FYI
This went to SMs that are listed
below.
Harold Kramer, WJ1B
Chief Operating Officer
ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio™
860 594 0220
hkramer@arrl.org
From: Dura,Dennis, K2DCD
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 2:08 PM
To: Woodhead, William (SM, ME); Shuman,Al, (SM,NH); Michael P. Neilsen,
W1MPN, EMA SM (Elect); Emco,Ed (SM,WMA); Beaudet,Robert(SMRI); Gayet, Paul SM
VT; Doane, Betsey, K1EIC (SM, CT); Lisenco, Mike (SM,NLI); Cecere, Pete SM ENY;
Richard Krohn; George Strayline; Filipkowski, Frank ( SM, DE); Cross, Jim, (SM,
MDC); Clements, Carl (SM,VA); Slay, Tim, (SM,NC)
Cc: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ; Kramer, Harold, WJ1B; Patton, David NN1N; Ewald,
Steve, WV1X
Subject: Tropical Storm Danny
Importance: High
Section Managers:
With the formation this morning of Tropical Storm Danny, which is
forecast to become a Hurricane, many of you could be impacted by this coming
weekend. While this storm is not expected to strengthen beyond possibly a
Category 2 at this time, depending on the track-consequences, it could be
severe in some areas. Rainfall may be the greatest impact from this event. In
addition to the preparedness steps each of your Sections will be taking, we
also wanted to advise you of Headquarters steps that are in process.
I have begun to participate in the NWS Conference calls of Forecast
Offices and coordination with the various federal level and NVOAD groups that
would have a role in the response.
Specifically for each of your Sections, our expectation is that
local responses will follow existing plans. In order for ARRL HQ to support any
response, an Incident Management Team will be assembled here to coordinate any
multi-Section/regional efforts. Section Managers and the Section Emergency
Coordinators would be concentrating on the in-section efforts, while resource
requests, support from unaffected sections and coordination with served
agencies at the national and federal level would be handled by the IMT. I will
lead the IMT along with specific HQ staff who will be assigned to handle
Logistics, Media and Public Relations, Administration, Interference and others
as the missions dictate.
Additionally, if needed, we can use/activate W1AW for
communications purposes. To coordinate these activities, if necessary, we
will hold conference calls with those Sections that are impacted by the
Storm. At this point, we are not planning any calls or coordination
efforts beyond those described above. This will change as the track of Danny
becomes better defined. We do ask that if any Section is elevating its
readiness status, to report this and the steps taken me at k2dcd@arrl.org
Ongoing updates will help us with developing the situation awareness we need to
react to any requests. Please look for further direct messages from me and
other HQ staffers as the situation develops.
Thank you for your ongoing support, cooperation and for the your
work and the work of all the volunteers.
73
Dennis
Dennis C. Dura, CBRM
K2DCD, NCS310
Manager, Emergency Preparedness & Response
ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio™