Delco ARES Simulated Emergency Test (SET) - SKYWARN Drill Scheduled for Sunday, October 10, 2021

We will be having a drill to test our ability to communicate and document information during a emergency in the area.

The operational procedures are:

At the start of the exercise and every 15-20 minutes a message will be sent explaining that “This is a test and all non ARES communications should be moved to other repeaters”.
The drill will be a simulated SkyWarn event, all the normal procedures for such an event will be followed.
The drill will be from 1PM to 3PM this Sunday, October 10, 2021.
Please send the weather to NET control wherever you are insuring that you explain your current location, name, ID, etc.
Report your information every 15-20 minutes to NET control.
Please use the ICS-213 form to document your communication, this will help in self training on the form and is a requirement on your ARES training book.
We may ask you to switch to another ARES repeater or a simplex channel to simulate a possible repeater failure.
If you have Go Kit, please try to use that running off of battery power. As always make sure you battery is charged.
Please bring your 213 forms to the monthly meeting on Monday the 11th at the 911 center, or e-mail them to Michael Thomas, Richard Caruth or Chris Kelleher.
Also at the meeting we will be discussing this drill, so bring any questions.
At the conclusion of the drill we will release the repeater(s) to general use.

Please sign up for and track your time using ReDI with this mission link:

Thanks,

Mike Thomas. KB3SUS
DelCo Emergency Coordinator