[barc] Fw: [gcares] GCARES 2006 SET--October 21

[w8tog at sbcglobal.net]

 The following sites need to have someone present:
1. Sugarcreek E.O.C. located behind Cub Foods.
2. Sugarcreek Station 1 located at the corner of East Franklin and East 
Street in Bellbrook.
3. Bellbrook E.O.C. located in the city building in the training room.
4. Bellbrook Station 2 located on West Franklin St. in Bellbrook.

Locations 1 and 2 each have a dual-band radio available.
Location 3 has a 2 mtr only radio available.
Location 4 only has an antenna available. Who ever goes there needs to have 
a radio and p/s available to take in.

The following locations are emergency shelters set up by the Sugarcreek Fire 
Dept.
It would be good to have someone at each of these locations operating mobile 
from their own vehicles:
1. Community Center located at the intersection of Washington Mill and 
Stewart Roads.
2. Grange located on Wilmington Pike South of Bellbrook just past the 3-way 
stop at Conference Road. May have to
    park along side of the parking lot because it may be chained off.
3. Hope United Methodist Church just immediately South of I-675 and 
Wilmington Pike.
4. The white church located on Upper Bellbrook Road just East of the traffic 
light at Feedwire and Upper Bellbrook Road.

PLEASE LET ME KNOW ASAP IF YOU ARE AVAILABLE. I NEED TO MAKE ASSIGNMENTS AND 
ALSO NOTIFY THE PROPER AUTHORITIES AS TO WHO WILL BE AT THEIR LOCATIONS.

Please read and printout this information.
73,
Henry w8tog at arrl.net


> Per discussion and preliminary planning at the 9/25/06 GCARES Coordinators
> Meeting, the Greene County ARES 2006 Simulated Emergency Test (SET) will 
> be
> conducted on Saturday, September 21.
>
> This exercise will occur in conjunction with an Ohio Air National Guard
> [SIMULATED] F-16 crash and Clark County EMA 'mass casualty' exercise in
> Springfield Township near US-68 just north of the Greene/Clark county 
> line.
> Several GCARES served agencies will be involved for which we will deploy 
> and
> provide auxiliary communications support as appropriate.  Clark County 
> ARES
> also will be participating and providing similar support for its served
> agencies.  GCARES personnel will not deploy into Clark County unless 
> GCARES
> mutual assistance is requested by Clark County ARES.
>
> This exercise is scheduled to commence around 1200 but will not be a 
> staged
> event.  First responder agencies are to respond 'non-emergency' AFTER
> receiving notification.
>
> It is anticipated that GCARES operations will commence between 1215 and 
> 1245
> local time.  All stations should plan to monitor the Greene County Primary
> Emergency Frequency, 147.165+ (100.0 PL).  In the event of repeater 
> failure,
> the first backup frequency is the repeater output frequency (147.165)
> SIMPLEX.  In the event of interference or other condition rendering the
> first backup frequency unusable, the second backup frequency of 147.555
> SIMPLEX will be utilized.
>
> Other repeaters will be used during the GCARES SET exercise.  Additional
> information including a current copy of the GCARES Frequency Plan will be
> forthcoming.  Stay tuned!
>
>
> **********************************************************
> Greene County Amateur Radio Emergency Service
> 2006 Simulated Emergency Test Exercise
> Saturday 21 October 2006
> Commencing between 1215 and 1245L
>
>
> Primary Objectives
> ------------------
>
> 1.  Conduct annual SET exercise in conjunction with Ohio Air National 
> Guard
> exercise on 10/21/2006
>
> 2.  Evaluate notification procedure to GCARES (from one or more served
> agencies and/or Clark County ARES)
>
> 3.  Provide auxiliary communications support for GCARES served agencies
> participating in the OANG exercise
>
> 4.  Test GCARES alerting and activation procedures
>
> 5.  Test antennas and equipment at all Greene County sites where installed
>
> 6.  Test potential operating positions INSIDE sites without installed
> antennas
>
> 7.  Provide interaction with served agencies and opportunity for GCARES
> personnel to become more familiar with served agency sites, personnel,
> missions and procedures
>
> 8.  Demonstrate amateur radio voice and data communications capabilities 
> for
> served agency personnel
>
>
> STRATEGIES (Advance plans and actions)
> --------------------------------------
>
> 1.  Make sure local group Contact Sheets and Notification Procedures are
> up-to-date with served agencies
>
> 2.  Prepare GCARES 2006 SET Operational Plan for meeting objectives
>
> 3.  Alert GCARES personnel of upcoming 2006 SET Exercise--with general
> information but minimal advanced operational details
>
> 4.  Contact served agencies (by respective local area Coordinators) to
> request and arrange access to designated operating positions at respective
> EOCs and other strategic sites on SET date/time
>
>     --  Request served agency to provide liaison personnel to interface
> with GCARES radio operator
>
>     --  Request served agency to interact with GCARES radio operator by
> providing a Test Message to be sent to another served agency (such message
> could be requesting or offering resources, requesting or providing a 
> status
> report, etc.  Use either tactical message procedures or formal radiogram
> format.)
>
>
> TACTICS
> -------
>
> 1.  Receive notification
>
> 2.  Activate ALERTING & INFORMATION NET on 147.165 MHz (100.0 PL) to alert
> personnel of the TEST EXERCISE incident
>
>     --  Disseminate information about what is currently known and what
> auxiliary communications support has been requested or indicated
>
>     --  Request stations to standby and to prepare to deploy to an
> assignment
>
> 3.  Request an experienced Net Control Station (NCS) to activate a 
> RESOURCE
> [LOGISTICS] NET (same or different frequency, as appropriate) to take
> check-ins and to coordinate assignments
>
> 4.  Request an experienced NCS to establish a TACTICAL NET on
> __<frequency>__ (per GCARES Frequency Plan)
>
> 5.  Deploy GCARES personnel to respective served agency sites, as
> appropriate.  Deployed stations shall:
>
>     --  Maintain communications with RESOURCE NET while enroute
>
>     --  Report arrival at assigned site to RESOURCE NET
>
>     --  Set up station at assigned site and report in to TACTICAL NET
>
> 6.  Further tactical operations (instructions and procedures) will be
> disseminated by TACTICAL NET NCS
>
>
> Note 1:  All GCARES personnel and others participating should have all
> GCARES Frequency Plan frequencies programmed in all handheld, mobile and
> base radios.
>
> Note 2:  Operators at sites without antennas are to perform the following:
>
>     a.  Determine ability to 'hit' respective repeaters (per GCARES
> Frequency Plan) utilizing 'initial response' type equipment [HT and/or
> mobile unit with internal antenna (rubber duck, mag-mount, J-pole antenna,
> telescoping whip, etc.)--no external antenna, mast, coax, etc.]
>
>     b.  Log test of each attempted frequency to document successes and
> failures to communicate from INSIDE served agency utilizing just 
> 'internal'
> antenna.  After-action evaluation will provide data for promoting antenna
> installations where indicated.
>
> Note 3:  ALL GCARES members and other Greene County hams are encouraged to
> participate in this exercise by checking into the Resource Net supplying
> some basic station and preparedness information.
>
>
> Thank you for planning to participate in the GCARES 2006 SET Exercise.
>
> 73,
> Fred Stone W8LLY
> EC, GCARES
>
>
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> Fred Stone
> W8LLY at ARRL.net
> (w) (937) 220-1686
> (h) (937) 848-4112
> (m) (937) 470-6948 (24/7 Hotline)
>
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