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SFI 125
SN 85
A 7
K 2 Quiet
X-Ray C2.3
Wind 414.1 km/s
Aurora 2
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Disaster Communication Scenarios

Discuss disaster communication planning, message flow, net operation, simulations, and emergency lessons learned.

  1. New ham looking for guidance on EmComm simulation exercises - where to start?

    Michael Brown79,
    • 2 replies
    • 141 views
    Michelle Davis

  2. ARES drill last weekend — some things went really wrong and I learned a lot

    Radio Geek,
    • 1 reply
    • 100 views
    Ham Fan

  3. that big storm last month got me thinking about emergency prep

    Stephanie Clark,
    • 1 reply
    • 82 views
    Patricia Kim

  4. ran my first ARES activation last month, some things I wasn't prepared for

    DX Dude,
    • 1 reply
    • 60 views
    Amanda Anderson50

  5. ran a tabletop ARES exercise last weekend, some things went really wrong (in a good way?)

    Nicole Martin,
    • 1 reply
    • 58 views
    David Park

  7. ARES exercise last weekend kind of opened my eyes a bit

    QRP Guy,
    • 1 reply
    • 19 views
    Emily Williams

  8. ran a simulated disaster exercise last weekend, some things i didnt expect

    Daniel Taylor,
    • 1 reply
    • 34 views
    Emily Thomas

  9. ran our county ARES simulated emergency test last weekend — some thoughts

    Jessica Williams,
    • 1 reply
    • 22 views
    James Thompson

  10. ran a simulated disaster drill last weekend, some things went really well and some... didn't

    Michael Miller,
    • 1 reply
    • 78 views
    Sarah Wilson13

  11. ran my first simulated emergency exercise last weekend — some thoughts

    Tom Anderson,
    • 1 reply
    • 44 views
    Tom Anderson

  13. ran a ARES drill last weekend and honestly learned more than i expected

    Jessica Johnson,
    • 1 reply
    • 89 views
    Microwave Guy

  14. ran our first full ARES simcomm exercise last weekend — some things I didn't expect

    James Williams,
    • 1 reply
    • 24 views
    Gregory Smith

  15. our ARES group did a simulated disaster exercise last weekend — some thoughts

    Kevin Park,
    • 1 reply
    • 68 views
    Sarah Taylor

  16. ran our first ARES simulated emergency test last weekend — some thoughts

    QRP Guy,
    • 1 reply
    • 15 views
    Antenna Guy

  17. our county ARES drill last weekend went sideways in a good way — lessons we didnt expect

    Mike Rodriguez,
    • 1 reply
    • 25 views
    Ashley Anderson73

  19. lessons from last weekend's ARES drill — some things went better than expected, some really didn't

    David Davis44,
    • 1 reply
    • 39 views
    Linda Chen

  20. our ARES group did a simulated disaster drill last weekend — some thoughts

    Emily Moore,
    • 1 reply
    • 78 views
    Mike Johnson

  21. SET Scenarios: What Made Your Exercise Realistic?

    Michelle Baker,
    • 2 replies
    • 120 views
    James Park

  22. ARES exercise last weekend didn't go how I expected — some thoughts

    Lisa Rodriguez,
    • 1 reply
    • 34 views
    Elizabeth Patel

  23. ran my first ARES drill last weekend — some thoughts and a question

    Carol White,
    • 1 reply
    • 78 views
    David Davis

  25. ran my first ARES simulated emergency test last weekend — wow that was humbling

    Helen Anderson,
    • 1 reply
    • 90 views
    John Peterson

  26. Lessons learned from last month's multi-county communications drill

    Contest King,
    • 2 replies
    • 367 views
    Amanda Wilson

  27. our ARES group did a simulated disaster drill last weekend — some thoughts

    David Brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 70 views
    David Brown

  28. ran our first ARES tabletop exercise last week — some things I didn't expect

    David Davis41,
    • 1 reply
    • 12 views
    Microwave Guy

  29. our ARES group did a simulated disaster exercise last weekend - some thoughts

    Thomas Wilson,
    • 1 reply
    • 50 views
    Bob Wilson

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