On Jan 11, 2:30*pm, wrote:
On Sun, 11 Jan 2009 12:12:40 -0800 (PST), RHF



wrote:
On Jan 11, 10:09*am, Dave wrote:
Ian Jackson wrote:
In message , Dave
writes
RHF wrote:
On Jan 11, 5:22 am, Dave wrote:
RHF wrote:

Honestly - If everyone wanted and needed Emergency
Communications and the US Government wanted it's
Citizens to have Emergency Communications.
Then Every US Household and Every Car and Truck
*would have one or all three of these :
1 - Family Radio Service (FRS)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Radio_Service
2 - General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General..._Radio_Service
3 - Citizens' Band (CB) Radio
*- Will you quit being a dip****? *Have you ever been in an emergency
e.g.
- flash flood or wildfire? *Do you think there are enough paid
emergency
- personnel to cover every street closure? *To spot weather? *To relay
- information to the media?
-
- Not everyone lives in the middle of nowhere.
*Dave,
*When the Power Goes "Off" for an Hour or More : Then
Everyone Lives in the Middle of an Electrical NoWhere :
* No{Where} AC for the TV / Radio
* No{Where} AC for the Internet / PC
* No{Where} AC for the Lights / Heater
* No{Where} AC for the Microwave / Coffee Pot
* No{Where} AC for the Refrigerator / Stove
* No{Where} AC for the Washer / Dryer
* * The 'basic' Home Phone may work but the
Cordless Phone and Cellphone just might not.
The only place most people have with News,
Lights and Heat is Setting in their Car or Truck
with the Engine Running and that is not good
to do in their Garages. {Best Done Outdoors
in the Drive Way and Off the Street.}
*Dave - So it is 'being' a Dip**** to recommended *that :
"Then Every US Household and Every Car and Truck
*would have one or all three of these :
*1 - Family Radio Service (FRS)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Radio_Service
*2 - General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General..._Radio_Service
*3 - Citizens' Band (CB) Radio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens%27_band_radio

Not everyone is comfortable on a two-way radio.

In a real emergency, the would soon learn to be 'comfortable'!

- An FRS radio goes a few miles.
-*I can reach all of North America 24/7.
- Amateur Radio is often the only
- infrastructure that survives a calamity.

And if the local Hams in a Neighborhood had a Plan
to go to the local Neighborhood Fire Stations and
not only man Amateur Radio by FRS, GMRS and
CB then they would be Helping All the People in
Need within the '"Few [Square] Miles" of their own
local Neighborhood.

The-Bottom-Line : Helping Your Neighbors In
A Local Emergency Does Not Require a Nation
Wide ComLine. Reliable Local Communications
Is What Is Required To Identify People In-Need
And Get Them H-E-L-P !

Lets See 5~10 Amateur Radio Operators -or-
50~200 Local Citizens with FRS, GMRS and
CB Radios in each Local Neighborhood: I Say
Go With The Local Citizens.

idtars ~ RHF
.

- Some of us hams use radios that are WIDE OPEN!
- Try talking to FEMA with FRS.

That is simply Bad Planning on FEMA and the
Local Responders parts.

1 - A Localized Plan that includes HAMs and FRS,
GMRS and CB Radios for a Total Neighborhood
Emergency Communications System.

2 - Put Scanners, FRS, GMRS and CB Radios in every
Local Fire Station.

3 - Put FRS, GMRS and CB Radios in every American
Home.

4 - Put a 10 Watt LPFM Emergency Alert Transmitter
in every Local Fire Station so that every American Home
an tune into their Local Neighborhood's Emergency News
Put a Ham on the Mic. Better require every Local Five
Department to have 1/3rd of their Firemen to have an
FCC Amateur Radio License; and Trained as Emergency
Communications Operators in the use of FRS, GMRS
and CB Radios and the 10 Watt LPFM Emergency Alert
Transmitter.

5 - Make It Mandatory that Every American Household
has a Crank-Up {Battery} AM/FM Radio for Emergency
Neighborhood Communications News.

idtars ~ RHF