SCENARIO FOR ARES/RACES DRILL
OCCURRING ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 2007

As of 18 December 2006

The ground is saturated. A new storm has added three inches of rain in the past twelve hours. WE HAVE JUST EXPERIENCED A 5.5 EARTHQUAKE! This has caused many roads to be inundated with mud, and has caused trees to block a creek in your town. It has fully blocked the creek near a home for seniors with limited mobility, and is forcing evacuations - and the primary road into the senior home is blocked by mudslides. RACES has been activated, and the city emergency manager has asked for hams to staff the evacuation center and the city EOC, as well as act as shadows for city officials.

This is happening in several cities in the county (those cities who plan to participate in the drill), and the EOCs in those cities have been staffed. Therefore, Santa Clara County OES has opened the SCCo EOC, and is asking for information from the affected cities. The RIMS operator in your city is not available, and hams have been asked to send the RIMS reports to the county by packet.

You can modify this scenario to fit your local environment. The drill will be 1400-1600, Saturday, January 20, 2007

Frequencies and repeater information will be forthcoming, but I thought you should get this scenario now.

Larry Carr, KE6AGJ
Chief Radio Officer, Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service,
    Santa Clara County Office of Emergency Services
District Emergency Coordinator, Amateur Radio Emergency Service, Santa Clara County
Senior Coordinator, Auxiliary Communications Service, Santa Clara County Operational Area

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