The Philip­pine Ama­teur Radio Association’s Ham Emer­gency Radio Oper­a­tions (HERO)  net­work acti­vat­ed on July 7 at 2145 UTC, as fears arose that super typhoon Nepar­tak could ampli­fy the effects of the south­west mon­soon. Heavy rains in some …

A nation­wide simul­ta­ne­ous earth­quake drill in the Philip­pines held on June 22 saw many agen­cies involved includ­ing ham operators. 

The Philip­pines Ama­teur Radio Soci­ety (PARA) now has reports from Ham Emer­gency Radio Oper­a­tion groups that showed they used …

The lat­est to suf­fer­er sum­mer fires is Cyprus where radio ama­teurs are using their skills main­ly on the VHF band in the Solea region to pass health and wel­fare traffic. 

The involve­ment of hams is being coor­di­nat­ed by the …

Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) volunteers in New Mexico USA had responded to the Dog Head fire affecting a wide area and causing activations.

ARES is sup­port­ing Emer­gency Oper­a­tions Cen­tres as well as pro­vid­ing emer­gency com­mu­ni­ca­tions for the …

Trained indi­vid­u­als took part in the Cas­ca­dia Ris­ing Earth­quake drill in the USA and Cana­da, with up to 20,000 peo­ple includ­ing radio ama­teurs, fire­fight­ers, the Com­mu­ni­ty Emer­gency Response Team and Red Cross mem­bers, the med­ical reserve, law enforce­ment and others …