52 Weeks to Preparedness: An Introduction to Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Planning
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Author: Tess Pennington
Web Site: http://www.ReadyNutrition.com/
Date: July 19th, 2011
Would like you to emphasize the importance of communications. I am a licensed ham operator and volunteer in my local community with different events as well as emergency preparedness with my local county emergency management, which is now for better or worse under the umbrella of FEMA & Homeland Security. This is just an observation from local drills. Large scale incidents will require a lot of local volunteers to make a serious impact on helping large amounts of the population. I think individuals with survival preparedness dramatically helps with the burden all the local responders will have to help restore some basic level of organization and services. Ham radio is a way to have not only communications across a broad range of radio spectrum, but digital modes like email, albeit slow email, but email none the less, wireless, with no commercial power and no internet. Many hams are familiar with many of the topics discussed here. Take care and get prepared and get involved in your local emergency management. 73′s
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Thanks for putting in all this hard work, Tess! Preparedness is a huge, never-ending task, and it looks like you’ve broken it down into segments that are logical and achievable. Thanks!
I would like to reply to TJ’s blog on Ham Radio’s. I agree that as long as there is electricity that Ham radio’s will be indispensible. However, having said that, I question how Ham operators will provide additional help if the electrical grid goes down. If one researches the Carrington Effect at all, EMP’s are at least a serious possibility. That takes out all of the Ham radio operator’s equipment except those who specifically have protected their equipment against Electro Magnetic Pulses (EMP’s). Loss of electricity also makes the use of any traditional email, snail mail, land lines (home phones), cell phones or Ham radio useless ventures.Â
Having said that, I do agree with being as prepared as possible. That includes those ham radio operators who also have a backup power supply and sufficient fuel for them to make them able to operate. I sure hope that a lot of the licensed ham operators are as prepared as they can be. Communications is going to be vital in any serious emergency scenario.