Southern Crescent Amateur Radio Club

Reported by: Clayton/Henry County EC, Roy Baker, AJ4GT
Report ID# 5930. Report submitted by: AJ4GT, Roy Baker – EC

Total number of ARES members in your group is: 28
Change since last month: 3 +
Name of your Local ARES Net: SCARC/CARES
Net Frequency: 444.875 + PL 100
Day of the week: Monday
Time of the Net: 9 PM LOCAL
Total of Nets this month: 4
NTS Liaison: ARES/GTN/MARS
Drills, Tests and Training sessions: 7
Drills, Tests and Training Man Hours: 56
Public Service Events: 1
Public Service Man Hours: 6
Emergency Operations: 0
Emergency Operations Man Hours: 0
Misc Activities: 2
Misc man hours: 2
TOTAL ARES OPERATIONS: 10
TOTAL ARES MAN HOURS: 64
Comments: Four weekly Nets, (one SKYWARN net not counted here, Butts county covered it due to many of our group at work – that is what cooperation is all about- Thanks Buzz and the ARES group of Butts County) One Weather training drill, Net control was set up at Eagles Landing Middle School in Henry County. One CERT training session on Communications taught by this ARES group. One Monthly training meeting at the EOC Henry County. One work party at Clayton Dept of Health (Ga. District 3-3)

Team,

It’s that time of year again.  Beautiful Scenery, Riders in Tights and TuTus, A Great chance to practice our skills and serve.

Tour de Pike bike rally will be held on Saturday, March 16.  Those that have supported these activities in the past can tell you how much fun it can be.  Our activities start as early as 7:30 and can run as late as 4:30 according to our riders.  Actual time each rest stop is open varies (note the sheet below for more details).  The list of rest stops and SAG (I know what that means now!!!  Sign up and I will tell you) is listed below.  It would be good to have two at each stop, but we will do what we can.  Preferences will be honored on a first come basis, your actual assignment may vary.

Please respond to me directly at K4ALL@Bellsouth.net or call 770-884-9713.  Hope to hear from you soon.  Map of Rest stops has been posted to files on the W4AMI web site, or search on Tour de Pike for more details.

Radiation Response Training for Volunteers            

When:       Saturday, March 23, 2013

Time:        Registration 830am-9:00am EST

Start Time/End Time 9:00am-1:00pm EST

Location: Heard County Emergency Services

11816 Hwy 100

Franklin, GA 30217

POC:          Vicky Chapman, CERT Coordinator

706-302-8037     vachapman@dhr.state.ga.us

Eileen Harcrow, CERT Assist. Coordinator

reharcrow@dhr.state.ga.us

 706-298-7728

Radiation Response for Volunteers

OVERVIEW:

Why do we need radiological response capabilities?

A nuclear/radiological incident may result from a deliberate act or an accident.  Georgia and Alabama are home to nuclear power plants as well as industrial and medical facilities where radioactive materials are in use.  In addition, we are home to major transportation hubs.  While it’s clear we would need to respond to any incident directly impacting our own population, incidents affecting other places, like Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant, may bring potentially contaminated individuals to our doorstep.

Discussion Topics:

*Types of events we are at risk for regarding radiation

*Experience with radiation survey equipment and decontamination procedures

*Psychological impacts that an event may have on affected individuals

*How to volunteer to prepare and assist for an event

Many of you know and will be interested in Jim Millsap’s experience,
especially since he is not only D.E.C. for the Metro District, but also
the Vice Director for the Southeast Division. Jim was hospitalized
yesterday (Thursday) for chest pain, and studies revealed the urgent
necessity of heart surgery which was done this morning. I am told that
his condition now immediately “post op” is good, but he is, of course,
in intensive care. We will all keep Jim and his family in our thoughts
and prayers. We hope he will be back in the saddle soon. Brings us to
the reminder that amateur radio is just a big extended family who
communicates well.
God bless,
Gene