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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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June
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Year
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2015
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Number_of_ARES_Members
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1689
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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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226
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Number_of_nets_with_NTS_Liaison
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10
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DEC_EC_callsigns
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WD8PNZ W8UY KA8RV53I WF8B AI8P KB8STK KA8RLC N8SUZ W8FHF
N8AUC
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Number_of_drills_tests_and_training_this_month
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184
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Person_Hours_for_drill_tests_training
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5038.5
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Number_of_Public_Service_events
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47
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Person_Hours_for_public_service_events
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1503
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Number_of_emergency_operations_this_month
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26
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Person_Hours_for_emergency_operations
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344.3
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Number_of_ARES_RACES_Events_this_month
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553
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Total_Person_Hours
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8290.2
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Comment
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June was full of drills, public service events, and
activations. Primary activation was for flooding after record rains during
the month.
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Signature
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Stan Broadway
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Hey all! Thanks for your diligence on the monthly reports. I
enjoy reading about your activities. I also want to compliment you on your
increase in training- only a very few counties reported no training. Let’s keep
that ball rolling!! If you need more ideas, contact your EMA or Red Cross
Directors!
Good work on handling the flooding this past month!
What a mess.
Reminder- read the articles in the Ohio Journal on the
website or in the email distribution! And, remember to put August 1 on
your calendar for the Great Lakes Conference!
We have a number of positions shifting these days, I’ll put
a separate email out. MANY THANKS to those of you who are resigning, your
service is valuable to Ohio and ham radio. Thanks, and an encouraging word to
those who are stepping up into new positions!
Here is the summary of activities for June!
Thank you for everything you do!
-Stan
ARES Ohio Section Monthly report for the month of:
June, 2015
District 1
Seneca County-EC Scott Rosenburger KE8JC. Rport submitted by
AEC Steve Tarbert KC8ZKC
Some members of our ARES group participated in the 2015 ARRL
Field Day in conjunction with the Seneca County Radio Club which was held this
year at the Seneca County Fairgrounds.
Huron County-EC Clay Benner KB8DNA
2 Skywarn events for Severe Thunderstorm Warnings. A great
(and wet) Field day with 11 participants and 4 visitors. 2 new Tech got a lot
of training on HF.
Sandusky County-EC David Gierhart W8DAG
Fifteen ARES members provided communications for the 37th
annual Camel Back Race in Fremont, Ohio. This is a 5K / 10 K race with over 300
runners. The race is named after a landmark bridge in Fremont. Helped with the
GOBA event that passed thru a portion of our county. Activated Skywarn three
times for tornado warnings in the county.
Hancock County-EC Darl Deeds NA8W
The Hancock County EMA Director spoke at our monthly meeting
on his job responsibilities and how Amateurs are included. At the end of the
meeting he was presented a License Manual to assist him in earning his Ham
License.
Erie County-EC Bob Heim K8HLH
3 Sky warn nets field day Ohio Ema Nets 10 k race Sandusky
County
Wood County-EC Robert Schumann W8NYY
Active month. Monthly meeting devoted to the GOBA
preparation and resolving repeater issues. Had very good participation for the
three days GOBA was in Wood County. Many compliments on our professionalism.
Specifically I want to call out a thanks to Colleen, N8TNV who acted as Net
Control for the full three days. The names and callsigns of the participants
have been communicated to Jeff, N8SUZ, route coordinator.
Lucas County-EC Brenda Krukowski KB8IUP
Ottawa County-EC James Garber KB8TTR
We continue to cultivate our group. I would encourage all
ARES members to download and try the Zello app for your device. We use it in
Sandusky/ Ottawa Counties for Skywarn coordination and ops. I use it to comm
with family as well. It is an invaluable tool. We all know the benefit of
amateur radio and why it will work when everything else fails. However, Zello
is another tool in our toolbox that can help. Why not use it?!
Wyandot County-EC Ron Wilch KE8PX
The Wyandot County Hams had our monthly meeting at the
Wyandot Memorial Hospital on Thursday May 11th. We discussed Field Day and our
special event activity in September. We held one alert net due to storm
activity. Our club, KD8BNV, conducted Field Day at Wharton Community Park and
had a great time. Even with the adverse weather conditions, we were able to
operate the majority of the 24 hour period. A good time was had by all.
\"73\"
District 2
Defiance Co., Henry Co., Williams Co. Co. & Van Wert Co.
provided communications for GOBA June 20th - June 27th. Several parts of
District 2 suffered moderate to severe flooding due to record rain fall during
mid to late June. ARES was not called out, but our CERT arm was called upon to
do after flood damage assessment.
District 3
330 Members (increase of 3), 99 Total Events (52 Voice Net
Sessions, 23 Digital Net Sessions, 20 Meetings/ Drills/Tests/Training, 2 Public
Service Events, 2 Emergency Operations), 945 Total Man-Hours.
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY: Four weekly voice nets, four weekly
digital nets, one public service event and Field Day operations for a total of
10 events and 67 man-hours.
CLARK COUNTY: Four weekly net sessions and two other
ARES events including Field Day operation that was impacted by weather for a
total of six events and 36 man-hours
DARKE COUNTY: Five weekly voice net sessions, five
weekly digital net sessions and one other ARES events for a total of 11 events
and 73 man-hours.
GREENE COUNTY: Four weekly voice nets, four weekly
digital nets, four weekly Hamnet Mesh discussion nets, plus Net Control Station
for five voice net sessions and four digital net sessions during District 3
ARES Field Day Regional Net operations. Also, participation in the Miami
Valley MESH Alliance meeting and the District 3 ARES EC Meeting for a total 24
events and 147 man-hours. GCARES added one new member this month.
MIAMI COUNTY: Four weekly voice net sessions, six
other ARES/RACES events including public service support for the West Milton
Triathlon for a total of 12 events and 145 man-hours.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY: Four weekly voice nets and
two other ARES events for a total of six events and 56 man-hours.
MoCoARES added two new members this month.
PREBLE COUNTY: Four weekly net sessions and three
other ARES event including Field Day and an emergency operation for a total of
7 events and 36 man-hours. Preble County ARES / SKYWARN was activated
during a severe storm for damage assessment and reporting severe weather
observation to the Dayton Section Skywarn Net. PCARES members operated
SSB and CW stations in the 2F Class from the Preble County EMA Office and had
VIP visitors who observed amateur radio operations under emergency conditions
and extended an invitation for PC ARES to give a presentation for the County
Commissioners at a later date.
SHELBY COUNTY: Four weekly net sessions, one emergency
operation to support a two-day EMA/EOC activation during a Shelby County
flooding incident and four other ARES activities including the District 3 ARES
EC Meeting, Field Day on both Saturday and Sunday and a VE Test Session of
“Field Day Sunday” for a total of 246 man-hours.
DISTRICT 3 ACTIVITIES: Four District 3 ARES Weekly Net
sessions, nine West Central Ohio District 3 ARES Regional net sessions during
Field Day (five voice nets and four digital nets) and a District 3 ARES EC
Meeting for a total of 14 events and 139 man-hours.
District 4
Adams:
Brown: Worked a public service event and field day
Butler:
Clermont:
Clinton: Called out by served agency - NWS 72 man hours
training during Field Day.
Hamilton:
Highland:
Warren:
District 5
Portage County included Field Day in Emergencies because a
number of ARES members participated this year.
Columbiana County pperated for a LEPC Communications drill,
with numerous FD's providing a crossband link from UHF to VHF for FD
operations.
Stark Co ARES completed 5 public service nets for the month
of June that totaled 171 check ins. There were no public service events during
the month although our Skywarn net did activate several times during the week
of June 22nd as some severe weather passed through the county. One tornado
warning was issued during this time causing a short activation of the county EMA
office. We maintained contact with the EMA during the warning period. Local EMA
did escort Cleveland NWS personnel to assess storm damage the next day, Stark
ARES maintained contact during this review. We continue to look for
communication volunteers to assist with the Hall of Fame Festival that begins
in July.
District 6
(No comments)
District 7
Delaware No Comments
Fairfield No Report
Fayette NO EC
Franklin No Comments
Knox Participated with the Tour de Cure bike event and the
group enjoyed Field Day.
Licking Licking County ARES had a very busy June!! As usual,
Field Day was a great success with 2 groups operating in Licking County NARA on
Horns Hill in Newark, and CRES and COOKEN operating at Infirmary Mound Park,
just south of Granville. We also took part in the annual Tour de Cure for 2015
which involved Delaware, Knox, and Licking Counties. Once again, we provided
NCS for all three counties via an RV located in Johnstown, Oh. it was a great
day for the tour and we had no major incidents this year. In addition, we had a
major exercise called Operation Guardian Shield. This exercise included seven
locations in Ohio, with the final focus at the Fire Academy in Reynoldsburg,
using live simulation and explosions. The scale of this exercise was larger
than most of us have experienced and included the National Guard, Ohio State
Troopers, local fire departments, local law enforcements, and HazMat teams. It
also gave us an opportunity to use the newly outfitted CERT/ARES trailer at the
Fire Academy located near the Licking County Mobile EOC as communications for
our county. Lots of things worked well and we found several thing that will be
improved in the near future. We also had a member on standby at the Licking
County Mobile EOC to provide emergency communications at a live chemical spill
in the northern part of Licking County.
Madison Our ARES group assisted with the Strawberry Festival
Bike Tour. There were four routes with the longest being 100 miles long. The
Friends of Madison County Parks and Trails discovered our services last year
and really like what we do, so much infact that they\\\'ve invited us to assist
with all of their bike rides this year.
Marion No Comments
Morrow No Report
Pickaway No Comments
Union No Report
District 8
Athens - ACARA operated Field Day 1 Alpha from the Athens
County Fairgrounds. The Athens County 9-1-1 crank-up tower was used for
multi-band dipole and power was supplied from the Third Sun Solar portable
trailer\\\'s solar panels by day and charged batteries overnight. N8SUZ and
KD8PUJ spent June 20-27 coordinating amateur radio communications for the Great
Ohio Bicycle Adventure in northwest Ohio.
Hocking - The Hocking Valley Amateur Radio Club this year
held their Field Day activities at the County EMA building in our Radio club
room, in downtown Logan. It was a very well attended event going the full 24
hours with a total of 19 operators participating for a total of 176 combined
hours. We operated as 2 Foxtrot with an additional GOTA station. In all we
contacted 39 states (53 ARRL Sections), 3 Canadian provinces, 2 US territories
and 3 countries including Columbia. We had good media coverage from both our
local news paper and FM radio station and a visit from our County EMA Director.
Many family members and a few visitors stopped by and at 18:00 Saturday
everyone enjoyed our usual fabulous potluck. There were smiles all around with
everyone proclaiming what a great time they had and already making plans to
make next year's event even bigger and better. 73 and QRT for now from Hocking
County ARC.
Perry - Perry County participated in two event with Perry
County Sheriffs Office / Perry County Fire DIstrict. Perry County also
participated in Field Day from AK8H QTH DEC comments: Upcoming public service
event in Vinton County - Lake Hope Bicycle Race State Finals July 19, 2015,
0900-1700District 9
District 9
Belmont:
Coshocton: KC8WX, KB8HEA, KL7RF and AA8BN installed SS
hardware on the 75 m dipole on the roof of EOC EMA. KC8WX donated a tuned beam
to ARES on 162. for use with the weather radio in EMA. Good job to KC8PUW and
KL7RF who operated the digital station at field day and was a Net Control
during OHDEN. Field day had over a dozen ARES members participating . The CCARA
club call W8CCA was used during FD with a good member turn out. NF8U, CCARA
President, organized a great event with a hf cw , ssb , and digital station and
a 6m station. .Rental of the site and some of the food from CCARA. The EMA
director made a visit to the site too. The KE8BDF, 145.23 ARES repeater with a
pl of 71.9 is working well thanks to KB8HEA and KC8WX. The club repeater W8CCA
,147.045 will soon require a pl as well of 71.9. AA8BN, Coshocton County EC
Guernsey: June was a very busy month! ARES supported two
public events by providing communications for the \"Relay for Life\"
and the \"Shale-Abration\". The desiganted ARES training for the
month was field day. The field day site was set up in a public park. The set up
and tear down provide excellent training for ARES members. Operations was
conducted for the entire 24 hours. There were 11 pieces of traffic passed from
the field day site into the NTS. Several ARES members checked into the OHDEN
and Ohio Emergency Prepareness Net during the month.
Harrison:
Jefferson: : Jefferson County has begun bi-weekly field
exercises to determine communication needs from ARC Shelter locations and more
difficult areas of the county. We are evaluating all frequencies for use and
will develop a SOP for future reference.
Monroe:
Morgan:
Muskingum: Two weather nets plus field day made for a very
full month. Field day was held at the EOC using the emergency trailer in
cooperation with 3 other ham groups. The weather was awful and we shut down
early but the food good.
Noble: LEPC Haz Mat Functional Exercise 6/24/2015 1 man 2
hrs
Washington:
District 10
District 10: Field Day definitely had adverse conditions
this year. Mainly the weather. ***
Ashtabula County: Had a blast at Field Day. Tho the bands
were not up to par... We still scored well but more importantly got a lot of
practice in and enjoyed a large turnout. Great to be amongst friends. Even had
a few new hams that passed their tech tests! *** Cuyahoga County: No report
received. ***
Geauga County: None ***
Lake County: Lake ARES ended the month with Net covering a
rolling power outage in the County. 20K homes lost power for a brief time. Ron,
KC8BTN, activated the Net with five check ins. June 7th eleven ARES volunteers
provided communication for the Lake Health 1/2 Marathon. Nearly 500 runners ran
a course from the Lake Farm Park through Chapin State Forest, then to
Penitentiary Glen Reservation, then back to the Farm Park. Operators were
stationed at the five water locations. Net Control interfaced with the local Fire
Departments. June 14th was the Sunday-in-June Bike Ride through Geauga County.
Nineteen volunteers from Lake, Geauga, and Cuyahoga Counties monitored the 750
plus riders. They traveled four routes of 25, 50, 63 and 100 miles through the
day. There was the normal flat tires and tired riders requiring transport.
Otherwise there were no major problems. Field day was wet at the Lake History
Center. Operators took advantage of the barn and log cabins on site to stay
dry. The ARES trailer was deployed on the lawn and provided a sung, dry
operating location. First reports indicated 3300 plus 6-A contacts were made
during the event. June was a busy month for Lake Co. ARES. ***
Lorain County: No Comments. ***
Medina County: NF8O did 58 hours alone in work on the EMA
and Hospital and also did a bike event for 6 hours meeting with another county
EC.
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