Colin:

Sounds like you guys really have your act together over there.

We are making progress here too, but still have a considerable way to go.

Will keep at it, though, because the attitudes on the part of EMD personnel
are good.

73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 4:08 PM
Subject: Re: amateur radio


> we have ARES courses that our local group tries to get all members of ARES
> to take.
> They are free, usually 1 or 2 day courses that go over everything from
> emergency communications net control, to how to talk on the radio, to how
to
> deal with government/civil agencies and third parties involved in relief
> activities.
> We have multiple disaster senarios that we go over and are given questions
> and asked to problem solve with all of them.
> Its really quite well put together.
> The leader of our ARES group has worked extensively with local relief
> agencies and had many of their head staff become amateurs.
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
>