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A <br /> ORANGE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT <br /> P.O. BOX 8181 ! 7 <br /> HILLSBOROUGH <br /> NORTH CAROLINA <br /> 27278 <br /> 9-1-1 Communications Emergency Medical Services <br /> 24 Hour Warning Point Fire Marshal <br /> 732-8161 • 933-2600 Hazardous Materials <br /> Fax Machine 644-3030 • 968-2050 <br /> 967-9026 <br /> April 12, 1995 <br /> TO: Rod Visser, Asst Manager <br /> Orange County Manager's Office <br /> FROM: Nick Maters, Directo <br /> RE: Orange County Ratdio `Amateurs, Request <br /> The following information.,is related to the Amateur Radio groups' <br /> request addressed .to-the Chair. I feel the following historical <br /> information may be benef=icial 'in the response to that request. <br /> Sometime in aid-1991,--J was approached-:by;, an Amateur Radio <br /> Operator interested ix becoming ,affiliatek:with -Emergency <br /> Management to provide;:-&-:;"community servicetMe discussed at length <br /> the role such aa`orgasation could".pl-ay, :;the training that would <br /> be required, and iwhen ktheyY would - fit.;.in- response td emergencies. <br /> The operator organi�ted._a_ ari�a11 group .and held, it's°:first <br /> organizational meeting 4f4`2m*r4eec y,Maua4*0wat Readquarters, in <br /> November, 1991. ;Hiaee.- tha h+e"44bership- ha grown to <br /> approximate) 100 : ' ii <br /> y # aRie operai�oca The chub . a participated in <br /> several major events ` ,etel#ahi> g ,at°' nications network to <br /> provide direction and control°'°lr— "Emergency Operations <br /> Center (E.O.C. ) to various field locations. These events include <br /> `z the telephone outage affecting over 400 customers in the southern <br /> part of the county, which lasted for over 4 days. Club members <br /> were strategically placed throughout the affected area, so people <br /> needing access to 9-1-1 could drive to their locations and the <br /> information would be relayed to the S.O.C. <br /> Other activities include two major fire& in Chapel Hill ; and of <br /> course, their contribution during the Hillsborough Tornado. This <br /> club allows a communication net to be established for direction <br /> and control purposes, which decreases the workload in the <br /> Communications Center and keeps administrative type messages off <br /> the emergency radio channels. <br /> Located at 1914 New Hope Church Road • Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516 <br />