifica’ worked well and showed how
it could be used to get help in times of a natural disaster.
A Public Affairs Director for …
Hams join California’s wildfire response
Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) and Radio Amateur Civil Emergency
Service (RACES) volunteers have been called up by Tuolumne County officials
to help fill communication gaps in response to the Rim Fire.…
Emcomm gets APT and MARS attention
The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) helped to further raise awareness of the role of Amateur Radio during times of natural disasters caused by extreme weather events and man-made failure of communication …
Typhoon Labuyo — PARA activates 7.095 MHz emcomm net
As of 7am today (Sunday), PARA has activated HERO ARES centered on 7.095 MHz. We have advised local clubs to activate local nets at 144.740 MHz.
Typhoon Labuyo has a big …