I've kept quiet, for the most part, while ARRL went through this round of applicants. It was challenging, since 9/11, go through gyrations with a number of applicants and both positives and negatives through the months.
There's a LOT to be done. The LEAGUE ... not just the League Emergency Management Director ... has a lot to do.
Many of the naysayers and even some who support the League don't understand what an emergency management program looks like. Professionally, that involves all-hazards Plans, Response, Recovery, Mitigation, Recovery, Training, and Exercises. When it mentions All Hazards, that includes pandemics and solar storms, i.e. the stuff that's in your Hazard Mitigation Plan.
Dot connecting is a term I've used to describe what EM folks do. Networking is muy importante.
Does your business have a Continuity of Operations Plan? If you dare answer no, what have you been doing since 9/11? Rick Rescorla had NO loss of life, except his, at HIS company because he made sure there was a plan that was practiced. BTW, 9/11 is Rick Rescorla Day for a reason, i.e. plans are not written in a vacuum.
Do you want your LOCAL program to be recognized? Do something. One Section Manager had a representative at the State Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters meetings. The League is a member at the National Level. The League has an MOU with a member or two. https://www.nvoad.org/ is the web site.
Another Place is the LOCAL Emergency Planning Committee ... https://www.epa.gov/epcra/finding-your-lepc ... where LOCAL plans are written, exercises planned, and training calendars are shared. If hams are not at that meeting, likely they won't be in the plan.
In emergency management, "All disasters start and end locally" is the reason your County Emergency Coordinator is the most important cog in the gear.
"It's NOT about me; it's about WE."
Had KK4INZ applied and been hired, would the naysayers be as vocal? The "new guy" has a degree in the field and 16 years experience. Can we give him a chance?
73 and Happy New Year to all y'all and to the New Emergency Management Director.
—-
Lloyd Colston, KC5FM
Hamshack Hotline 50052
There's a LOT to be done. The LEAGUE ... not just the League Emergency Management Director ... has a lot to do.
Many of the naysayers and even some who support the League don't understand what an emergency management program looks like. Professionally, that involves all-hazards Plans, Response, Recovery, Mitigation, Recovery, Training, and Exercises. When it mentions All Hazards, that includes pandemics and solar storms, i.e. the stuff that's in your Hazard Mitigation Plan.
Dot connecting is a term I've used to describe what EM folks do. Networking is muy importante.
Does your business have a Continuity of Operations Plan? If you dare answer no, what have you been doing since 9/11? Rick Rescorla had NO loss of life, except his, at HIS company because he made sure there was a plan that was practiced. BTW, 9/11 is Rick Rescorla Day for a reason, i.e. plans are not written in a vacuum.
Do you want your LOCAL program to be recognized? Do something. One Section Manager had a representative at the State Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters meetings. The League is a member at the National Level. The League has an MOU with a member or two. https://www.nvoad.org/ is the web site.
Another Place is the LOCAL Emergency Planning Committee ... https://www.epa.gov/epcra/finding-your-lepc ... where LOCAL plans are written, exercises planned, and training calendars are shared. If hams are not at that meeting, likely they won't be in the plan.
In emergency management, "All disasters start and end locally" is the reason your County Emergency Coordinator is the most important cog in the gear.
"It's NOT about me; it's about WE."
Had KK4INZ applied and been hired, would the naysayers be as vocal? The "new guy" has a degree in the field and 16 years experience. Can we give him a chance?
73 and Happy New Year to all y'all and to the New Emergency Management Director.
—-
Lloyd Colston, KC5FM
Hamshack Hotline 50052
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You are not alone. During the 2020 wild fires in Oregon the ARES groups were neither called out nor did they volunteer to assist. The state Office of Emergency Management had waged a multiyear war against ARES, trying to take the entire program over. State ARES leadership either quit or were pushed aside by the SM. The result has been that there is NO useful ARES program in the state of Oregon and likely never will be again. The current ARRL SM/SEC and DEC's have done nothing in the past 4 years. de K7VV SEC 2011-2015 and 50 year ARES member.
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