This is the home of the North West District Amateur Radio Emergency Services, High Desert Section.
Our primary purpose as a group is to help support our local communities by providing our knowledge, expertise and hardware as trained radio operators
to local agencies in need of communications support during an emergency.
This site is used to distribute information related directly to our region and to also house all S.O.P. (Standard Operating Procedures)
pertaining to establishing emergency communication services in our area.
Some of the documents contained here are restricted to members only for obvious reasons. If you interested in being of service and becoming a member,
please click on the How to join link and select the High Desert section as the sub-area.
We meet every Wednesday on the air at 7:00 PM on the Hauser Repeater with the frequency of 146.73MHz (-) pl 100.0
NOTE: Our Nets will be changing to Tuesday at 8:00 PM starting September 7, 2010 on Hauser.
We welcome and encourage interested persons to participate in our Net as visitors and ask questions related to our functions, purpose and membership.
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Radio Operator Volunteers Needed - AC 100 Race 2010
WHAT: Angeles Crest 100 mile Endurance Run
WHEN: Saturday August 28, 2010 Starting 12:00 pm - Ending 3:30 am (all shifts available)
Location: 9 miles on Upper Big Tujunga Canyon R - Contact David Greenhut Email:
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State Wide Emergency Drill - October 2010 - SAVE THE DATE - Download Flyer
WHAT: Functional Exercise
WHEN: Thursday November 18th, 2010 8:00 am to 12:00 pm
Objectives:
Operational Area: Interoperable communications, bed tracking, volunteer management, burn surge plan
Hospitals: Bomb threat response/lockdown strategies, ability to manage influx of trauma, burn and pediatric patients, PsySTART assessment tag utilization
Clinics: Bomb threat response/lockdown strategies, ability to manage influx of patients, PsySTART assessment tag utilization
Fire/EMS: Medical management of IED incident, including triage, treatment and transport of patients, disaster burn patient destination, unified command with law enforcement
Law enforcement: Scene safety, preservation of evidence, unified command with fire/EMS.
