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Jesup, Georgia |
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 The Wayne Emergency Management Agency Amateur Radio Club members are certified Skywarn Spotters and have completed Federal Emergency Management Association Courses in Field Incident Command System courses, Rescue Specialist, and are members of the Wayne County Rescue team. It is our Primary goal to be a part of the solution to communications and serve as many as we can without being a part of the problem. It is our goal and duties to serve our many agencies in times of communication overloads and system failures. It is also our goal to train and mentor other new hamms and stay prepared for what ever comes our way of man made or natural disasters to assist public safety, EMS, Red Cross and other agencies to communicate with each other when times are tough. If you don't know your local area Emergency Management Director or OHS\GEMA Field Coordinator then you NEED to get to know them. And often ask what you can do for them. |
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The Wayne Emergency Management Agency holds a Skywarn Net on Thursday Nights at 7:30 p.m. on 146.865 - pl tone 141.3 Please join us. The SKYWARN is a program offered by the National Weather Service Office to provide them with critical information about what is going on down on the ground. "WE ARE NOT STORM CHASERS AND DO NOT ASK OR SUGGEST ANYONE TO CHASE A STORM." The NWS has high tech radars that cost millions of dollars but can not see what is taking place on the ground. The damage from winds, rain, hail, flooding, lightning. This is where Spotters come to the need with the National Weather Service or local EMA and Law Enforcement. Using your eyes and ears compile valuable information and report it them by calling a 1-800 number displayed on your spotter card or an amateur radio operator relays the information to the NWS, EMA, Law Enforcement Agency. Spotters are needed thru out the country. NWS on numerous occasions have called certified spotters in this area by radio and phone requesting weather details in locations where they saw on radar that is was bad. Your first priority is your own safety. We do not chase storms. We stay safe so that we can report information to NWS so they can alert other counties and persons of possible weather conditions or imminent dangers ahead. As a Spotter you report only what you see at the present or what has taken place and give approximate and or measured weather data of wind speeds, direction of travel, damage or flooding that storms may cause. If you get hurt in trying to get information then you have now become a victim and the info never gets there. You are the most valuable in staying safe then reporting. |
FROM THE OFFICE OF THE WAYNE COUNTY EMA DIRECTOR Let us all be grateful for this years nearly inactive season. At the same time let us continue to press on in being prepared and trained for what is or may come from any and all emergency situations. There are materials online that you can study and read up on and lots of information to be the best operator and be ready during and after an event. As a member of the club you are free to join any of Wayne County's Rescue Operations as a member you are encouraged to participate in training and drill this county has. Meetings are held monthly working together and becoming knowledgeable of how we operate will help you know what it is going to take for you to communicate for us when you are called upon to just that. Let us all work hard to be and strive for the best emergency management and preparedness that we can be above all other counties. You and your families safety is the number one priority. For those that are qualified and intend to function as a critical work force unit that you are capable of being self sustained for a minimum of 72 hours. As we saw with Katrina and Rita that would not be anywhere near enough supplies to last at that magnitude. It is urgent that you have enough supplies and are packed properly and ready to endure a long rough trip ahead either for shelter operations or in the field. For those that will deploy and stand fast for emergency operations thanks in advance for everything you do for the communities locally, Wayne and surrounding counties. I can not thank you enough for your dedication and support. Keith Wright, Wayne Co. EMA COASTAL LINKING PROJECT
Southeast Georgia will soon have a Coastal Linking System. NCS operators will be needed for
multiple county operations and nets for District ARES Net and SkyWarns nets. We have to have operators as NCS stations, back-ups and relay stations.
We are less than 45 days now before
hurricane season. It is time now to plan and act beefing up your preparedness and readiness status.
If you have not:
1. Prepared an evacuation route and plan for your family to ensure their
safety.
2. Read the OHS/GEMA
Hurricane Plans.
3. Local Emergency Operations Plans.
4. Taken the NIMS IS-100, 700, 200, 800 Courses.
5. Completely inventoried and stocked your go kit and supplies.
6. Tested your equipment and made an update list of supplies needed to operate.
"The Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) consists of licensed amateurs who have voluntarily registered their qualifications and equipment for communications duty in the public service when disaster strikes. Every licensed amateur, regardless of membership in ARRL or any other local or national organization, is eligible for membership in the ARES. The only qualification, other than possession of an Amateur Radio license, is a sincere desire to serve. Because ARES is an amateur service, only amateurs are eligible for membership. The possession of emergency-powered equipment is desirable, but is not a requirement for membership." -- ARRL Public Service Communications Manual |
