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Shingletown Emergency Radio - Core Areas Plan

(SER-CAP)

PARTICIPANTS MUST CONSULT THIS PAGE FOR PLAN UPDATES,    AFTER ACTION REPORTS (FIRES, LOST PERSON SEARCH, POWER OUTAGES, SNOW STORMS, ...); PRACTICE NETS, DRILLS,   ETC..

Prior reports and after action:   Current Page.   Prior pages:  005 004  003   002  001

CURRENT REPORTS / AFTER ACTION ARE BELOW.

SER  SYSTEM FOCUS IS THE SHINGLETOWN CORE  WHICH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING ACTIVE AND PARTICIPATING AREAS: 

  VILLAGE;    LONG HOLLOW;    MIDWAY;    REST AREA (ham);    STARLITE (ham);  SITES;   Wilson Hill (Ham)  The Emergency Radio Operations Center TEAM approach in use (adopted 1/27/2022). (Other Areas Listen, but do not participate in net operations  e.g., Battle Creek (Ham); Sites (non Hams).

Volunteers are critical in order for this to work.  The CORE volunteers are doing a great job!  ANYONE CAN LISTEN (ASSUMING YOU ARE IN RANGE WITH GOOD PROPAGATION) TO:  CH 9;   CH 10 - 146.760  AND/OR   CH 13 - 146.505.  JUST PROGRAM YOUR RADIO(s)  WITH NO TONES, NO OFFSET AND NO TX.  IT IS ONLY EROC TEAM RADIOS THAT ARE PROGRAMMED FOR OPERATIONAL REPORTING (TX AND RX). (9/2/2023).

REPORTS / AFTER ACTION - MOST RECENT 

2025 01 15 - Power outage 2000 hours (reported 1938 hours) - Wilson Hill Area. PG&E Power outage map also shows Manton (large area), Paynes Creek ... . 2114 hours Per PG& E outage map Wilson Hill back on, smaller Area of Manton out. Paynes Creek still out.  Initial outage reported on EROC 9 and Eroc 58. Potential impact - communication failures.
2025 01 04 - Cal Fire tone out (1102 hours) Comm Vehicle Fire (RV)  35469 Collossians Way. TAC 11  (Thatcher IC); SER TX - advisory .. monitoring situation ... 1120 hours fire knocked down .. cancel  prevention ... 1136 hours SER Deactivated monitoring.
2025 01 03 Tornado Warning - Reported Ground contact Paynes Creek Area SW of Shingletown. Direction of Travel NE towards Shingletown. Advisory issued on EROC 9,  EROC 10 (USING  12); AND EROC 58. Stations advised to monitor CH 22 NOAA Weather for more information ..  Advisory again issued when warning expired.   Screen Shot from Inks Camera -  click to view larger image

2025 Tornado - Paynes Creek DOT NE 1_3_2025 5_58_50 PM.png (1289265 bytes)

 

SER REPORT OF NET OPERATIONS:      2025  01  02  

TIME:   1900 HOURS         

NET TIME (DURATION FROM TONE OUT TO DEACTIVATION):      14 MINUTES

AREAS / NEIGHBORHOODS  REPORTING:      4   (NOTE: 2 ADDITIONAL AREAS ARE WORKING ON ANTENNAS TO REACH NETS)

SUMMARY:   Our Net collected 63 specific situational DATA POINTS  

 (IE.,   STN LOCATION;    STN ID;  and  QXA REPORTS;

Did not do   QWA REPORTS [BREVITY FIRE REPORTS  - NO SUSPECT SMOKE, FIRE OR EMBERS OBSERVED]).

THE NET WAS TONED OUT, NET INFRASTRUCTURE TACTICALS ACTIVATED,  NET OPERATIONS CONDUCTED ON TWO FREQUENCIES); REPORTS COLLECTED ON FREQUENCY,  ALL REPORTS WERE MAPPED, REVIEWED, AND TRANSMITTED WITH SUMMARY AND NET CONTROL  RECOMMENDATION.

All of this was completed in  14 MINUTES.    THIS NET COVERED  4 AREAS NEIGHBORHOODS) with 21 stations reporting.

DATA POINTS

REPORTED

MW

DIV’

2 N

VL

DIV

 3 N

LH

DIV

3 N

RA

DIV

3 N

WH

DIV

3 S

 

SITES

DIV

3 N

SL

DIV

4 N

TOTAL  DATA POINTS

ALL AREAS

 

EROC       9

EROC

 9

EROC 9

 

CH  55 OR 58

 

 

EROC 9,

 55 OR 58

 

 

STNS

MW

1 2 3 4

STNS

MULTIPLE

STNS

LH1

STNS

HAM

QXX

STNS

HAM KK6SWE

 

STNS

SITES 7  SITES 8

STNS

HAM

AJ6KJ

 

#  STN CHECK INS by area:

[EACH PROVIDING STATION AREA / NEIGHBORHOOD AND TACTICAL ID.]

4

15

1

 

1

 

0

 

21

MW 3

RPTD

SUMMRY

VL  STNS RPTING:

F1  F7 F8 G7 F2 L3 L4  I1 T2 S3  F14 B1 B7 E1 E4 

LH Stns

 

LH1

 

WH stns

 

KK6SWE

 

RADIO WORK

 

 

 

 

 

ANTENNA WORK planned

Note: was Q5 on Eroc 9 as to K6PDS.

 

STN LOCATION RPTS

4

15

1

 

1

 

 

 

21

REPORTS:  “QXA

(MEANING: ALL OKAY AND NOTHING TO REPORT AT MY QTH AND NONE OF THE PROBLEMS ON FORMAT TANGO 9A OR TANGO 9M EXIST)

4

15

1

 

1

 

 

 

21

Reports  “QWA”

(Brevity Fire Watch)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RPTS:  /B   LAND LINE NOT WORKING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RPTS      “/Y”

(MEANING IS AS FOLLOWS:

IF “/Y” FOR A SINGLE STATION, IT MEANS:  STN  REPORTED PROBLEMS BUT I AM OKAY AND DO NOT NEED ASSISTANCE;  OR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IF “/Y”  FOR AN AREA , IT MEANS:  STN REPORTING IS OKAY,  MY AREA OKAY, AND ANY ASSISTANE NEEDS IN MY AREA ARE BEING TAKEN CARE OF BY MY AREA. NO OUT OF AREA ASISTANCE NEEDED AT THIS TIME.

TOTALS

12

45

3

 

3

 

0

0

63

NET INFRASTRUCTURE ACTIVATIONS:

CONTROL   (EROC 9)

B1

55 RELAY 

 

160 TC          

F1

MAPPING 1            

F1

FIRE CONTROL 

 

55 SILENT

 

CAL FIRE 20

F7

MAPPING 2            

F8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BACK UP  (EROC 9)      

    F1

58 RELAY 

F1

 

 

TRIANG 1

 

 

 

58 SILENT

 

 

 

TRIANG 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONTROL RECOMMENDATION:      NO ACTION

AFTER ACTION:   GREAT JOB TO ALL THOSE WHO PARTCIPATED AND HELPED OUT!

 

 

2024 12 25 - Cal Fire Tone Out - Residential Structure Fire - Northwood Drive  X  Linda Rd. (Sites Area); Initial SER TX as K6PDS leaving house; SER continued monitoring and issuing advisories as heading to Redding; 0823; SER TX advisory (K6PDS) mobile (heading to Redding); Structure fire fully involved (large garage .... Cal Fire Responding... propane tanks gassing... Breathing support in route... Stations should monitor Channel 20 to monitor situation; Cal Fire units heading towards Shingletown (East Bound on 44) ... Fire Knockdown per Cal Fire       End of TX by K6PDS

After Action:   2 stations in MW copied reports (thank you for acknowledging  TX while K6PDS  was mobile);  S6 Village station heard report and contacted persons living in area of fire (and posted information to Shingletown Community Fire Information  - face book); Starlite station heard TX. 

May everyone have a Blessed and Merry Christmas

 

2024 12 22  - 1300 hours (and thereafter)  – Communications Failures:

 Frontier Internet failure:  Village T2, F1, F7,  S1,  E4, G7

                                       Starlite:   KJ

                                       Wilson Hill: SWE

Frontier Land Line Failure (Village): - only 1 stnt reporting such.

Cell Phone failures:  reported in Village and Starlite

Midway (MW 2) – no failures (QXA).

Long Hollow- no report.

Sites – no report

Per frontier there is an  Area Outage – working on it. Expected restoration 2037 hours.

As of 1610 hours – All services restored.  All QXA. (responding:  Village T1; G7  L3  I1. F2; Starlite:KJ; Wilson Hill:SWE.

2024 12 19  Net Cancelled. Stations please continue scan 24/7.
2024 12 18  0320 hours Cal fire Tone out - Vehicle Fire Black Butte Road ... Cal Fire responding .. E 22 at scene commercial vehicle ... road blocked by vehicles ... 0329 hours continue response ... 0333 hours Black IC - no fire ... can handle with units at Scene.  SER Silent Monitoring deactivated 0334 hours.

SER REPORT OF NET OPERATIONS:      2024  12  12    

TIME:   1900 HOURS         

NET TIME (DURATION FROM TONE OUT TO DEACTIVATION):      15 MINUTES

AREAS / NEIGHBORHOODS  REPORTING :      6   # STATIONS REPORTING                                    :     27

DATA POINTS COLLECTED                        :     81   

   “XX” THOSE WHICH APPLY     __  XX  __ STN ID              ___ XX  ___STN LOCATION           __ XX  __ QXA RPTS        

                                          __ NOT DONE   __ QWA RPTS (BREVITY FIRE REPORTS  - NO SUSPECT SMOKE, FIRE OR EMBERS OBSERVED]).

 THE NET WAS TONED OUT, NET INFRASTRUCTURE TACTICALS ACTIVATED,  NET OPERATIONS CONDUCTED ON TWO FREQUENCIES); REPORTS COLLECTED ON FREQUENCY,  ALL REPORTS WERE MAPPED, REVIEWED, AND TRANSMITTED WITH SUMMARY AND NET CONTROL  RECOMMENDATION.

DATA POINTS

REPORTED

MW

DIV’

2 N

VL

DIV

 3 N

LH

DIV

3 N

RA

DIV

3 N

WH

DIV

3 S

 

SITES

DIV

3 N

SL

DIV

4 N

TOTAL  DATA POINTS

ALL AREAS

 

EROC   

   9

EROC

 9

EROC 9

 

CH  55 OR 56 or 58

 

 

EROC 9,

 55, 56 OR 58

 

 

STNS

MW

1 2 3 4

STNS

MULTIPLE

STNS

LH1

STNS

HAM

QXX

STNS

HAM KK6SWE

 

STNS

SITES 7  SITES 8

STNS

HAM

AJ6KJ

 

#  STN CHECK INS by area:

[EACH PROVIDING STATION AREA / NEIGHBORHOOD AND TACTICAL ID.]

3

19

1

 

1

 

2

1

27

MW 3

RPTD

SUMMRY

VL  STNS RPTING:

F1  F7 F8 G7 L3 L4 L10 L9 F2 F14 T2 S3 S6 S7 B1 B7 E1 E4 I1

LH Stns

 

LH1

 

WH stns

 

KK6SWE

 

RADIO WORK

 

BY PHONE

 

ANTENNA WORK planned

Note: was Q5 on Eroc 9 as to K6PDS.

 

STN LOCATION RPTS

3

19

1

 

1

 

2

1

27

REPORTS:  “QXA

(MEANING: ALL OKAY AND NOTHING TO REPORT AT MY QTH AND NONE OF THE PROBLEMS ON FORMAT TANGO 9A   OR TANGO 9M  EXIST)

3

19

1

 

1

 

2

1

27

Reports  “QWA”       (Brevity Fire Watch)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RPTS:  /B   LAND LINE NOT WORKING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RPTS      “/Y” (MEANING IS AS FOLLOWS:  IF “/Y” FOR A SINGLE STATION, IT MEANS:  STN  REPORTED PROBLEMS BUT I AM OKAY AND DO NOT NEED ASSISTANCE;  OR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IF “/Y”  FOR AN AREA , IT MEANS:  STN REPORTING IS OKAY,  MY AREA OKAY, AND ANY ASSISTANE NEEDS IN MY AREA ARE BEING TAKEN CARE OF BY MY AREA. NO OUT OF AREA ASISTANCE NEEDED AT THIS TIME.

TOTALS

9

57

3

 

3

 

6

3

81

NET INFRASTRUCTURE ACTIVATIONS:

CONTROL   (EROC 9)

B1

55 RELAY 

 

160 TC          

F1

MAPPING 1            

F1

FIRE CONTROL 

 

55 SILENT

F1

CAL FIRE 20

F7

MAPPING 2            

F8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BACK UP  (EROC 9)      

    F1

58 RELAY 

F1

 

 

TRIANG 1

 

 

 

58 SILENT

 

 

 

TRIANG 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONTROL RECOMMENDATION:      NO ACTION

AFTER ACTION:   GREAT JOB TO ALL THOSE WHO PARTCIPATED AND HELPED OUT!

 

2024 12 12 - Stns should prepare for the storms (snow) and high winds of 45 mph. Preparations included: gasoline supply; generators ready; communications, radios, battery power etc...; food, water, medical ... etc...

SER REPORT OF NET OPERATIONS:      2024  12 05  

TIME:   1900 HOURS         

NET TIME (DURATION FROM TONE OUT TO DEACTIVATION):   17 MINUTES

AREAS / NEIGHBORHOODS  REPORTING:      4   (NOTE: 2 ADDITIONAL AREAS ARE WORKING ON ANTENNAS TO REACH NETS)

SUMMRAY:   Our Net collected 95 specific situational DATA POINTS  

 (IE.,   STN LOCATION;    STN ID;     QXA REPORTS;  AND   QWA REPORTS [BREVITY FIRE REPORTS  - NO SUSPECT SMOKE, FIRE OR EMBERS OBSERVED]).

THE NET WAS TONED OUT, NET INFRASTRUCTURE TACTICALS ACTIVATED,  NET OPERATIONS CONDUCTED ON TWO FREQUENCIES); REPORTS COLLECTED ON FREQUENCY,  ALL REPORTS WERE MAPPED, REVIEWED, AND TRANSMITTED WITH SUMMARY AND NET CONTROL  RECOMMENDATION.

All of this was completed in  17 MINUTES.    THIS NET COVERED  4 AREAS NEIGHBORHOODS) with 24 stations reporting.

DATA POINTS

REPORTED

MW

DIV’

2 N

VL

DIV

 3 N

LH

DIV

3 N

RA

DIV

3 N

WH

DIV

3 S

 

SITES

DIV

3 N

SL

DIV

4 N

TOTAL  DATA POINTS

ALL

 

EROC       9

EROC

 9

EROC 9

 

CH  55 OR 58

 

 

EROC 9,

 55 OR 58

 

 

STNS

MW

1 2 3 4

STNS

MULTIPLE

STNS

LH1

STNS

HAM

QXX

STNS

HAM KK6SWE

 

STNS

SITES 7  SITES 8

STNS

HAM

AJ6KJ

 

#  STN CHECK INS by area:

[EACH PROVIDING STATION AREA / NEIGHBORHOOD AND TACTICAL ID.]

4

18

1

 

0

 

0

1

24

MW 3

RPTD

SUMMRY

VL  STNS RPTING:

F1 F7 S1  S2 F2 I1 F8 G7 L10 L9 S3 B1 B7 L3 L4 E1 S6 S7  

LH Stns

 

LH1

 

WH stns

 

KK6SWE

 

RADIO WORK

 

 

 

 

 

ANTENNA WORK planned

Note: was Q5 on Eroc 9 as to K6PDS.

 

STN LOCATION RPTS

4

18

1

 

 

 

 

1

24

REPORTS:  “QXA

(MEANING: ALL OKAY AND NOTHING TO REPORT AT MY QTH AND NONE OF THE PROBLEMS ON FORMAT TANGO 9A OR TANGO 9M EXIST)

4

18

1

 

 

 

 

1

24

Reports  “QWA”

(Brevity Fire Watch)

4

17

1

 

 

 

 

1

23

RPTS:  /B   LAND LINE NOT WORKING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RPTS      “/Y”

(MEANING IS AS FOLLOWS:

IF “/Y” FOR A SINGLE STATION, IT MEANS:  STN  REPORTED PROBLEMS BUT I AM OKAY AND DO NOT NEED ASSISTANCE;  OR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IF “/Y”  FOR AN AREA , IT MEANS:  STN REPORTING IS OKAY,  MY AREA OKAY, AND ANY ASSISTANE NEEDS IN MY AREA ARE BEING TAKEN CARE OF BY MY AREA. NO OUT OF AREA ASISTANCE NEEDED AT THIS TIME.

TOTALS

16

71

4

 

0

 

0

4

95

NET INFRASTRUCTURE ACTIVATIONS:

CONTROL   (EROC 9)

B1

55 RELAY 

 

160 TC          

F1

MAPPING 1            

F1

FIRE CONTROL 

 

55 SILENT

 

CAL FIRE 20

F7

MAPPING 2            

F8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BACK UP  (EROC 9)      

    F1

58 RELAY 

F1

 

 

TRIANG 1

 

 

 

58 SILENT

 

 

 

TRIANG 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONTROL RECOMMENDATION:      NO ACTION

AFTER ACTION:   GREAT JOB TO ALL THOSE WHO PARTCIPATED AND HELPED OUT!

 

2024 12 05 - powerful 7. magnitude earthquake off California Coast.  Reports:- VL all stations all reporting EQ felt, no damage (except S6 northern most station reporting EQ not felt); MW - EQ felt, no damage;  SL  EQ did not feel earthquake. Conclusion: all reports between /M1 to /M3.
2024 11 28  Net Cancelled - Thanksgiving. All stations to continue 24/7 scan
2024 11 28   0435 hours - Cal Fire Tone out Residential Structure Fire Alarm 8303 Amber Woods Place - (no response from residents) - Cal Fire responding.  SER Mapping  Approx .27 miles NNW from AJ6KJ.  .. SER continuing silent monitoring .. E 2463 Responding, Bat 2409 Responding Training 2427 Responding, WT 21 Responding ... etc... . 0449 hours E 22 at scene - 2 story structure, nothing showing.. Continue response code 2 ... 0459 hours false alarm cancel response.  SER Silent Monitoring Deactivated.
2024 11 27  Midnight 25 - Cal Fire Tone out - Commercial structure Alarm Black Butte Elementary School.  Incident - Ponderosa. Cal Fire responding ... TAC 12 ... Midnight  43 - Cancel response .. false alarm.  SER Silent monitoring deactivated.
2024 11 26  1022 hour repeater deactivated - low battery. TX on EROC 9 and EROC 58.  Later turned back on - some sun out.

SER REPORT OF NET OPERATIONS:      2024  11  21   

TIME:   1900 HOURS         

NET TIME (DURATION FROM TONE OUT TO DEACTIVATION):   18 MINUTES

AREAS / NEIGHBORHOODS  REPORTING:      4

SUMMRAY:   Our Net collected 61 specific situational DATA POINTS  DURING THE NET.   THE NET WAS TONED OUT, NET INFRASTRUCTURE TACTICALS ACITIVATED,  NET OPERATIONS CONDUCTED ON TWO FREQUENCIES (3RD Frequency was monitored – silent); REPORTS COLLECTED ON BOTH FREQUENCIES,  ALL REPORTS MAPPED, REVIEWED, AND TRANSMITTED WITH SUMMARY AND NET CONTROL  RECOMMENDATION IN. All completed in  18 MINUTES.

 THIS NET COVERED  4 AREAS NEIGHBORHOODS).

DATA POINTS

REPORTED

MW

DIV’

2 N

VL

DIV

 3 N

LH

DIV

3 N

RA

DIV

3 N

WH

DIV

3 S

 

SITES

DIV

3 N

SL

DIV

4 N

TOTAL  DATA POINTS

 -  ALL AREAS

 

EROC 9

EROC 9

EROC 9

 

CH  55 OR 58

 

RELAY

PHONE

ANTENNA WORK

EROC 9

OR 55 OR 58

 

 

STNS

MW

1 2 3 4

STNS

MULTIPLE

STNS

LH1

STNS

HAM

QXX

STNS

HAM KK6SWE

 

STNS

SITES 7  SITES 8

STNS

HAM

AJ6KJ

 

#  CHECK INS by area: [EACH PROVIDING STATION AREA / NEIGHBORHOOD AND TACTICAL ID.]

3

12

1

 

1

 

 

 

17

MW 3 RPTD

SUMMRY

VL  STNS RPTING:

F1 F7 F2 F8 S1  I1  T2  S3  E1  B6  S6  S7  

LH Stns

 

LH1

 

WH stns

 

KK6SWE

 

 

 

 

STN LOCATION RPTS

3

12

1

 

1

 

 

 

17

REPORTS:

“QXA

(MEANING:ALL OKAY AND NOTHING TO REPORT AT MY QTH AND NONE OF THE PROBLEMS ON FORMAT TANGO 9A OR TANGO 9M EXIST)

3

2

1

 

1

 

 

 

7

RPTS:  /B   LAND LINE NOT WORKING

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RPTS      “/Y”

(MEANING IS AS FOLLOWS:

IF “/Y” FOR A SINGLE STATION, IT MEANS:  STN  REPORTED PROBLEMS BUT I AM OKAY AND DO NOT NEED ASSISTANCE;  OR

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

IF “/Y”  FOR AN AREA , IT MEANS:  STN REPORTING IS OKAY,  MY AREA OKAY, AND ANY ASSISTANE NEEDS IN MY AREA ARE BEING TAKEN CARE OF BY MY AREA. NO OUT OF AREA ASISTANCE NEEDED AT THIS TIME.

TOTALS

9

46

3

 

3

 

 

 

61

NET INFRASTRUCTURE ACTIVATIONS:

CONTROL   (EROC 9)

F1

55 RELAY 

 

160 TC                         

F1

MAPPING 1            

F1

FIRE CONTROL 

 

55 SILENT

S1

CAL FIRE 20

F7

MAPPING 2            

F8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BACK UP  (EROC 9)      

   

58 RELAY 

F1

 

 

TRIANG 1

 

 

 

58 SILENT

 

 

 

TRIANG 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONTROL RECOMMENDATION:  LL failure in Village. Frontier working on problem. All stations be on alert for any emergency traffic for relay.

AFTER ACTION:   GREAT JOB TO ALL THOSE WHO PARTCIPATED AND HELPED OUT!

 

2024 11  22  - 0935  hours Frontier Land Line Failure CONTINUES- Village.  AREA OUTAGE # OF CUSTOMERS IMPACTED PER FRONTIER  1004. Estim time for restoration  2152 hours this evening.

     Outage VL:  F1  I1 B6 L3 T2 S6 S3

MIDWAY 3 has service.

 Later  2024  11 22 (1024 hours) LL restored (repaired). Stns Reporting: VL   F1 F7  B6 S3 I1 S1 S6.

2024 11  21  - 0805 hours Frontier Land Line Failure - Village. Stations Reporting Failure:  B1  B6  S3  S6  I1  F1 F7 T2.

Areas Reporting no outage:  Long Hollow (per radio report); Starlite (per cell phone no outage);  Wilson Hill  (per cell phone - no outage),  Midway (per cell phone - no outage).

Per Frontier Area Outage - estimated time for restoration is 2200 hours tonight (10:00 PM).  Number of customers impacted 1460.

TX on EROC 9 and EROC 58  (505 SIMPLEX) (SAVING EROC 55  repeater for emergency traffic due to low battery). Heavy rain / snow upper elevations.

2024 11 20  Cal Fire Tone out (0723 hours) – Flu Fire  30576 Thumper (later corrected to 30657 Thumper).  Silent monitoring (Telephone call to T10 since in his area). ... Cal Fire responding … 0747 hours E 2463 available.  Silent monitoring deactivated  0748 hours.
2024 10 24 appr 2144 hours Cal Fire tone out possible gunshot victim - Side Bottom Road.. Silent Monitoring activated. Monitoring Cal Fire 20 and Ch 21 (Sheriff).  No CHP in Area. ...  Cal Fire responding ..... Sheriff units in route ...  Cal fire staged...  Med 144 staged ... Sheriff - 1 detained, cancel Medical....  Silent monitoring deactivated 2224 hours.  Note: Per KRCTV.Com 1 person (woman) shot / killed.

2024  10 24

1900 hours   

Report of Net Operations  -  SERCAP

Total Net Time:     15 minutes.

THE REPORTS OF QXA AND QWA have PREVIOUSLY been treated as one report by each station for the report count. BUT, in reality, each is a separate report for specific conditions.  Thus,  QXA relates to situations such as electricity, phone, water, earthquakes, food needs, … (QXA meaning none of 2 full pages of specific problems  exist).  On the other hand,  QWA is the Brevity Fire Watch procedure done by each station to determine if there is any suspect smoke, fire, or embers. Thus a large amount of information is accumulated in a short time period. ANOTHER GREAT JOB TONIGHT!

Net

Infrastructure

 AGENDA > 

 SITUATION REPORT (FMT  T9M or T9A);

QWA PROCEDURE

 

Control

B1

Areas Reporting   6

 

# STNS

Stns Reporting

Fire Control

Back Up

F1

Village            DIV  3 N

14

VL:     F1  F7  F8 F2 I1  B1 B7  B6  S6  S7  G7  L10  L9  E4

55 Silent

Shingletown/Pioneer Pizza

VL:  

  55 Relay (RPTR)

F1

Midway          DIV 2 N

4

58 Silent

F1

Long Hollow  DIV 3 N

1

 

  58 Relay

Rest Area       DIV 3 N

0

Ham:  

Sites Area      DIV 3N

2

VIA PHONE RELAY

160 TC

F1

Starlite           DIV 4 N

1

Ham:   KJ     (CH 55 OR EROC 9)

Mapping

F1

Wilson Hill      DIV 3 S  CH 55

1

Ham:  SWE  (CH 55)

CAL FIRE 20

F7

TOTAL STNS REPORTING AND PARTICIPATING IN THIS NET   AND ANY  DRILLS          >    (A)

Note: There are additional VL stations (approx 33+) that don’t report. They have ability to listen to EROC 9. Other Areas also have ability to listen  to plan.

   

 

23

 TOTAL

CHECK INS

 

23

 TOTAL

RPTS

 

46

 TOTAL

DRILL RPTS

 

0

  0        

Triangulation

 

 

 

 COMPARE ABOVE # OF STATIONS REPORTING TO THE CURRENT ROSTER OF ESSENTIAL RADIO ALERTING AND RESPONSE TEAM STATIONS

         ***    >     (B)

 

 

 

 

27

CURRENT ROSTER OF  

ESSENTIAL RADIO ALERTING AND RESPONSE TEAM STATIONS:

VL:    20  -  B1  B7  B6  E4  F1  F7  F2  F8  F14  G7  I1  L3  L4  L9  L10  S1  S2  S3  S6  S7   

LH:     1- LH1

MW:   4 – MW 1, 2, 3, 4

RA:    0

 SL:    1  (Ham)    KJ

WH:   1  (Ham)   SWE  (CH 55)

Flight Radar

 

 

___Camera

 

Drill 911 Relay

 

PERCENT REPORTING

85.%

(A)  DIVIDED BY  (B)

CONTROL SUMMARY:            

All Stations and Areas reporting:  QXA AND QWA NO EXCEPTIONS

CONTROL RECOMMENDATION: 

NO ACTION                                                            

 

AFTER ACTION:   

*** ESSENTIAL RADIO ALERTING AND RESPONSE TEAM STATIONS  (current monthly list). To achieve this designation, a VOLUNTEER station must have  up to date radios and be   CURRENTLY AND CONSISTENTLY  RESPONDING TO ALERTS  AND  ACTIVATIONS ;  ISSUING ALERTS AND ACTIVATIONS;   AND PROVIDING REPORTS  DURING RADIO OPERATIONS.

 We need more stations to achieve this designation so that in the case of emergency, we have enough volunteer skilled radio operators to conduct necessary emergency radio operations (e.g., FIRE NETS for forest fires, smoke checks, 911 relays, etc…).

 Those Areas / Neighborhoods providing such radio operators are the focus of the SERCAP system.

 IT IS IMPORTANT THAT STATIONS REGULARILY PARTICIPATE IN THE WEEKLY PRACTICE NETS.  THIS WAY YOU CONFIRM YOUR RADIO IS WORKING AND YOU MAINTAIN YOUR RADIO SKILLS. IN AN EMERGENCY, YOU DON’T WANT TO BE TRYING TO REMEMBER HOW TO WORK YOUR RADIO.

 

2024 10 20  1030 hours AJ6KJ reports on Ch 55 (760) Frontier Land Line is now operating in Starlite.   That is OVER 3 DAYS of Frontier Land Lines not operating.

2024 10 17  (0829 hours)  AJ6KJ reports on Ch 55 (760)  Frontier Land Land NOT working in Starlite (not working since last night). 

2024 10 18 - AJ6KJ reports Frontier Land Lines still not working in:  Starlite, Rest Area, Sites up to at least McCumber.

2024 10 18  Red Flag warning - TX on 760 (55) stations to periodically perform QWA procedure and any station (ham or non ham) relay emergency traffic; Stations with TX capability on 760 (55) carry radios with them. Persons only with Frontier Land Line will not be able to call 911 (e.g., to report a fire, etc...). We have had high winds and red flag.

2024  10 17

1900 hours   

Report of Net Operations  -  SERCAP

Total Net Time:     13 minutes.

THE REPORTS OF QXA AND QWA have PREVIOUSLY been treated as one report by each station for the report count. BUT, in reality, each is a separate report for specific conditions.  Thus,  QXA relates to situations such as electricity, phone, water, earthquakes, food needs, … (QXA meaning none of 2 full pages of specific problems  exist).  On the other hand,  QWA is the Brevity Fire Watch procedure done by each station to determine if there is any suspect smoke, fire, or embers. Thus a large amount of information is accumulated in a short time period. ANOTHER GREAT JOB TONIGHT!

Net

Infrastructure

 AGENDA > 

 SITUATION REPORT (FMT  T9M or T9A);

QWA PROCEDURE

 

Control

B1

Areas Reporting   6

 

# STNS

Stns Reporting

Fire Control

 

Back Up

F1

Village            DIV  3 N

13

VL:     F1  F7  S1 S2 I1 L3 L4 G7 F2 F8 F14 B1 B7

55 Silent

 

Shingletown/Pioneer Pizza

 

VL:  

  55 Relay (RPTR)

F1

Midway          DIV 2 N

4

 

58 Silent

S1

Long Hollow  DIV 3 N

1

 

  58 Relay

 

Rest Area       DIV 3 N

0

Ham:  

   

Sites Area      DIV 3N

0

qxx

160 TC

F1

Starlite           DIV 4 N

1

Ham:   KJ     (CH 55 OR EROC 9)

Mapping

F1

Wilson Hill      DIV 3 S  CH 55

1

Ham:  SWE  (CH 55)

CAL FIRE 20

F7

TOTAL STNS REPORTING AND PARTICIPATING IN THIS NET   AND ANY  DRILLS          >    (A)

Note: There are additional VL stations (approx 33+) that don’t report. They have ability to listen to EROC 9. Other Areas also have ability to listen  to plan.

 

 

 

20

 

TOTAL

CHECK INS

20

 

TOTAL

RPTS

 40

 

TOTAL

DRILL RPTS

 0

  0        

Triangulation

 

 

 

 

COMPARE ABOVE # OF STATIONS REPORTING TO THE CURRENT ROSTER OF

ESSENTIAL RADIO ALERTING AND RESPONSE TEAM STATIONS

         ***    >     (B)

 

 

 

 

27

CURRENT ROSTER OF

 

ESSENTIAL RADIO ALERTING AND RESPONSE TEAM STATIONS:

VL:    20  -  B1  B7  B6  E4  F1  F7  F2  F8  F14  G7  I1  L3  L4  L9  L10  S1  S2  S3  S6  S7   

LH:     1- LH1

MW:   4 – MW 1, 2, 3, 4

RA:    0

 SL:    1  (Ham)    KJ

WH:   1  (Ham)   SWE  (CH 55)

Flight Radar

 

 

___Camera

 

Drill 911 Relay

 

PERCENT REPORTING

74.%

(A)  DIVIDED BY  (B)

CONTROL SUMMARY:            

All Stations and Areas reporting:  QXA AND QWA EXCEPTIONS: STARLITE – FRONTIER LAND LINE NOT WORKING

CONTROL RECOMMENDATION: 

NO ACTION,  EXCEPT FOR HIGHTENED  MONITORING FOR STATIONS /  AREASEXPRIENCING FRONTIER LAND LINE FAILURE                                                            

 

AFTER ACTION:   *** ESSENTIAL RADIO ALERTING AND RESPONSE TEAM STATIONS  (current monthly list). To achieve this designation, a VOLUNTEER station must have  up to date radios and be   CURRENTLY AND CONSISTENTLY  RESPONDING TO ALERTS  AND  ACTIVATIONS ;  ISSUING ALERTS AND ACTIVATIONS;   AND PROVIDING REPORTS  DURING RADIO OPERATIONS.

 We need more stations to achieve this designation so that in the case of emergency, we have enough volunteer skilled radio operators to conduct necessary emergency radio operations (e.g., FIRE NETS for forest fires, smoke checks, 911 relays, etc…).

 Those Areas / Neighborhoods providing such radio operators are the focus of the SERCAP system.

 IT IS IMPORTANT THAT STATIONS REGULARILY PARTICIPATE IN THE WEEKLY PRACTICE NETS.  THIS WAY YOU CONFIRM YOUR RADIO IS WORKING AND YOU MAINTAIN YOUR RADIO SKILLS. IN AN EMERGENCY, YOU DON’T WANT TO BE TRYING TO REMEMBER HOW TO WORK YOUR RADIO.

2024 10 14  (1345 hours)  spot fire - Radio Relay  VML on 760 - Vehicle Tire came off trailer, sparks, into grass started fire. K6PDS called 911 and advised. Cal fire responding.  Incident in area of 29863 Highway 44    boulder ridge  and albers.
Radio, Emergency Communications and Hurricane Helene.  Please read the following ABOUT NON HAMS USING HAM FREQUENCIES DURING EMERGENCIES - HURRICANE HELENE ...

Source:  https://daily.hamweekly.com/2024/10/ham-radio-and-the-helene-aftermath/

 October 2, 2024

We're beginning to see ways in which amateur radio operators are stepping up to help their communities in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. …

One of the most high-profile stories comes from Tom (K4SWL), publisher of QRPer … He and his neighbors are cut off from accessing the local network of roads by car, requiring him to instead rely on bikes to check on the local community and gather supplies such as medicine.

Hams will be very interested in his use of HTs [hand held radios],spread across licensed, and non-licensed family members and neighbors to stay in contact with one another. (emphasis added).

I set up a simplex frequency and schedule so we could communicate.  … . No, most of these people don’t have [Ham] licenses, but this is 100% a real emergency. Hams in the region have even been giving volunteers their radios to share wellness checks via our repeater systems and the emergency response network.”  (emphasis added).

SER Comment:  In Shingletown, we already have a PRE-STAGED and fully operating emergency communications plan for both Hams AND NON HAMS (and the Plan fully integrates and coordinates BOTH). You are all helping and part of it.  In the event of an emergency, the radios, and the plan are already existing.  Further, you already have the equipment with you and are using it. If you are not actively participating, Hurricane Helene might sending you a message to get involved.

Nathan  

 

2024 10 09    1013 hours (approx)  Midway reports Power Restored. Note: State Power Outage map has NOT yet been updated.
2024 10 09  Power Outage: appr 0945 hours Midway reports power out.  VL F1 advises there is an accident on 44 Cross Shingle Creek. Veh hit power pole.  State Power Outage map below shows outage.  Cal Fire on scene. PG&E requested, CHP, Frontier.

2024  09 26

1900 hours