May's Section Emergency Coordinators Report..

ARRL Ohio Section - FSD-96
Month: May
Year: 2016
Total Number of ARES Members: 1760
Change since last month: 10
Number of DEC's / EC's reporting this month: 10
Number of ARES Nets active: 487
Number of Nets active with NTS Liaisons: varies
Call-signs of DEC's / EC's reporting: WD8PNZ W8UY KC8WHK WF8B AI8P KB8STK N8KKW N8SUZ W8FHF N8AUC
Number of drills, tests and training sessions this month: 142
Person Hours: 1392.75
Number of Public Service Events this month: 108
Person Hours: 2186.75
Number of Emergency Operations this month: 9
Person Hours: 49.5
Total number of ARES/RACES Events this month: 799
Total Person Hours: 5631
Comments: Lots of significant public service this month. ARES activated briefly for a missing person in D3 area. LOTS of stuff coming this summer! ARESMAT final structure and tabletops completed. The Sarge (W8SGT at OHEOC) is being remodelled, grant approved for new rigs/amps.
Submitted by and call-sign: Stan Broadway N8BHL
Email: broadways@standi.com

OES Reports for May:

Name	Call	County	District	PS Hours	EM Hours	Hours Net Participation
Scott	N8SY	Richland	6	15	0	50
Mark	KB8YMN	Franklin	7	31	0	8
Bob	W8RWR	Franklin	7	0	0	2
David	NF8O	Medina	10	44	0	2
Tony	KC8UR	Knox	7	0	0	12
Matt	KD8TTE	Franklin	7	31	0	17
Jeff	KB8ZUN	Lorain	10	6	0	15

Hi everyone!  Thanks so much to DEC’s and EC’s who’ve completed reports for May!  It may the accounting easy.  We’re getting warmed up for a very busy summer- so these numbers show that you are putting time and energy into serving your communities! Well done, all!!

I urge you to get involved with a nearby Field Day effort! This is the ‘large scale’ emergency preparedness exercise for the entire nation- and while it’s fun for fellowship and contesting, it assures that if needed we actually ~can~ set up in a field!  So have a great time, and be safe!! I’ll be operating 40 in “Canned Ham” for the DELARA FD effort at Delaware (when I’m not partaking in our pig roast!) so if you hear K8ES, say hello!

Big changes are still underway at The Sarge!  Rooms in the remodeling process are starting to take shape—and as you might expect with a state project, change is a daily thing. Good news is that our grant was approved, so we’ll be able to add a couple Yaesu FTDX-1200’s and a couple full-power amps to the arsenal.  At the moment we’re limping along with very limited facilities- and that may present extra challenges for July (NAACP, Toledo, RNC, Red Cross).

One thing of note:  Cherish your friendships that develop in ham radio!! Take time to help others, and take time to really enjoy the many different people, with all the skills and talents they bring, as we work our way through this radio sport.

Here are the monthly numbers and they look great!

Total Drills/training: 142

Drill hours: 1392.75

Public Service events: 108

Public Service hours: 2186.75

Emergency events: 9

Emergency hours: 50

Not bad for May, just getting warmed up for the ‘active’ months!  Well done, everyone!!

Ohio ARES Monthly Activity Report for May, 2016

District 1

Lucas County is in need of quite a few volunteers for the Toledo Air Show. Contact Brenda Krukowski or myself for further information. Totals include figures for the Northwest Ohio Traffic and Training Net.
Seneca County-EC Scott Rosenburger KE8JC Report submitted by AEC Steve Tarbert KC8ZKC  We had several training sessions this month (Skywarn, Railroad Tanker safety Training, and an EOC Drill. We did assist with an EOC activation when the county\'s west side paging system went down.

Huron County-EC Clay Benner KB8DNA 2 Skywarn nets. No Damage reported.

Sandusky County-EC David Gierhart W8DAG   Provided parade communications and traffic control for the Hayes Presidential Center Centennial Celebration on May 28, including 90 members of The Ohio State University Marching Band. President Hayes was the founder of OSU. His home and the first presidential library in the country is located at Spiegel Grove in Fremont, Ohio. Held Skywarn training in Toledo on May 26.

Hancock County-EC Darl Deeds NA8W  Quiet weather month in Hancock County. We were invited to attend the Hancock County Firefighters Association monthly meeting at Blanchard Township Fire Department. They asked ARES/HEARS to be their program for the meeting. Almost 50 fire fighters were in attendance from all over Hancock County. More usually attend but a house fire nearby had four fire departments fighting it. The Hancock County EC and 9 other ARES members attended and presented the reasons to consider ARES for a communication role in emergencies. Also a video of ARES with Walter Cronkite was viewed. Great opportunity to publicize ham radio and ARES.

Erie County-EC Bob Heim K8HLH We had NWS training in Norwalk Memorial Day Parade at the Ohio Veterans Home in Perkins Township 12 members helped set up the parade FSD-157 was sent to the ARRL

Wood County-EC Eric Willman WD8LEI  No Report

Lucas County-EC Brenda Krukowski KB8IUP  We presented the Skywarn Training for the Lucas County Integrated Health Care Team on May 26. Our May ARES meeting was canceled due to the amateurs working the Memorial Day Parade on May 28 meeting date. Our next meeting will be June 25 at theTMRA Field Day Site at the Wolcott House in Maumee, OH

Ottawa County-EC James Garber KB8TTR  No Report

Wyandot County-EC Ron Wilch KE8PX  The Wyandot County Hams will be participating during Field Day later this month at Wharton Community Park. We will be having a pot luck dinner on Saturday evening and operating for the entire 24 hours as 3A OHIO. \"73\"

District 2

No comments

District 3

DISTRICT 3 SUMMARY:

Eight of nine counties reporting:  334 Members (includes all 9 counties), 91 Total Events (59 Voice Net Sessions, 7 Digital Net Sessions, 20 Meetings/ Drills/Tests/Training, 3 Public Service Events, 2 Emergency Operations), 1001 Total Man-Hours.

CHAMPAIGN COUNTY:  No Report.

CLARK COUNTY:  Four weekly net sessions and one other ARES event for a total of 5 events and 49 man-hours. 

DARKE COUNTY:  Five weekly voice net sessions, one Public Service Event and one other ARES event for a total of 7 events and 81 man-hours.

GREENE COUNTY:  Five GCARES weekly voice nets, four GCARES weekly digital nets, five GCARES weekly Mesh HSMM discussion nets, four Bellbrook support group voice nets and five Fairborn support group voice nets.  Greene County ARES/Miami Valley Mesh Alliance set up an ARES Mesh Networks across Hamvention and manned an ARES Mesh Demonstration Booth all three days of Hamvention [considered one event] for a total of 24 events and 275 man-hours.

LOGAN COUNTY:  Four weekly voice net sessions for a total of 4 events and 2 man-hours.

MIAMI COUNTY:  Nine weekly voice net sessions, one public service event and nine other ARES/RACES events include General Class License Course sessions and  Miami County ARC Open House for a total of 19 events and 114 man-hours.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY:  Five weekly voice nets, three digital nets and three other ARES events including a Hospital Exercise, a LEPC Hazmat Exercise and ARES support for Dayton Hamvention for a total of 11 events and 58 man-hours.

PREBLE COUNTY:  Four weekly net sessions, one Skywarn emergency operation and two other ARES event including a repeater upgrade project to increase coverage for upcoming GOBA event and coordination of the Emcomm Vehicles Display at Hamvention for a total of 7 events and 23 man-hours.

SHELBY COUNTY:  Five weekly net sessions, one public service event, one Skywarn emergency operation and three other ARES events including FLDIGI training and manning Shelby County ARES Comm Trailer three days of Hamvention.

DISTRICT 3 ACTIVITIES:  Four District 3 ARES Weekly Net sessions for a total of 4 events and 97 man-hours.

District4

The biggest public service event of the month was the Flying Pig Marathon. There were two EMA-requested weather-related activations in Hamilton County. The large-scale MCI drill in Hamilton County was postponed by the organizers.

District 5

From Stark County EC Terry Russ, N8ATZ: Stark Co ARES completed 5 public service nets for the month of May that totaled 150 check-ins. There were no public service events this month. During July and August we will be organizing for our participation in the annual Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival which will involve nearly 50 radio operators assisting with both the Community Parade and the Grand Parade.

From Summit EC Ken Dorsey, KA8OAD: We were asked by one of our local hospitals to check on the amateur radio equipment they had on site. Two of us spent a couple of hours testing their antenna and radio including re-programming the radio (FT-8800) for the local ARES frequencies and the frequencies of the repeaters that we have MOU\\\'s with for backup. They were grateful that we were willing to spend the time to make sure they had a backup comms plan in case of another major communications breakdown and even asked about getting several of their own people licensed so that they could operate the radio.

District 6

Wayne County had 4 nets Holmes County had 4 nets Ashland County had 0 nets Richland County had 4 nets and a drill Details on drill in Richland County report

District 7

group is developing video and data capabilities, has built major nodes on 5 county owned towers, with more to come, and perfecting the three portable nodes they currently have. Excitement is running high within ARES and the area fire and law enforcement leadership as we all anticipate Mesh being a very important element to our ARES emergency response package. 

FAIRFIELD:: repeater antenna testing and repair OHDEN NCS KE8AMC OHDEN ALT STATION W8OF, KD8SSJ FD TRAINING DURING RADIO NIGHTS X 4 

FRANKLIN:: We are cooperating with the Franklin County EM&HS office, groups, agencies and clubs to assemble a communications plan for the county that will include numerous repeater systems and simplex frequencies.

KNOX: New MOU with EMA in place. Working on getting the radio room at the EMA office fully operational and incorporating digital.

LICKING: Licking County had a busy May! We had several meetings for an upcoming June event, Tour de Cure, which is a tri-county bike ride fundraiser for the American Diabetes Association that includes Delaware, Knox and Licking Counties. Licking Co. serves as the NCS for the event and is stationed in Johnstown. The event includes 30, 60 & 100 mile courses that run through all 3 counties. We are also gearing up for field day. The NARA club will be at Hornshill Park in north Newark and the COOKEN/Cres Clubs will be at Infirmary Park south of Granville. Hope everyone had a safe and happy Memorial Day weekend.

District 8

Counties reporting: Athens, Hocking, Jackson, Lawrence, Pike, Scioto, Vinton EC

Athens: Both ACARA and SCARF clubs have been activating part of the National Trail at Burr Oak Lake for National Parks on the Air using temporary stations.

Jackson: We had our annual Jackson county LEPC and ARES exercise on 5-22-16. We had a good turnout for ARES members. We will be having another county wide exercise again next year.

Lawrence: Great parade 26 amateurs it was a big parade this year.

Pike: Made presentation to PCFFA (Pike County Firefighters Association) about ARES and what we can do for them. Positive response from those attending.

Scioto: EMA Drill tested back up communications between Chemical Plant, EOC, and Hospitals. The neighboring county held a large Memorial Day Parade for which some members assisted in comms. Looking forward to Field Day next month and the end to a successful fundraiser for the group.

DEC comments: DEC participated in Red Cross Disaster Services Technology hands-on training in Akron this month, learning how to set up Red Cross radios, computers, networking, cell phones and satellite Internet access. DEC will be volunteering in Red Cross DST/amateur radio for the Republican National Convention in Cleveland during July.

District 9

COSHOCTON CO: LEPC meeting attended. KB8HEA, N8VV,KC8WX, and myself took a remote ARES tower down. Thanks . Tower may be used on Club repeater, ARES repeater. KL7RF and KC8WX continue to check into W8SGT. KL7RF checks into OSSBN and OHDEN. KC8YXY updating ARES roster and calling tree. Thanks Jamie. May 12 the county held a LEPC functional exercise in which ARES was a part . EOC and a Red Cross shelter were manned on a week day in the afternoon. Due to this plus having several members unavailable led the acting EC KL7RF to request help from DEC ,W8FHF. We thank Guernsey County ARES AECs N8JMK and KD8QYV for coming to Coshocton and helping. Sonny came too as an observer. Thanks also to Muskingum Co EC KC8SIQ and ASM ,N8IMW. For this exercise KL7RF was acting EC. I participated in a country SIM cell. MARCS and Amateur communications were involved. Unfortunately only a handful of messages were handled by ARES. A good experience none the less. Steve, AA8BN, EC..Total events 14, Total hours 67...............

GUERNSEY CO: ARES assisted with the county emergency drill on May 5th. Our duties were administrative within the EOC. We did bring up a two meter net in case the drill evolved into a communication failure. The monthly training occurred during the scheduled ARES / Skywarn net on the 31st of May. All stations were requested to change freq to a simplex freq. A roll call was conducted on the simplex freq. Then a training message was passed for all stations to copy. All stations then change freq back to the repeater. Once all stations were back on the repeater a transmit and receive station was identified. The messaged was then transmitted again and checked for accuracy. Two members were deployed to Coshocton County to assist with their EMA drill. Also provide a parking cars service for the Guernsey County Senior Citizens picnic. Richard, WD8SDH, EC..Total events 7, Total hours 144.............

MUSKINGUM CO: LEPC tabletop was held and attended. Worked directly with Red Cross and the EMA. Elizabeth, KC8SIQ, EC..Total events 5, Total hours 9...........

DEC, DIST 9: Only three counties reporting this month. Sonny, W8FHF.

District 10

District 10: After the snow, sleet, and water spouts at the Cleveland Marathon, warmer weather is finally here. Since Hamvention is over, that means Field Day is coming! Make sure to participate in Field Day with your local club! ***

Ashtabula County: May is now behind us- and hopefully most of the severe storms we have been witness to. Everyone as been milling about and getting ready for Field Day 2016. We have put together a new board of Field Day coordinators. Things should run like clockwork. Here\\\'s to a great beginning of summer!!! ***

Cuyahoga County: ARES Members participated in numerous events this month including the Cleveland Marathon which experienced rain, snow, sun, and water spouts. Plans continue for the RNC. ARES Involvement still consists of only staffing county EOC and Red Cross office. ICS-205 will be completed and distributed to adjacent counties within the next few weeks. ***

Geauga County: No comments. ***

Lake County: Public Service for Lake County History Center at their Civil War Encampment. ***

Lorain County: No Comments. ***Medina County: Medina Half Marathon was our big P.S. event