[FedCom] Fw: [incident-briefing-network] RESPONDERS/COMMUNICATIONS: USA - RELEASE (ARRL)

[Greg Brazil]

Your right this is amateur and I my humble opinion should be on amateur 
/ ham email list and not on fedcom.  Thank you.

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> AMATEURS AID IN WAKE OF CONNECTICUT ICE STORM
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> NEWINGTON, CT, (ARRL 20NOV02) --Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) members
> got to work quickly the morning of Sunday, November 17, as an ice storm
> knocked out power to almost 130,000 Connecticut homes and businesses, mostly
> in the northwestern part of the state. The statewide alert--and the
> resulting ARES activation--lasted 48 hours. Connecticut Gov John Rowland
> toured the region and visited the ham station set up at the Torrington
> Emergency Operations Center.
> 
> CONNECTICUT Section Emergency Coordinator Allen Pitts, W1AGP, said about 30
> hams from all over The Nutmeg State headed into the affected area, mostly in
> northwestern Connecticut. Pitts characterized ARES members' efforts as
> "wonderful."
> 
>  PITTS said Connecticut ARES had been drilling informally in conjunction
> with
> ARES teams in Eastern New York and New Hampshire, and the effort paid off.
> "The drills covered a very similar situation," he said. "The level of
> coordination and cooperation was incredible."
> 
>  HE also cited the work of Torrington EC Dave Hyatt, K1DAV. Recovering from
> serious injuries sustained in a fall earlier this year, Hyatt still managed
> to efficiently fulfill his duties during the storm, Pitts said.
> 
>  BRENNAN Price, N4QX, of West Hartford--an ARRL staffer--took a turn from 12
> midnight until 2 AM November 18 as net control of the Connecticut Phone Net
> on 3965 kHz . "The good thing about this particular situation was with such
> a small part of the state hit, there were a lot of others in the state able
> to help out," he said. "It all came together quickly and was nicely pulled
> off." Price said there was not a lot of overnight activity from Sunday to
> Monday, but an amateur was stationed at a shelter in Torrington, and a lot
> of others were "listening and ready."
> 
>  WEST Hartford-Area EC Harry Abery, AB1ER, said most of the work hams did
> was
> in Torrington area shelters. That Litchfield County community was among the
> hardest hit. Abery said among others responding to the area were Richard
> Lawrence, KB1DMX; Rose Anne Lawrence, KB1DMW; Stephen Kelly, W1KLY; Jeff
> Russell, K1XU; Geoff Wadhams, N1IDU; Irving Christensen, KB1EYY; Tom Ponte,
> WB1CZX; Howard Hecht, W1HO, and Mark Dzamba, KB1FMY. Rose Anne Lawrence and
> Dzamba also are ARRL staff members.
> 
>  CONNECTICUT ARES linked 10 VHF and UHF repeaters in Torrington, Vernon,
> Naugatuck, Meriden, New Milford and Washington. Separate resource and
> tactical nets were run on other 2 meter repeaters.
> 
>  DUTCHESS County, New York, EC Adam Nowik Jr, KC2DAA, said amateurs in
> Eastern New York activated their own net, and more than a half dozen arrived
> in the Torrington area within three hours of the activation. "Our net was
> kept active in the event the Connecticut section had need for additional
> communications or had a complete communications breakdown," Nowik said.
> Frank Stone, KB2YUR, served as a liaison between Abery and the hams in
> Eastern New York for the duration of the incident.
> 
>  AFTER 27 hours, the Connecticut Phone Net's Emergency session on HF was
> able
> to stand down the afternoon of November 18, as temperatures rose into the
> 40s and the weather system that caused the ice storm moved into the North
> Atlantic.
> 
>  BUT just 20 minutes after the net secured at 12:25 PM, it had to be brought
> back up, Pitts said.
> 
>  "WE thought things were copasetic," he said. "The sun had come out and
> things were warming up. But then we lost the electric trunk line from New
> York City and more people lost power." The number of those without power
> fluctuated all afternoon, Pitts added.
> 
>  RELIEF efforts by area radio amateurs continued into the evening of
> November
> 18, as more than 30,000 electric customers faced another night of frigid
> temperatures.
> 
>  THE statewide ARES alert was terminated November 18 as expected inclement
> weather did not materialize. "We did not shut down statewide until we were
> sure everyone was off the roads, home safe and checked in," Pitts said.
> 
>  PITTS said he's noticed greater professionalism and proficiency over the
> last six months, and he attributed it directly to the ARRL Amateur Radio
> Emergency Communications courses offered on-line. "We're seeing a real
> difference and the quality of operations is definitely up," He said.
> 
>  THANKS to a $33,000 grant from Hartford-based United Technologies
> Corporation, up to 250 Connecticut amateurs will be able to take the ARRL
> Level I Amateur Radio Emergency Communications course (EC-001) free of
> charge.
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