ASHLAND ∙ BOYD COUNTY ∙ CATLETTSBURG
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER
RADIO AMATEUR CLUB
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
AUXILIARY COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE
ESF-2
KY4ECC
The ABC EOC - Radio Amateur Club was formed to recognize the importance of amateur radio during emergencies and provide for a system by which amateur radio operations would be managed within the Boyd County EOC. The Station at this time is fully operational within the Boyd County EOC.
Equipment includes an Alinco DX-70TH, Kenwood TM-271A, Signal Link USB for Echolink Operations
Antenna Systems in addition to the public safety communications include a high gain 2m/70cm vertical antenna for the Kenwood Radio, and a Diamond BB7V for HF Operations.
Power Supply is an astron RS-35 for the HF Communications Room, and the Kenwood is powered in the Public Safety Communications Room by an Astron RS-70 power supply.
TRAINING AND INFORMATION:
ABCEM is proud to host the monthly meetings of the Boyd/Greenup County ARES organization.
Amateur Radio Communications is an important part of the emergency operations system for the community. During these monthly meetings, EM trainers will be providing classes on Incident Command, Emergency Operations, first aid, CPR and other subjects. The EM Trainers and ARES organization trainers will work together to insure other subjects such as emergency communications and operator skills are covered as well. Click here to view the ABCEM schedule for the amateur radio emergency services meeting dates.
Some courses of interest for amateur operators you may find on the FEMA Independent Study website are below, click the links to get that that page:
National Incident Management System (NIMS) An Introduction IS-700
Introduction to Incident Command System IS-100
The IS-700 and 100 combination are the building blocks of training for emergency operations. They focus on the national system for incident management, and the basics of the incident command system. Anyone working in emergency response or operations must complete these two courses. If you complete these courses, please provide a copy of the certificates to your ARES EC, or AEC.
ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents IS-200
National Response Framework, An Introduction IS-800b
As your skills and responsibilities progress in ARES and emergency response, the IS-200 and 800 courses become important, especially when considering larger scale operations or when your asked to supervise others or are asked to take a leadership role. These courses are required for leaders and officers in public safety.
The FEMA independent study website is the location for all of these courses and more, there are numerous courses online, each contains valuable information for emergency personnel. ABCEM encourages anyone interested in providing their assistance during emergencies dive into these course to become more knowledgeable in the systems used for emergency response and management throughout the country.
Click here for the course listings http://training.fema.gov/IS/crslist.asp
ECHOLINK NODE:
KY4ECC-L
The Emergency Operations Center features an echolink node transmitting on 146.490 simplex with a CTCSS tone of 100Hz. The node is up most of the time and amateurs are encouraged to work this node. During emergencies this node will be used to link to other repeaters throughout the state and possibly the State Emergency Operations Center or other Emergency Operations Centers. With the high power kenwood radio and the high gain antenna, and the altitude of the EOC itself, this node covers quite a large area of Boyd County. It is capable at times of being linked to local repeaters and may be enabled to receive only of public safety communications at certain times.
Once we work out the final bugs on DTMF decoding we will publish a listing of codes any amateur radio operator can use to connect to other stations. Please feel free to use this node as much as you like. Its been quite fun to listen to operators from around the world link into our node. When connecting the computer will announce the call sign of the station connecting, please feel free to give them a call if you hear them. This is a wonderful hobby and the chance to talk to a station from half way around the world is still fun even if the internet is providing the DX link. This is the cutting edge of technology, don't let anyone say our amateur technology is outdated.
We would like to express our appreciation and admiration of the amateur radio
community. The EOC staff and EM program staff are continually looking for
new ways to support our local hams, because when we need them they are always
there for us. We would like to hear your comments or suggestions, please
email ky4ecc@abcem.net
Local Nets:
Boyd County/Greenup County ARES/RACES Net - Monday Nights 2100(Eastern) 146.940 KG4DVE Repeater (107.2 CTCSS) - Backup 147.240 Repeater (107.2 CTCSS)
Statewide Net:
Kentucky Emergency Net - 3972.5 LSB Monday Nights 1930(Eastern)
River Cities Amateur Radio Association
http://www.qsl.net/kg4dve/
EM Staff members who are Amateur Operators:
Matt Adkins - EM Director - KF4TDJ
Lee Adkins - EOC Readiness Officer - N4SAT
Bob Poore - Senior Operations Officer - KJ4JOY
Chris Hutchison - IT Supervisor - KJ4JOX
Marc Rosen - Senior Operations Officer - KB4TQN
Scott Jacobs - Operations Officer/RACES Liaison - NZ4AA
Mark Hammond - Fire Services Coordinator - KJ4KNK
Vernon Leeper, Communications - KA4OIL
Our Regional Response Manager for Kentucky Emergency
Management Larry Dixon, is the DEC for District 8 (KI4PSW)
ABC EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
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Revised:
09/19/09 11:21:36 -0400.