Exercise
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SANTA CRUZ ARES RUNS ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL S.A.F.E. EVENTBy Allison Hershey (KM6RMN, PIO) Santa Cruz area ARES organizers ran their fourth SAFE (Scavenge AroundField Exercise) on January 9th, 2022. Designed in the early days of thepandemic with social distancing in mind, this event allowed participantsto get outdoors and communicate with a […]
Practicing for Outages With Emergency Radio: Santa Cruz County ARES rehearses for 911 information relay points incase of Public Safety Power Shutoffs and other disastersBy Allison Hershey (KM6RMN), PIC, Santa Cruz County ARES People in the South San Francisco Bay area were caught by surprise whencommunications failed after a short […]
CARE: the Santa Cruz County CERT/ARES Radio ExerciseBy Allison Hershey (KM6RMN) Santa Cruz County has experienced quite a number of disasters over thelast few decades, and one of the effects has been the rise of a vibrantdisaster-preparedness community. There are a hodgepodge of organizationsranging from animal rescue to education/networking groups, […]
Santa Cruz County ARES Mastered Social Distance With “SAFE” Allison Hershey (KM6RMN) (986 words) In the spring of 2020, EC John Gerhardt (N6QX) saw event after event postponed, then canceled as COVID-19 spread around California. Santa Cruz County’s ARES groups traditionally provided communications for Strawberry Fields Forever Bike Ride, Big […]