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Net Control Station Information
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The Mission The EYEWARN network provides additional visual support
and ground truth to Emergency Management Organizations like Clark Regional
Emergency Services Agency (CRESA) and the Clark County Amateur Radio
Emergency Service/Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (CCARES/RACES),
expanding the situational awareness of each, and assisting in saving lives
and protecting property. This network
will not circumvent or replace the standard Clark County 9-1-1 reporting
process or formal amateur radio emergency traffic networks such as those
provided by CCARES/RACES. The Concept EYEWARN is a program sponsored by the Clark
County Amateur Radio Club (CCARC) in conjunction with Clark Regional
Emergency Services Agency (CRESA) and the Clark County Amateur Radio
Emergency Service (CCARES/RACES). It
is a group of amateur radio volunteers (many not affiliated with a recognized amateur
radio emergency communications support group) throughout the county providing
visual reporting of areas where damages or emergencies may exist. This service
in time of need will provide the incident Emergency Managers better
visibility and situational awareness of the affected area. EYEWARN’s visually acquired information will be reported to
CRESA, CCARES/RACES or other requesting agency. Participating
radio amateurs may or may not be part of CCARES/RACES or CCARC but can report
events from their current location when needed. Although we will schedule and conduct
training events, we will not self-activate in an actual event until
officially requested. Radio
amateurs are to report from their current location and are not mobilized, nor
should they self-mobilize to look for damages. There are about 1700 licensed radio amateurs in Clark County. Around three hundred (300) licensed
amateurs are members of CCARC and fewer than one hundred (100) belong to
CCARES/RACES. We need all amateur
radio operators to participate to make this an effective program to support
disaster situation reporting in Clark County. The EYEWARN program encourages any licensed amateur radio
operator to provide additional visual situation reporting to Emergency
Managers through a trained net control station in time of a disaster or
emergency. |
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Updated:
2018-09-10 gjt
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