MEARS Radio Activities & Radio Readiness Response Training

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Are You Ready

Hone your skills, Pack a bag, Use Canned mobile radio

 

Winter Field Day and ARRL Summer Field Day

Improve your Radio Preparedness Response skills

and Practice your radio skills with live traffic

 

Mock Disaster

Save Yourself - Save Others

Survival Skills, Rescuing be Rescued, Search and Survive

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Fire Suppression

Act Fast the fire trucks are Not coming

You can help save lives and protect property

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Wilderness First Aid

You could Help save lives when there is

No EMT, No Ambulance and No Dr.

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Disaster Assessment

Help accelerate FEMA Recovery Money for communities
by getting trained to participate in post-disaster Windshield Surveys.

 

Stay Radio Active

Get on the MEARS net

Provide Weather Observation Reports

Give Situational Awareness Observation Reports

Participate on Emergency Preparedness frequencies

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Additional Opportunities:

• Providing assistance and support for CERT classes offered by Millington Fire Department.

• Participating in the annual Armed Forces Crossband Emergency Communications Test.

• AFD May 2023.

•  Summer ARRL Field Day operations , June 2023.

• HAM Search activity: Locating and contacting local ham operators.

• Offering Emergency Auxiliary Communications training to local the ham radio community.

• “Boots on The Ground” Field exercises to determine the area of coverage and distance capabilities of the MEARS radio service.

• Organize, train and maintain a local "Readiness Team" that would be available to assist Millington FD, in Disaster Assessment.

• Participating in Winter Field Day operations to provide training activities for MEARS members and support staff. January 2024.

• Check-in on MEARS Monthly Emergency Auxiliary Communications Training Radio Net using the MEARS repeater frequency.