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- Date of activity
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18:00 12/31/99 to 01:30 1/1/00
- Description of activity
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Support Boulder County and City of Longmont EOCs for Y2K rollover.
(Apocalypse-NOT)
- Duration of activity
- Serving amateur radio groups participating
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Boulder County Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ARES District 11,
Colorado Section)
- Served agencies participating
- Boulder County OEM
- Boulder City Police
- Longmont City Police
- LaFayette City Police
- Boulder County Sheriff
- Louisville City Police
- Boulder Chapter - Red Cross
- Describe served agency participation
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2 EOCs were set up, one at Boulder Regional Communications Center and one at
City of Longmont Police Building. Significant police presence "on the street".
- Number of amateurs participating
- List of amateurs participating
- WA1ADK
- NØAWZ
- KFØBK
- KAØCKS
- KCØCWI
- KØDK
- WB2DVX
- KAØDXM
- NØDZA
- WA2EKU
- NØGBE
- WØGBT
- KCØGDO
- KCØGID
- WØGSK
- KØHEH
- KGØHU
- WØIPL
- NØISB
- N1IUU
- NØKGU
- KØKKR
- KBØNAS
- N7ONI
- NØOUX
- WBØQJO
- KAØQPV
- KØRCC
- KIØRH
- NØRUX
- KØRZ
- NØSH
- KBØSHX
- WBØSUT
- KRØU
- KBØULB
- KBØUWM
- WB8VQI
- KFØVR
- NØXCX
- KBØYDN
- KC4ZUV
- Person-hours of amateur service
- Describe goals of activity, both for served agency and serving group
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Have auxillary communications capability available for Boulder County OEM in
HF, VHF voice, VHF digital modes and monitor other services frequencies (FRS
and CB) should Y2K roll over not go smoothly.
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Have people/equipment available to all three hospitals in Boulder County.
Have people on stand-by ready to dispatch to any location deemed appropriate
by OEM.
- Did the event fulfill the goals?
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Yes.
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Explain: We had both EOCs fully staffed with qualified operators and
all equipment fully operational. We were able to make hourly
announcements on 146.760Mhz, which was monitored by all of our operators
and several citizen groups, of status/progress as the new year
approached. We were informed by the Longmont EOC Public Information
Officer that we were the most exciting portion of the exercise.
- What went well
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People were on time, followed instructions and handled assignments
crisply with virtually no "real-time" training necessary. With
one exception, all operators had their equipment ready.
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I have been contacted by several operators who were available during the net
but did not check in. This because at the beginning of the net we indicated
that there was no need to check in unless the exercise became an event.
People DO listen!
- What went "not so well"
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One person showed up with an HT only that had one battery and that
one went out after one hour - Individual training in order. One
person took over as NCS and almost had operators leaving - need to
reduce the swelling in his head.
- Areas needing improvement
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As a group - nothing of significance.
- Lessons learned
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NCS training is very important. We had two operators that completed
NCS training during December that did an excellent job, while one
"old timer" had several operators ready to leave. Training must be
applied to ongoing exercises to remain effective and the attitude is
as important as the skills available.
- Additional training needed
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None for the group, some for individuals.
- General comments
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This has been the best possible way to cement relations with our
served agencies that could have happened. Several of our served
agencies now mention BCARES in their planning as if were paid
employees that should always be utilized.
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This may seem a bit strange, but we are now "part of the team" rather
than outsiders that can be used when needed.
- Ideas for future exercises
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