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   The ARES E-Letter   
      
   October 15, 2014   
   Editor: Rick Palm, K1CE   
      
   In This Issue:   
      
    *  Communications in Major Seismic Incidents in Central US Subject of   
       Exercise; Report Cites Winklink, Amateur Radio   
    *  Boulder County (Colorado) ARES Noted on Sheriff's Office Facebook Page   
    *  Letters: ARES Groups and Individuals Should Protect Passwords   
    *  Med Emergency in Washington's High Mountain Forest   
    *  Late October Exercise to Test MARS-ARES Interoperability   
    *  ARES Group Preps for Public Event with Emergency Exercise in Washington   
       State   
    *  Denver CERT Volunteer Receives FEMA Honorable Mention as Community   
       Preparedness Hero   
    *  Indiana ARES/RACES Active in National Preparedness Month   
    *  National Community/Neighborhood Exercise Series   
      
   Communications in Major Seismic Incidents in Central US Subject of Exercise;   
   Report Cites Winklink, Amateur Radio   
      
   The Central United States Earthquake Consortium (CUSEC) was formed in 1983,   
   and has received funding support from the U.S. Department of Homeland   
   Security (DHS) and FEMA. The New Madrid Fault is a regional threat with   
   national implications. CUSEC Member States are those most vulnerable to the   
   effects of earthquakes in the region: Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana,   
   Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee. Its CAPSTONE-14 initiative   
   was a three-year, multi-state scope of planning and preparedness activities   
   culminating in a major, multi-state earthquake Exercise in June, 2014.   
      
   In its after-action report, in a section on Communications, CUSEC recognized   
   that a major earthquake situation could cut off conventional means of   
   communication, and has emphasized the need for effective alternative   
   communication technologies and capabilities for use when normal ones go   
   down. Partners must be able to communicate with emergency operations centers   
   and field locations for security, situational awareness and operational   
   progress.   
      
   The report cited satellite communications as an alternate service, but noted   
   they were costly to acquire and sometimes difficult and challenging to   
   operate. "Other means of alternate communications include the National   
   Warning System (NAWAS), and Amateur Radio (ham radio) operations," the   
   report said, and referred to FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate's July comments   
   on the resiliency and value of Amateur Radio. A "critical task" of the   
   CAPSTONE-14 initiative was identified: "Utilize Amateur Radio assets to   
   establish communications with local, state, federal and private sector   
   partners."   
      
   One of the report recommendations was to "establish standards for various   
   electronic resource request forms that meet the file size limitations of   
   email and amateur band radio capabilities." The report noted that during   
   CAPSTONE-14, states "initiated interstate communications utilizing Radio   
   Amateur Civil Emergency Services (RACES) and successfully communicated via   
   voice (audible communications), chat (text communications) and RMS   
   Express/Winlink radio email system (email communications)." And "Winlink   
   communications ultimately proved as a successful means to share . . .   
   request forms," even though initial attempts were unsuccessful, due to file   
   size. Operators implemented file size and compatibility/standardization   
   fixes and initial problems were solved. The report concluded that "Regularly   
   scheduled training and functional exercises conducted by RACES and MARS   
   operators will improve speed and understanding during real world emergency   
   operations." Click here for the complete report.   
      
   Winlink Administrator Steve Waterman, K4CJX, said "the lesson learned is   
   always the same: essential is training by exercising the systems to be used   
   in an earthquake disaster scenario." And, "this is why civil authorities are   
   now incorporating Amateur Radio volunteers to assist with alternate   
   communications methodologies, especially Winlink, and why MARS support of   
   civil authorities is so important." Waterman added "Winlink 2000 is becoming   
   more familiar to our civil authorities, and thus providing an opportunity   
   for building strong relationships between these organizations and Amateur   
   Radio volunteers. The rest of the story is up to us." - Thanks to Steve   
   Waterman, K4CJX, Winlink Development Team   
      
   [The New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ) is responsible for three of the largest   
   earthquakes in U.S. history, during 1811-12. These quakes were felt strongly   
   over 50,000 square miles and moderately across 1 million square miles,   
   according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The affected area was   
   therefore more than twice that of the 1964 Great Alaskan Earthquake, the   
   largest earthquake in U.S. history, and approximately 10 times that of the   
   1906 San Francisco Earthquake. Although it has been more than two centuries   
   since the last major earthquake along the NMSZ, the threat of a catastrophic   
   earthquake in the region has not waned. Due to population density and   
   current infrastructure, a similar earthquake today would be devastating.-   
   excerpted from the report].   
      
      
   Boulder County (Colorado) ARES Noted on Sheriff's Office Facebook Page   
      
   Jack Ciaccia, WMOG, ARRL Colorado Section Manager, informed the ARES   
   E-Letter of two postings of the Boulder County Sheriff's Office to its   
   Facebook page, reflecting the agency's value it places on the ARES group's   
   support:   
      
   "Public safety is a cooperative effort that requires planning, training, and   
   thoughtful resource management on many levels. We collaborate with many   
   partner agencies such as fire protection districts, rescue groups and BCARES   
   [Boulder County ARES] to provide the best in public service for Boulder   
   County. Many partner agencies rely on volunteers willing to devote their   
   resources to training, and event deployment. BCARES is a volunteer   
   organization of licensed amateur radio operators that we can call upon for   
   assistance. For more information on this volunteer organization visit:   
   www.bouldercountyares.org."   
      
   "Scott Whitehead [KA0QPT] of the Boulder County Sheriff's Office received a   
   Public Service Communication Commendation from the American Radio Relay   
   League in recognition of his meritorious service in providing aid to an   
   injured hiker July 21, 2014. The award was presented today by Jack Ciaccia,   
   PIO for BCARES, the local ARRL organization. Scott heard an incoming   
   dispatch call from a Colorado Springs area Ham operator relaying information   
   on an injured party in a remote location. Scott has been a Ham operator   
   since 1983. He used his knowledge of area radio repeaters to make radio   
   contact with the Ham operator with the injured party, and guided rescue   
   workers to their location. Great job Scott!"   
      
      
   Letters: ARES Groups and Individuals Should Protect Passwords   
      
   The ARRL released a news article recently concerning the hacking of a server   
   in the League's network late last month. That article can be found here. My   
   professional background is in digital forensic investigations and includes   
   teaching in the Digital Forensics and Cyber Security program at Valencia   
   College in Orlando (Florida) so I'd like to make some cyber security   
   suggestions to readers.   
      
   If your password on arrl.org hasn't been changed since before early 2010,   
   you need to change it now. If your password is newer than early 2010, I'd   
   recommend that it be changed as a precautionary measure. If you've utilized   
   the same password on arrl.org and other websites, especially if those other   
   websites are banking and finance related, you   
   need to change the passwords on those sites as well.   
      
   Hackers will use passwords from one compromised website to attempt to access   
   the person's accounts on other websites. Ideally each website that you   
   access should have a unique password; likewise, each email account you have   
   should have a unique password.   
   Passwords should be made up of a combination of upper case letters, lower   
   case letters, numbers, and symbols including: !@#$%^&*()_+=-.?<>,. (note:   
   not all websites will accept all of those symbols in a password). Passwords   
   should not be such easily guessed   
   things as the names of relatives and pets. The best passwords are random   
   strings rather than names and words and should be 8 characters or longer.   
      
   Now the question that this immediately generates is how do I remember dozens   
   or hundreds of random passwords? The answer is that you don't; you only need   
   to memorize one that is a master password used by software that secures all   
   of the information for all of your email/website accounts. There are many   
   such programs available, both paid and free, that can securely protect your   
   passwords on your home computer, your mobile devices such as smartphones and   
   tablets, and on a flash drive so you can have them available wherever you   
   are.   
      
   Because everyone's needs are different, I won't advise using any particular   
   solution. I will, however, give you an example of a free solution for PCs   
   that has also been ported to most other platforms. The software is named   
   "Password Safe" and is available at no cost from:   
   http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/ (click on the "Download latest version"   
   found on that page to access the program itself).   
   http://pwsafe.org/relatedprojects.shtml has information on ports of   
   Password Safe to other platforms. Again this is not an endorsement of   
   this program, just an example of what is available.   
      
   One of the Motions I prepared for the July 2014 ARRL Board Meeting was for   
   the creation of an IT Strategic Planning Committee. The committee would be   
   tasked with examining the existing Information Technology operations of the   
   League and creating a strategic plan for addressing current and future   
   needs. The committee would be composed of Directors and Vice Directors   
   having a current background in Information Technology. An edited Motion was   
   passed, directing the Administration and Finance Committee of the Board to   
   study establishing the IT Strategic Planning Committee and provide   
   recommendations to the Board at the January 2015 meeting. I'll report back   
   when I know more. -- ARRL Southeastern Division Director Doug Rehman, K4AC,   
   k4ac@arrl.org   
      
      
   Med Emergency in Washington's High Mountain Forest   
      
   On the last Sunday of summer--another beautiful, cloudless day at the site   
   high in the central Cascade Mountains of Washington state--two hams had just   
   fired up their station to prepare for a second day of contest operation in   
   the Washington State QSO Party, better known as the Salmon Run.   
      
   About 0845, a motorcyclist rode into the remote camp. He told them that his   
   friend had broken a leg in an accident just a short distance up the unpaved   
   Forest Service road. He asked if the campers would please use their cell   
   phones to call an ambulance. The hams explained that, unfortunately, they'd   
   already checked and had no cellular service available at the site. They told   
   him they did have ham radio communications, and would be able to get help   
   through that service. The biker thanked them and rode back to his injured   
   friend.   
      
   The contest team -- Robert Grinnell, KD7WNV and Tim Kane, K7ANE -- are both   
   residents of the Seattle area, and members of the Mike & Key ARC. After   
   three years of contesting together on the western side of the state, this   
   was their first contest "expedition" on the eastern side of the mountains,   
   where they'd situated their station on a score-doubling county line.   
      
   At the moment the rider approached them, Tim had selected a spot on 20   
   meters near the suggested contest frequency and was ensuring proper   
   operation and tuning of the station. Robert was assembling a new tri-band   
   yagi that they hoped to use later that day.   
      
   They quickly considered how best to obtain help. While the HF station was   
   already in operation and chances were good that they would be able to   
   contact someone somewhere, they knew that 9-1-1 systems are localized, and a   
   distant party might have difficulty reaching the right agency. A local   
   contact in one of the two counties could just dial 9-1-1 directly. They had   
   VHF/UHF rigs in their trucks, but being from out of the area, did not have   
   any local repeaters programmed. Robert had a few-years-old copy of the ARRL   
   Repeater Directory along, but some listings would be archaic. That   
   limitation, compounded with the time it would take to program each repeater,   
   and the doubtful chances that someone would be using or monitoring a   
   repeater at that time on a Sunday morning, did not bode well for quickly   
   making a local contact.   
      
   They decided that Tim would stay on HF, and Robert would try for a local   
   contact. After a quick check of the 75 and 40 meter bands, both of which   
   were fairly quiet, Tim found the SOARA (South Orange ARA, Mission Viejo,   
   California) net operating on 7200 kHz. He considered using "Mayday" or "Pan"   
   emergency calls, but decided that "Break Break Break with a Medical   
   Emergency" would be more readily understood.   
      
   After two calls, Louis Frank, KG6FCT, responded, and Tim had him move up 3   
   kHz, away from the net operation. Louis was at his home, east of Sacramento,   
   California. Tim explained the situation, and Robert passed along detailed   
   location information. They asked Louis to telephone the Washington State   
   Patrol, or a sheriff for either of the two counties, and request that an   
   ambulance be dispatched.   
      
   With contact made and the process underway via HF, Robert ceased efforts at   
   a local contact, and they decided he should drive up to the accident scene,   
   about a quarter mile distant. They quickly chose a 2 meter simplex frequency   
   on which to maintain communications between them, with Robert on his mobile   
   rig and Tim with an HT at the campsite.   
      
   Louis first tried his area 9-1-1 dispatcher, who said he couldn't transfer   
   the call to the out-of-state jurisdictions. He then tried the 4-1-1   
   information operator, but only got administrative numbers that didn't answer   
   on a Sunday morning, and just referred the caller to 9-1-1 for emergencies.   
      
   Tim continued monitoring the HF frequency. Having not heard their earlier   
   communications, a Washington state contest station began calling CQ just one   
   kHz up from where they were standing by, and was bleeding over badly. Tm   
   contacted him, explained the situation, and asked him to please move up band   
   a bit. In the best ham tradition, the station immediately agreed and moved.   
      
   Upon reaching the accident scene, Robert was informed that one of the bikers   
   had managed to get one bar of signal on his cell phone, and had advised the   
   victim's wife back in the Seattle area of the accident. She, too, was now   
   working on getting medical help.   
      
   Through his persistence, Louis finally obtained a number for the Kittitas   
   County Sheriff's Office (KCSO), which was answered, and he relayed the   
   situation and request. As fate would have it, the victim's wife was on   
   another line with the dispatch center, having just gotten through as well.   
      
   The KCSO dispatcher asked Louis for additional information about the   
   accident, the victim, and whether the ambulance would need to be   
   four-wheel-drive to reach the accident scene. Louis relayed the queries to   
   Tim, who in turn asked Robert at the accident scene. They then passed the   
   responses back to the dispatcher, and told them that 4WD was not needed. The   
   victim was in pain but his condition otherwise did not seem serious.   
      
   Once KCSO advised that the ambulance was en route, Louis, Tim and Robert   
   maintained the frequencies, in case further action was required or   
   information needed to be passed.   
      
   Robert suggested to the motorcyclists that one of them ride down the dirt   
   road to the highway, wait for the ambulance, and lead it to the accident   
   scene, which they did.   
      
   About thirty minutes later an aid car from the Kittitas Valley Fire and   
   Rescue Department drove by the camp to the accident scene. It was followed   
   by a USFS brush fire truck and a Sheriff's cruiser.Ten minutes later a   
   second Kittitas aid car also arrived.   
      
   At the accident scene the Emergency Medical Techs assessed the rider's   
   injuries, stabilized his broken leg, and administered an IV. They   
   transferred him to a gurney and into the ambulance. The emergency response   
   vehicles then started their return to the hospital, some forty miles away.   
   The motorcyclist who originally approached the hams came by the camp, and   
   thanked them for their help.   
      
   By 0940, barely an hour since it started, all was back to normal. Tim passed   
   the info and thanks back to Louis in central California. He returned to his   
   SoCal net, while the Washington team returned to 20 meters and started   
   chasing Qs for the contest. -- Tim Kane, K7ANE, and Robert Grinnell, KD7WNV   
      
      
   Late October Exercise to Test MARS-ARES Interoperability   
      
   US Army and Air Force Military Auxiliary Radio Service (MARS) stations will   
   participate in a 48-hour nationwide contingency communication exercise on   
   October 27 and 28 as part of an effort to develop greater cooperation   
   between the Department of Defense (DoD) sponsored MARS program and the   
   Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES). MARS is encouraging its members to   
   discuss communication interoperability in advance of the exercise with their   
   ARES section and district or local emergency coordinators.   
      
   "This communications exercise is sponsored by the DoD to provide MARS   
   operators the opportunity to develop and train interoperability procedures   
   with their state/local ARES emergency coordinators and their Amateur Radio   
   colleagues," explained Army MARS Program Manager Paul English, WD8DBY. He   
   told ARRL that the DoD/MARS exercise has "full participation" from Army and   
   Air Force MARS, and that he anticipates that some individual Navy MARS   
   members may participate as well.   
      
   The plan calls for MARS members, using their Amateur Radio call signs and   
   operating on amateur frequencies, to establish two-way communication with   
   ARES leadership or members in as many US counties as possible by using   
   VHF/UHF simplex channels or local repeaters or near vertical incidence   
   skywave (NVIS) propagation on HF. "The contact can be with any amateur in   
   the county, if an ARES member or leader is not available," English added.   
      
   "Ultimately we would like the MARS operator to join an existing ARES net, if   
   one is operational during the exercise," English said. If no net is   
   available, MARS members should come up on local repeaters or check into HF   
   traffic nets to see what amateurs are available and to determine their   
   counties. "We want to use existing net times and frequencies to the extent   
   possible," English continued. "Any mode of operation is fine."   
      
   Only one ARES/Amateur Radio contact per county is needed, but more are okay.   
   The contact must be person to person and cannot rely on Internet-linked   
   repeaters, Internet connectivity systems, or store-and-forward e-mail   
   systems, such as Winlink, English said.   
      
   The information exchange requested from ARES for each county is the county   
   name and the county Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) code, if   
   available.   
      
   There are two preferred windows of opportunity to conduct the   
   interoperability exercise. These are from 1201 to 1800 UTC on October 27,   
   and from 0001 to 0600 UTC on October 28.   
      
   Contact Paul English, WD8DBY, for more information. - Thanks to the ARRL   
   Letter   
      
      
   ARES Group Preps for Public Event with Emergency Exercise in Washington   
   State   
      
   Amateur Radio operators on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State   
   encounter unique situations and terrain that we are expected to overcome in   
   times of emergency. To prepare for such times the Clallam County ARES seeks   
   opportunities to participate in community activities that allow us to deploy   
   and communicate in support as practice and preparedness. We were given such   
   an opportunity when a member of the North Olympic Running Club approached us   
   about an inaugural trail marathon called the Great Olympic Adventure Trail   
   Marathon (The GOAT), to be run the first week of September 2014. Our   
   Training Coordinator, Kathleen Reiter, N1ERT was put in contact with the   
   marathon organizer Lorrie Mittmann who provided an outline of the event, and   
   her concerns about lack of cell phone coverage, and hence reliable safety   
   and security communications.   
      
   The ARES Advisory Group was presented with the proposal and with   
   their approval, a plan for our participation was presented to the ARES   
   members at the monthly training meeting. To expand knowledge of the area and   
   as a dry run for the event, the Clallam County ARES participation in the   
   Washington State Emergency Department's statewide Fifth Saturday Exercise on   
   August 30 became a tactical field exercise for us. Since our ARES operates   
   under the auspices of Clallam County Emergency Management we were assigned   
   Mission Numbers for both the exercise and the event. Information concerning   
   road conditions, hazards and communications status were to be provided to   
   them in the After Action reports.   
      
   The local scenario was a wild-land fire response near the town of Joyce,   
   Washington. Deployment would involve some tricky driving on logging roads as   
   well as overcoming the usual terrain obstructions. Although some   
   reconnaissance of the area had been accomplished prior to the exercise, road   
   and weather conditions had changed.   
      
   The exercise began with members contacting the Resources Net for check-in.   
   They proceeded to a Staging Area at the Crescent School in Joyce, where they   
   received their instructions and safety briefing for deployment. The IC was   
   the Emergency Coordinator, Bill Carter, W7WEC. Assignments and maps were   
   issued to the two person teams and Operations took control of the exercise   
   from Resources. The teams were then dispatched to their respective   
   locations.   
      
   Upon reporting their arrivals at their locations teams awaited net roll   
   calls on repeater and simplex channels. When Operations found that they   
   could not maintain contact with all of the deployed elements from the   
   Incident Command Post, control was passed to the only station that could.   
   The teams assessed road conditions, and reported locations and signal   
   strengths to the net. All then returned to the Staging Area for the hot wash   
   and were released to the Resources Net Control for final check-out.   
      
   Our findings were reported to the marathon event coordinator and necessary   
   changes were made in planning for the event.   
      
   For the marathon, after contacting Resources, ARES personnel deployed   
   directly to the locations they had manned during the exercise. David, KE7TTT   
   and Valerie, KF7VAL Hannon opened the Operations Net to receive check-ins as   
   members arrived on location. ARES members manned the Start locations, the   
   Finish Line and all critical points along the trail where cell phone   
   communications were impossible because of terrain. Aside from minor   
   glitches, radio communications ran smoothly the entire day.   
      
   ARES members and the Amateur Radio community at large don't always recognize   
   how positively the general public reacts to our presence. During the race,   
   the runners expressed appreciation for our efforts in support of their   
   activity. ARES members were readily identifiable with communications vests   
   and radios, and our willingness to serve and demonstrated professionalism   
   was not lost on event organizers. ARES was able to practice and become   
   familiar with our unique geography and we feel confident that we will be   
   asked to assist with similar events in the future. It is a "Win-Win" for   
   both sides. -- Bruce Reiter, KD7WBM   
      
      
   Denver CERT Volunteer Receives FEMA Honorable Mention as Community   
   Preparedness Hero   
      
   A Denver, Colorado, volunteer and radio amateur with the Citizen Emergency   
   Response Team has received an Honorable Mention as part of FEMA's 2014   
   Community Preparedness winners. FEMA announced the winners as they   
   recognized individuals who have taken action to help prepare their   
   communities.   
      
   David E. Cook, KC0MHT, a Denver CERT volunteer since 2008, continues to   
   serve the Denver community as a trainer, facilitator and exercise   
   coordinator. He has helped train more than 4000 people over the last several   
   years and has been a volunteer in numerous emergency events and exercises,   
   including the 2013 Colorado floods.   
      
   David was nominated for, and was awarded an Honorable Mention as a   
   "Community Preparedness Hero."   
      
   "Strong emergency management requires teamwork, community engagement,   
   innovation and strong relationships at all levels before disasters occur,"   
   FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate said. "This year, we recognize individuals   
   and organizations that exemplify this approach, and I congratulate them on   
   their dedication to make our nation stronger and safer." Denver is a safer,   
   more prepared community, thanks to David's dedication and expertise in the   
   CERT program. -- Denver Office of Emergency Management   
      
      
   Indiana ARES/RACES Active in National Preparedness Month   
      
   See photo at right: ARES/RACES member Steve Kramer, KF9ZA, holds one of   
   several ARRL brochures distributed at the Hamilton County Emergency   
   Management tent during Public Safety Day at Westfield, Indiana's Village   
   Park Mall on Saturday, September 6. [photo(1).jpg] ARES member and RACES   
   officer Mike Alley, W9MSK (left), among others, promoted Amateur Radio as a   
   valuable disaster service tool during the 6-hour event that included   
   demonstrations by local fire rescue, police, EMS and other support   
   organizations. The group demonstrated "off-the-grid" communications using a   
   generator, a local repeater and simplex and IRLP capabilities, answering   
   questions from the public drawn to the parking lot activity from their   
   Saturday shopping. (KJ9M photo). -- Joe March, KJ9M, ARRL Public Information   
   Coordinator, Indiana Section, Kj9m@arrl.net   
      
      
   National Community/Neighborhood Exercise Series   
      
   The series of Formidable Footprint exercises for neighborhood, community and   
   faith based organizations continues: October 25 - Solar Storm / January 31 -   
   Flood / February 28 - Wildfire. Exercises have also been scheduled for the   
   following scenarios: Earthquake -Hurricane - Influenza Pandemic - Tornado.   
   The Formidable Footprint exercise series has been developed in accordance   
   with Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) protocols.   
   The objective of the exercise series is for CERTs, Neighborhood Watch   
   Programs, Neighborhood Associations, Community / Faith Based Organizations,   
   Citizen Corps, Fire Corps and others to work as a team to become better   
   prepared for the next disaster their community may face. There is NO CHARGE   
   for participation in any of the Formidable Footprint exercises. For   
   additional information and to register for up-coming exercises please access   
   the following web site today: www.FormidableFootprint.org   
      
      
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   you hire an amateur.   
      
   --- FMail/Win32 1.60   
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