FYI from Dennis Dura

Harold Kramer, WJ1B

Chief Operating Officer

ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio™

860 594 0220

hkramer@arrl.org

From: Dura,Dennis, K2DCD
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 12:32 PM
To: Kramer, Harold, WJ1B
Subject: Headquarters Preparations For Hurricane Bill
Importance: High

As of the 1500UTZ model runs, Hurricane Bill is still forecast to move away from the New England States. Impacts to the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are still a higher possibility. Parts of the Eastern Massachusetts Section-Nantucket and the outer Cape may experience Tropical Storm Force Winds (>39mph) and rainfall up to 4 inches in isolated areas. Coordination messages and calls have been ongoing with that Section.

As of yesterday, components of the HQ IMT (Incident Management Team) have been alerted and their availabilities made known if some level of support to our Sections is needed. The IMT will be run by Dennis Dura, K2DCD. At this time there is no plan to activate and our resources are on alert. The situation is being monitored around the clock. Should Hurricane Bill’s track change to indicate an impact into New England, the IMT will convene ongoing conference calls with the New England Division and Sections to coordinate support efforts. In addition to HF links that would be established if needed, W1AW would also be utilizing Echolink and our IRLP Node of 4292.

Coordination efforts with the National Hurricane Center’s WX4NHC are in place, as are those with the Hurricane Watch Net and VoIP Hurricane Net to support data gathering from the impacted areas. Additionally, coordination steps have been taken to support any efforts that Radio Amateurs Canada and their Field Organization may require for an impact to the Maritimes.

Dennis C. Dura, CBRM

K2DCD, NCS310

Manager, Emergency Preparedness & Response

ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio™