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subject
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ARES Form FSD-96
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State
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Ohio
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Month
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November
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Year
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2013
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Number_of_ARES_Members
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1633
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Change_In_Numbers
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0
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Number_of_DECs_EC_reporting_this_month
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10
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Number_of_ARES_nets_active
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0
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Number_of_nets_with_NTS_Liaison
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0
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DEC_EC_callsigns
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1-WD8PNZ, 2-W8UY, 3-KC8WHK, 4-N8TFD, 5-KC8PD, 6-W8MLL,
7-KA8RLC, 8-N8SUZ, 9-W8FHF, 10-N8AUC
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Number_of_drills_tests_and_training_this_month
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380
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Person_Hours_for_drill_tests_training
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2762.84
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Number_of_Public_Service_events
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28
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Person_Hours_for_public_service_events
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832.5
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Number_of_emergency_operations_this_month
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29
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Person_Hours_for_emergency_operations
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632
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Number_of_ARES_RACES_Events_this_month
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437
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Total_Person_Hours
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4227.34
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Comment
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See attached document for comments.
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Signature
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Matthew Welch W8DEC / Ohio SEC
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COMMENTS..
DISTRICT 1.. Seneca County-EC Scott Rosenburger KE8JC Report submitted by AEC Steve Tarbert KC8ZKC The results from 3 of the weekly nets were not sent to me by the Net Controllers
Huron County-EC Clay Benner KB8DNA There were 2 Skywarn events for the county this month. Significant tree damage and some structure damage in Norwalk from the Nov 1 storm. Several man-hours working with CERT and completing Damage assessment reports. AEC and I attended the Ohio ARES conference. Thanks to Seth KD8RBP for accepting the appointment of AEC for Huron Co. Seth will be the net liaison to OSSBN and other outside nets as well as the State Digital Net. This report includes his net time hours
Sandusky County-EC David Gierhart W8DAG Skywarn activation on November 17th for tornado warnings. Three confirmed tornados in neighboring counties. PO issued for new ARES communications trailer and equipment with money from the local Community Foundations Grant. Delivery in January
Hancock County-EC Darl Deeds NA8W Skywarn Activation for severe storms dominated the month.
Erie County-EC Bob Heim K8HLH We had 2 Sky warn nets 1 on 11/1 and 2nd on 11/17 which had a total of 63 man hours, even though one was late at night. Odd for November. Had the training at the conference in Columbus. (very long day counting travel time).
DISTRICT 3.. This was a busy month for D-3 people. Lots of holiday parades and some mutual aid among counties to help with these events.
DISTRICT 4.. E-ops hours were in support of NWS. Public Service season is a little slow in our district until about March. The next challenge in the district is explore a recent request by Hamilton County "ROC" (Regional Operating Center) to deepen their relationship with the amateur radio community. Happy Holidays from the DEC, ECs, AECs, and great volunteers in District 4!
DISTRICT 5.. Stark County - We had a total of 4 ARES nets for the month of November that totaled 145 check-ins. November was an active month for our ARES program. On the 9th five ARES members attended the All Ohio ARES Conference for a day of meetings and activities.
Thanks to the Massillon Amateur Radio Club for providing their EmComm Trailer for display at the meeting. Many attendees took time to visit the trailer with lots of questions and some very nice comments. Three ARES members staffed an information table at the annual Massillon Hamfest on Nov 3rd. The table included a Go-Box display and several new ARES registrations were taken during the event.
The Massillon club completed their last scheduled public service event on Saturday, Nov 23rd with the Massillon Holiday Parade. 18 volunteers provided logistics and safety communications that also included providing staging and lineup for the over 100 units in this years parade. As always, complete details of all our activities are posted on our website at
www.wd8aye.net.
DISTRICT 6.. CRAWFORD – Report not filed
KNOX – Report filed – No Comments
MARION – Report filed – No Comments
MEDINA – Report not filed
RICHLAND – November was a busy month in Richland County. The ARES group conducted four training nets and one Skywarn net due to tornado watch and warning in our area. EC Danny Bailey, KB8STK and Harry Mains, N8XMI attended the All Ohio ARES Conference in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. The conference had a great turnout with lots of valuable information presented. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and now are looking forward to Christmas.
WAYNE – Report not filed
WYANDOT – The Wyandot County ARES group held their monthly meeting on November 14th at the Wyandot Memorial Hospital conference rooms. We discussed the possibility of having a special event station at the 2014 Wyandot County Fair. Many details will need to be worked out. The club have their Christmas dinner party meeting December 12th at the Corner Inn in Upper Sandusky. A short business meeting will follow the dinner with the election of 2014 officers and then a "white elephant" gift exchange. "73"
DISTRICT 7.. On November 21st, there was a "Regional Emergency Operations Center Functional Exercise" that included; Delaware, Licking, Fairfield, Franklin, Pickaway, Madison, and Union Counties. The exercise started off as a winter weather event, with an ice storm that disrupted public utilities causing shelters to be opened. About 2 hours into the exercise a "cyber" attack was initiated by terrorist group. The caused all internet and many Public Service radio systems to fail. All communications from the county EOC to the State EOC and communications within the participating counties to be by HAM Radio only. FLDIGI was used by most of the counties.
DISTRICT 8..
Counties reporting: Athens, Hocking, Lawrence, Scioto EC comments: Athens: On November 3rd Athens County ARA(ACARA) and the Sunday Creek Amateur Radio Federation (SCARF) jointly supported the Bobcat Trail Marathon at Burr Oak Lake State Park. SCARF will hold their annual SCARFfest at Nelsonville Tri-County Career Center on Sunday, January 19, 2014, 8 AM to noon. VE session at noon. Hocking:
On November 10th we once again assisted the local Veterans groups organize their Veterans Day parade. It is an annual event that our club takes very seriously to help honor the men and women who have served and sacrificed so much to protect our freedom! Scioto: 11/17 Skywarn net was established during a severe thunderstorm warning for Scioto County. There were a total of 7 members that checked in and reported conditions from various locations in the county.
DEC comments: In the past few weeks there have been several severe weather events. All counties were reminded to notify the DEC of activations as per OSERP. The only activation recorded was from 11/17 in Scioto County, although most counties were prepared to activate if needed. Thanks to all for maintaining standby during these events. Hope recent WX events are not a foretelling of the upcoming winter.
DISTRICT 9.. COSHOCTON CO….Start of the month was my call to my DEC, W8FHF, at noon per SEC request. On Nov 9 AECs N8VV and KL7RF for Coshocton Co and myself attended the ARES Conference. We enjoyed the mobile units on display and the various informative presentations. KL7RF continues to be active on the OSSBN….EC, Steve Wheatcraft…AA8BN
GUERNSEY CO…Have had several meetings with the EMA director to discuss our support to the EMA. One of our priorities is issuing identification badges through the EMA to our ARES personnel. Public event was the annual Christmas parade support. Emergency Weather net was activated during Tornado Warning. EC, Dick Wayt, WD8SDH...
JEFFERSON CO…. The new simplex net is proving to members, and others in the area, that simplex is a reliable mode of communication and that we do NOT have to rely on repeaters for our ARES work…..EC…Robert Carson N8CUX….
MONROE CO….Monroe County amateurs will be participating in a simplex drill this month that I am coordinating. I will be sending operators out all over our county to see how efficient VHF and UHF is at communicating back to our EOC on simplex. I have not set the date in stone yet but it will be sometime here in December. We did antenna tuning and radio reprogramming at the office yesterday as well……EC Jeremey Taylor, KD8MTK….
MUSKINGUM CO…..Some of our members practiced transmitting and/or receiving Digital communications on six meter SSB with FLDIGI/FLMSG with the COOKEN Club in Newark, OH, Licking County, in their Thursday night 6 meter net. We also applied for a Grant with the BlueGrass Pipeline people, for $10,600.00, by way of our EOC director. We brought up a couple storm related weather nets also in November. We are also planning a multi county wide Digital net with neighboring counties….EC Kathleen Frederico KB3RDR..
NOBLE CO….Meeting with Noble County 911/LEPC/Homeland Security. 2 men 1.5 hrs x 2 = 3 hours … EC Larry Mason, N8RAF…..
DISTRICT 10..
The All Ohio ARES Conference was great! Happy Holidays to you and your families!
Ashtabula / D10 County: Been a very low key month over all. We have all been getting our gear and shacks squared away for the upcoming cold weather. We are pretty excited about our annual Christmas dinner and celebration- coming up this Saturday.
Cuyahoga County : This month was busy -- 2 drills, 2 nets, and 1 general meeting. High levels of participation were achieved at all events. Cuyahoga ARES works hard to maintain its readiness and a good relationship with its served agencies.
Geauga County: None
Lake County: None
Lorain County: There were no public service events or emergency operations conducted this month.
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