Transcript Overview of Red Cross’ Disaster Services Technology Ohio Buckeye Region April 11, 2015 Ohio Buckeye – Disaster Services Technology Team.

Overview of Red Cross’
Disaster Services
Technology
Ohio Buckeye Region
April 11, 2015
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Content
I. ARRL & Red Cross Memorandum of Understanding
2. Two Faces of Emergency Communication
3. Disaster Communication Center /
Mobile Communication Center
4. Questions
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ARRL – Red Cross MOU
March 25, 2010
1. Open Communication – Each organization will share current
appropriate data regarding disasters…
2. Local partnerships – Each organization will encourage its
local units to communicate with the other organizations…
3. Shared members – Each organization will encourage interest
volunteers to be come members … of the other
organization…
4. ARRL volunteers supporting the Red Cross – The ARRL may
provide volunteers to assist the American Red Cross with
communications in support of disaster relief roles…
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ARRL – Red Cross MOU
5. Red Cross members supporting the ARRL – Red Cross
members affiliated with a local chapter that hold a valid FCC
Amateur Radio License are encouraged to participate in the
ARES program…
6. Radio station operations – It is understood and agreed that
amateur radio operators, being licensed and regulated by the
FCC, shall …exercise sole and exclusive control over the
operation of their radios stations …
7. Radio operators – It is understood and agreed that radio
operators have skills that extend beyond amateur radio
frequencies… skills may be applied to operate on Red Cross
frequencies
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ARRL – Red Cross MOU
8. FCC Licenses – The Red Cross is responsible for any licensing
arrangements necessary for Red Cross operations that occur
outside amateur radio licenses…
In Summary:
• This MOU provides a broad framework for working together
• The Ohio Buckeye Region, has begun meeting with ARES
groups and developing Statements of Cooperation
• We want to establish a relationship with each groups prior to
the disaster
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Ohio Buckeye Region
Disaster Emergency Communications
Gray Skies
 DST team is alerted and arrives at chapter within 120
minutes
 Packs up and travel to scene and / or opens Disaster
Communication Center in Columbus
 Seeks out disaster information (where, how large,
impact, road conditions…)*
 Provides comm. assistance to Damage Assistance
teams
* Some of the activities where ARES can assist
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Disaster Emergency Communications
Gray Skies continued
 Provides Dispatching services to other Red Cross
teams (logistics, sheltering, feeding…)
 Provides assistance identifying a HQ location (that
must support DST needs)
 Assists with testing of Red Cross comm. equipment,
esp. Emergency Relief Vehicle Radios
 Assists with communication needs throughout the
Disaster
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Day-to-day Emergency Communications
Blue Skies
 DST provides support for day to day Red Cross
activities such as:
Apartment Fires
Disaster Drills
Training
Preparedness Events
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Preparedness Events
 Red Cross has launched a five year program to
 Educate residents on fire protection
 Work with local Fire Departments to test and install
smoke detectors
 Every chapter is going to run these events.
 Typical event:
 teams go door to door talking with residents
 a team member carries a radio for security, to
provide status & communicate with leader
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Preparedness
 For Columbus, DST provides the equipment and a
dispatcher.
 We need your HELP!!!
 DST can not cover every chapter in the Buckeye
Region.
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Preparedness
One support scenario:
a. ARES members can become team members and
travel with teams providing comm. support along
with a dispatcher
b. DST will provide training
c. ARES can use amateur equipment and frequencies or
Red Cross will supply Public Safety radios
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• We are very flexible
• Consider helping us out
• Just let us know.
• Let us know how we can help you out
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Disaster Comm. Center
Capabilities
- Main console for lead dispatcher
- Secondary console for Amateur and
support team members
- Disaster Radios - multiple
- Televisions
- Computers
- Telephone
- Supplies and Parts
DCC Capabilities - Radios
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Motorola XTL 5000 700/800 MHz
- State-wide Red Cross Comm. from and within disaster area
- Provides comm. with community partners (Ohio State Highway Patrol, sheriff
office radio rooms, local EMAs, health depts. and hospitals.
- Vertex 5500 and 6000 VHF low and high band
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support to comm. suburban and rural fire departments
(Ross, Delaware, and Knox County frequencies.
- IC7000 and VX1700 amateur radio provides comm. on variety of
spectrums.
- Two meter and 70 centimeter spectrum
- supports majority of ham operators providing emergency comm. for
government and non-government agencies.
- Vertex 459 UHF and VHF Hand Held Radios 6 each
- supports DA, shelter, feeding operations
MCC Capabilities
- 17, 000 lb. load limit
- Cab holds two people
- Comm. module 8’ W, 15’ L, 13‘ H
- 2 operator workstations and storage
- 13.5kW propane gas generator
Generator provides 75 amp 12VDC
- Equipped with 100 foot reel of 30 amp
120VAC cord to provide lighting
- Able to provide 1,500 watts of light
MCC Capabilities continued
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Equipped with a 43‘
pneumatic mast
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Mast holds platform for
public safety radio
antennas, Wi-Fi hot spot,
4G cellular phone antenna
and camera
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4G Cellular broadband and
Wi-Fi services
Router is very secure
Allows USB interfaces
Cloud based and managed
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Same Public Safety and Amateur Radios as DCC
Questions?
Contacts:
Nick Riehl - 614 560-9009
[email protected]
Jim Sage – 614 306-1155
[email protected]
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