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COMMAND UNIT OPERATIONS MANAGER AS WELL AS THE AMATEUR RADIO
LICENSEE/LIAISON OF THE HAMILTON POLICE SERVICE.  BOB IS SHOWN WITH THE
NEWLY ACQUIRED INCIDENT COMMAND UNIT, 999.  NOTE THE LICENSE PLATE VA3HPS.
IT IS BELIEVED THAT THIS IS THE ONLY POL
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SAMMAMISH ARES / RACES GROUP W7S W7SRG 261 2 21 1,312 WWA SERVICE INCENDIE

OCEAN TSUNAMI WHILE ON LOCATION IN THE ANDAMAN ISLANDS ARE IN THE HIGHEST
TRADITION OF AMATEUR RADIO.  CHUCK SKOLAUT, K0BOG CIBOLA COUNTY ARES CALLED
TO ACTION JONATHAN PICKENS, KD5PHG KD5PHG ARRL. NET  ON AUGUST 12, 2007, AT
APPROXIMATELY 1750 MST, I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM AN EL MORRO RANCHES
NEW MEXICO RESIDENT REQUESTING TO SPEAK WITH MY WIFE, PAM PICKENS.  THE
RESIDENT HAD CHECKED ON AN ELDERLY NEIGHBOR AT THE REQUEST OF THE NEIGHBORS
GRANDDAUGHTER AND HAD FOUND HER SEMI CONSCIOUS ON THE FLOOR OF HER HOME.
THE NEIGHBOR TRIED TO REACH THE AREA AMBULANCE AND EMT SERVICES, BUT
CENTURYTEL LONG DISTANCE SERVICE HAD BEEN DISABLED BY AN ELECTRICAL STORM.
SHORTLY AFTER WE WERE CONTACTED, CENTURYTEL LOCAL PHONE SERVICE ALSO WENT
DOWN.  CELL PHONES HAD BEEN TRIED, BUT 911 WAS YIELDING A CONSTANT BUSY
SIGNAL APPARENTLY DUE TO THE STORM.  KNOWING THAT MY WIFE WAS A FIRST
RESPONDER, THE EL MORRO RANCHES RESIDENT ASKED THAT SHE COME TO THE
RESIDENCE AND ASSESS THE SITUATION AND ADMINISTER THE CARE SHE WAS
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GRAND STRAND ARC W4GS KQ4BH 705 2 22 2,982 SC MIDDLE EAST TN EM RADIO
SERVICE KG4NLF WR4MS 561 2 30 2,106 TN UTAH BOX ELDER THIOKOL RC K7UB 408 2
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EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL THAT BENEFITED FROM THE NOMINEES PARTICULAR
AMATEUR RADIO CONTRIBUTION.  NOMINATIONS SHOULD INCLUDE THE NAMES AND
ADDRESSES OF ALL REFERENCES.  ALL NOMINATIONS AND SUPPORTING MATERIALS FOR
THE 2007 ARRL INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN AWARD MUST BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING
IN ENGLISH NOMINATION SUBMISSIONS ARE DUE BY DECEMBER 31, 2007.  IN THE
EVENT THAT NO NOMINATIONS ARE RECEIVED, THE COMMITTEE ITSELF MAY DETERMINE
A RECIPIENT OR DECIDE TO MAKE NO AWARD.  PLEASE SEE WWW. ARRL.  ORG/
FANDES/ FIELD/ AWARDS/ HUMANITARIAN. HTML.  THE WINNER OF THE ARRL
INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN AWARD RECEIVES AN ENGRAVED PLAQUE AND A PROFILE
IN QST AND OTHER ARRL VENUES.  THE LAST RECIPIENTS OF THIS AWARD WERE THE
MEMBERS OF THE ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS VU4RBI/VU4NRO DXPEDITION TEAM
WHO WERE SELECTED TO RECEIVE THE 2005 ARRL HUMANITARIAN AWARD.  TEAM
MEMBERS INCLUDED BHARATHI PRASAD, VU2RBI D. N. PRASAD, VU2DBP S. RAM MOHAN,
VU2MYH R. SARATH BABU, VU3RSB, AND D. VARUN SASTRY, VU3DVS.  THE BOARDS
RESOLUTION STATED THAT, THE GROUPS IMMEDIATE ACTIONS AND THEIR USE OF
AMATEUR RADIO TO RENDER ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS OF THE DECEMBER 2004 INDIAN
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ARES CO AR ENTHUSIASTS WA5EOC 724 2 11 3,460 STX MT VERNON ARC K8EEN 930 2
12 3,420 OH COCHISE ARA K7RDG KD7OED 483 2 23 3,094 AZ SOUTHERN COUNTIES
ARA K2BR 573 2 26 3,060 SNJ CENTRAL ILLINOIS RC W9AML 718 2 16 2,992 IL
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