Jackson County ARES Members:
The Eastern Jackson County Emergency Communications Service group has requested the assistance of Jackson County ARES members to help staff the Santa-Cali-Gon Days Lost Child Operation. Operator and volunteering information follows.
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Mike Bellinger
ARES® Emergency Coordinator
for Jackson County, MO
Home Phone: 816-363-1118
SMS Cell Phone: 816-719-0211
Email Address: MBBe...@aol.com
Home Street Address: 224 East 74th Street
Kansas City, MO 64114-1420
Santa-Cali-Gon Days Lost Child Radio Operator Information
Sept. 2nd – Sept. 4th, 2011
The role of the radio operator is to assist with ground operations and net control functions in the event of a lost or separated child from parent at Santa-Cali-Gon Days Festival. The Lost Child services are provided in partnership with the City of Independence Chambers of Commerce, Independence Fire, Independence Police, Eastern Jackson County Offices of Emergency Management, Independence Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), and the Eastern Jackson County Emergency Communications Service group (EJCECS).
Net control & ground operations will use a dedicated public safety frequency for all operations. Public Safety Radios will be provided to all radio operators participating at the event.
Amateur Radio Operators are asked to bring their HTs and an extra battery. In the event that the primary Public Safety Radio goes off-line or fails to meet the event needs, all radio operations will be switched over to ham radio. A list of frequencies will be provided in the event we switch radio operations to ham radio.
If interested in volunteering at Santa-Cali-Gon, we ask that you please visit the below web address and register for the time slots your available for.
Registration Link: http://EJCECSevents.ReadyToHelp.org
We thank you again for your consideration in assisting us with this vital role during Santa-Cali-gon.
Sincerely,
Michael Coldwell
EJC-ECS Coordinator
Eastern Jackson County / Independence
Offices of Emergency Management