SHINGLETOWN EMERGENCY RADIO COMMUNICATIONS OPERATIONS  MANUAL

[ S E R C O M ]  - HERE (IN PROCESS) (WORD VERSION)  

TACTICALS -  AN ILLUSTRATION TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND FIRE NET OPERATIONS AND YOU

9/1/2021: NOTE: EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, NO SER PAN RADIOS ARE TO BE PROGRAMMED WITH 165 OR 030 STARC REPEATERS IN THEM.  Such frequencies are being used to destroy the SER Plan (which includes emergency comms for both hams and NON hams).  Such frequencies are not be used by the SER Plan for any purpose whatsoever. Certain Hams are causing confusion and conflict which will result in death during wildfires / evacuations. A ham Tuesday night advised she had determined access codes to control 760 repeater.  Matter now resolved positively as to repeater access.  K6PDS 

  SHINGLETOWN EMERGENCY RADIO - OVERVIEW - HERE

              RADIO /ANTENNA  (O/S Antennas recommended! We are in the Mountains!) 

                        Freq (Ham): 146.760 (Rptr) & 146.505 (Simplex) -are primarily dedicated to emergency comms for Shingletown.

Prepare for your Ham Test - We need Hams   HERE

GMRS License.   GMRS shares FRS frequencies.  If you have a GMRS license, and use high power (e.g., 50 watts) on a " GMRS '  frequency,  you may jeopardize a neighborhood emergency net which was allocated that frequency.  Purpose of the SER plan is to allow individual neighborhoods to operate emergency nets without interference from other neighborhoods operating at the exact same time during an emergency.  The frequency coordination between all neighborhoods is critical and cooperation is essential.  Under the SER Plan, Higher power operations  (e.g., 10 watts, 30 watts, 50 watts, etc... ) is more appropriate on SER Ham Frequencies [used to coordinate all neighborhoods through Area Coordinators (Hams)]. Please consider obtaining your Ham license. 

1.  go to: https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsEntry/licManager/login.jsp  and log in with your FCC Registration Number (FRN) and password. 

2 On the left side of the page, click the Apply for a New License link.

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EVACUATION, PREPARATION AND COMMUNICATIONS.

DO YOU THINK YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW THIS DURING AN EVACUATION? 

WHICH ROAD WOULD YOU USE?

"... This is Village F1 East Bound on   ____ Near  ___ ...  Heavy  fire and smoke on both sides of road, very dangerous. Still moving,  5 occupants in vehicle - safe at present,  multiple vehicles following behind me, road way appears clear but unknown ahead, ... stand by for update ..."  "... Roger, Fire Control standing by"... 

Credit: Screen shot from posting by Brynn Parrott Chatfield (evacuating Paradise, CA)

This is Fire Control any other Road Reports, call now..."

We all need to help out to make this work for our families.

Preliminary Wild Fire Check List - revisions in process

EVACUATION ROAD REPORT  - FORMAT TANGO 44 E

EMERGENCY EVACUATION - MOBILE NET SCRIPT

REPORTS:  SMOKE CHECK 

AND NON HAMS AREA / NEIGHBORHOODS

FORMAT TANGO 4 i - INSTRUCTIONS 4/9/2021

    ILLUSTRATION OF WHY EVERY SMOKE CHECK REPORT IS IMPORTANT - EVEN THE "NO SMOKE ODOR"

  FORMAT TANGO 4 T - SMOKE CHECK - TRIANGULATION STATION MAPPING TOOL (ONE WRITE) - updated 4/23/2021

Compass Reading / Reporting  - How to report Bearings on Fire / Smoke and Wind Direction.

FMT TANGO 6 -  FIELD STATION - FIRE / EMBER OBSERVATION REPORT 20190910

  SIT REP AND QWA (BREVITY FIRE WATCH)

HAMS REPORT: 

NON HAM - AREA / NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: 

 (non Ham / neighborhoods) - report intake)

[FOR HAMS AND NEIGHBORHOODS - ABOVE ARE THE COMBINATION CHECK LIST REPORTS- SITREP; EARTHQUAKE; NEEDS; FIRE  WATCH BREVITY; EMERGENCY AND PRIORITY]. [the referenced Procedure Manual is in process and NOT uploaded]. Neighborhood format is designed as a report intake.

OVERVIEW OF SER PLAN - EMERGENCY ACTIVATIONS.

ORGANIZATION  OF HAM NETS AND HAM SUB NETS AND NEIGHBORHOOD NETS

(E.G., WILDLAND FIRES; ALERTING OF RESIDENTS; EVACUATIONS; COMPLETE COMMUNICATIONS FAILURES; SNOW STORMS; ETC...)

FORMAT ROMEO 14H - Ham Simplex 505 - Propagation and Map Section reference. ALERT: As of July,  2021, most existing hams are not  involved with Shingletown wildfire emergency communications.  We need more Hams that have an interest in helping all of Shingletown as we are confronted by the HIGH LEVEL OF DANGER WHICH WE ALL FACE AT THIS VERY MOMENT.  WE NEED NEW HAMS.  Testing of propagation is critical to determine stations that can act as Fire Controls and Relays on Simplex 505 in the event the 760 repeater is not available (e.g., burned off the mountain, mechanical failure, etc...). At this time there are only 4 Hams that are helping in our weekly practice drills. If HAMS are not available during an emergency, then non hams MUST be prepared to step up to the plate and help out (following the SER Plan)! There are Areas / Neighborhoods presently stranded without non-ham inter-area communications due to lack of Ham operators. View some of the fire burning at present. The  Salt fire - 12,650 acres; Lava Fire - 26,162 acres; Tennant Fire - 10,580 acres; Beckwourth Complex - 86,076 acres.  Imagine the impact of such fires if they hit Shingletown - most, if not all, of Shingletown would be gone!

July 2021 comment: If there are emergency communications in process on a Ham frequency,  please use common sense, and do not interfere and obstruct by talking about FCC rules (e.g., requirement of Station ID, Non Hams using Frequency, etc...).   The Actual FCC rules have been addressed by the SER Plan.  A Ham operator recently interfered with an actual emergency communication and proceeded to talk over a 911 relay request, while the Ham injected his erroneous and false statement of the FCC "rule".   The Ham apparently didn't even know what the actual rule was.  The actual FCC rules were in fact being complied with. The blocking of a 911 relay request during an emergency situation is not responsible.  We can all work together in these matters.

LICENSED HAM RADIO OPERATOR SCRIPTS.

PRIMARY HAM NET SCRIPTS - ACTIVATIONS

NON HAM - AREA NEIGHBORHOOD SCRIPT. 

ACTIVATIONS

HAM NET - PRIMARY MAPPING SUMMARY.

SUMMARIZES ALL AREAS / NEIGHORHOODS REPORTING.

REPORTING LOCATION REFERENCE MATERIALS.

FMT  KILO - NCS Mapping Summary 2021.02.13 Sitreps, triangulation smoke/fire, Recommendations, Information, etc... Includes SUMMARY results of FMT ROMEO 8 MAPPING; AND Fmt Tango 4 smoke / fire triangulation...  THIS IS A SUMMARY ONLY. NCS AND MAPPING TO USE TANGO 9A (PG 3) / TANGO 4 (PG 1)  FOR ORIGINAL INTAKE, AND "MAP" USING FMT ROMEO 8 OR 9A AS APPLIES

All stations should copy mapping stations report to format KILO and then transmit (with plain english) into their individual neighborhoods immediately after closing of Ham Net. That way participating Areas / Neighborhoods know what is happening.

AREA / NEIGHBORHOOD NETS  (E.G., NON HAMS): 

AREA MAPPING (ILLUSTRATION) AND 

AREA PREPARATION RECOMMENDATION

OTHER REPORTS

DRILL / SCRIPTS:  SMOKE COLUMN REPORTING / TRIANGULATION

There is no Club or Group you need to join or pay dues to. Merely follow the SER Plan and join in.