SATERN Half
Day
Class Room Training
June 4, 2005
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Contents
SECTION I -- Introduction to SATERN
SECTION II -- Emergency Disaster Services
SECTION III -- Emergency Management Cycle
SECTION IV -- ICS Incident Management System
SECTION V -- SATERN Message Handling
SECTION VI -- Radio Etiquette
Section I
Introduction to SATERN
Introduction
to
S.A.T.E.R.N.
Salvation Army Team Emergency
Radio Network
Riverside
and San Bernardino Counties Section
Sierra Del Mar Division
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What is SATERN?
00SATERN is the
official Emergency Communication Service of The Salvation Army
00SATERN is a group of amateur radio operators who have volunteered their skills to assist The Salvation Army with radio communications during a disaster response
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Where is SATERN located?
In all 50 states, Canada, England,
and
In many other
parts of the world
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SATERN has proven its effectiveness
Plainfield IL Tornado Lamont Tornado
Hurricane Andrew Hurricane Marilyn
Alaska Forest Fires Northridge Earthquake
Fort Smith Tornado Rose Lawn Air Crash
Kobe Earthquake Mississippi River Floods
Landers Earthquake Pittsburgh US Air Crash
North Dakota Floods Oklahoma City Bombing
Florida Wildfires Oklahoma City Tornado
Colorado Wildfires 9-11-01 Terrorist Attack
Arizona Wildfires 00ust to name
a few
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The Salvation Army
Sierra Del Mar Division
Headquarters,
San Diego, CA
San Diego
County
Imperial
County
Riverside
County
San Bernardino
County
Paul Cook, N6RPF Riverside/San Bernardino Counties
SATERN Coordinator SATERN Coordinating Committee
SATERN R/SB
Counties Section Serves:
00San Bernardino Corps 00 Cathedral City Corps
00Hemet Corps 00Corona Corps
00Ontario Corps 00Perris ARC*
00Redlands Corps 00Murrieta Corps
00Riverside Corps 00Victor Valley Corps
00Moreno Valley Corps 00 Morongo Valley Outpost
00b> San Bernardino ARC*
*Adult Rehabilitation Centers
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SA/SATERN LOCATIONS
The Riverside
and San Bernardino Counties Committee:
Tony KE6JZF at (909)-628-2843, email ke6jzf@verizon.net
Don WA6UVW at (909) 797-7763, email
remark3@verizon.net
Dave WB6OUJ at (909) 794-2352, email wb6ouj@verizon.net
Harm AC6VN at (951) 693-2383, email ac6vn@arrl.net
Brian KG6WRX at (909) 732-9724, e-mail brian@coxcomputer.com
Major Russell Fritz, San Bernardino
Corps Officer, Advisor
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The Primary
Objective of SATERN:
Enroll Amateur Radio operators and provide
periodic training and drills to develop skills in
emergency radio communication and message
handling to assist in Salvation Army disaster
operations
SATERN R/SB Counties Section Goals:
Enable communications among Corps
locations, local operations, and Division HQ
Recruit and train amateur radio operators for
each Corps location to act as local Corps
Communication
Coordinators
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Actions to achieve the communication goal:
Equip each Corps with permanent VHF antenna(s) to establish
basic communication capability - simplex, 5 watts or less
A SATERN member hooks up his own VHF HT to the installed
antenna with
a pre-positioned jumper cable and he/she is ready to communicate.
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Installations done to date:
San Bernardino Corps Corona Corps
Riverside Corps Hemet Corps
Moreno Valley Corps Perris ARC*
Redlands Corps Ontario Corps
Victor Valley Corps Murrieta Corps
Cathedral City Corps San Bernardino ARC*
Morongo
Field Office
SATERN Rancho Relay
*Adult Rehabilitation Centers
Tests have been very successful
What kind of training is available?
Local seminars specific to R/SB section Formal emergency management courses,
some with text and certification
Salvation Army training at various levels Regular nets and periodic drills Other planned activitiesSATERN nets:
SATERN R/S.B. Counties Section VHF net:
146.985 MHz - PL 146.2 Sundays 8:00 PM
SATERN San Diego VHF net:
145.32 MHz - PL 107.2 Thursday 8:30 PM
SATERN Western Regional HF net:
75 Meters 003.9777 MHz
Sundays 8 PM PST ( 9 PM PDT)
SATERN National HF net: 20 Meters 0014.265 MHz
7:00 AM Monday thru Saturday
Section II
Emergency Disaster Services
Emergency
Emergency
Emergency
Emergency
Emergency
Emergency
Emergency
Emergency
Section III
Emergency Management
Cycle
Emergency Management Cycle
Emergency
Management
Cycle
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Preparedness
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Recovery
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Response
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Mitigation
EVENT
Preparedness
Go bag reviewed and ready to go Batteries fully charged Radio checked out and ready to go
Preparedness
Response
Recovery
Mitigation
Mitigation
Activities - Home
Section IV
Salvation Army
ICS
Incident
Management/Command
System
Incident
Management/Command System
IMS/ICS Objectives
IMS/ICS Objectives
Incident
Command System
Policy Group
(Not in
EOC)
Incident Commander
Public Information
Officer
(PIO)
Liaison
Officer
Operations
Section Chief
Logistics
Sections Chief
Finance/ Administration
Section Chief
Planning
Section Chief
Safety Officer
Pastoral Care Officer
ICS
Staff at Salvation Army divisional headquarters directly supervises the Incident Commander. Divisional headquarters staff makes policy decisions, including the overall direction, duration, staffing and financing of the disaster relief operation, not the Incident Commander.
Incident Commander: The
IC is the onsite manager of the disaster relief operation and is responsible
for coordinating all emergency services and support operations.
ICS
The PIO is the central point for dissemination of information to the news media and other agencies and organizations.
Liaison Officer:The Liaison Officer is the Salvation Army00 representative and point-of-contact for other disaster relief groups.
Safety Officer:The Safety Officer is responsible for addressing issues related to safety and security of the disaster relief operation.
Pastoral Care Officer: Pastoral
Care Officer is responsible for managing spiritual and emotional support
services on the disaster operation.
ICS
The Operations Section Chief is responsible for managing all direct services during a disaster relief operation
Logistics Section Chief:The Logistics Section Chief is responsible for obtaining and managing all resources and equipment necessary to run the disaster relief operation. SATERN operations fall under Logistics
Finance/Administration Section Chief: The
Finance/Administration Section Chief is responsible for managing many
of the 00aper-work00details necessary to support a disaster relief
operation, i.e. statistics, personnel and volunteer recruitment and
accounting.
ICS
The
Planning Section Chief is responsible for assessing community needs
in the wake of a disaster and recommending appropriate short and long-term
Salvation Army assistance programs to meet those needs.
Command Post
EOC
Section V
SATERN Message
Handling
S.A.T.E.R.N.
Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network
Riverside and San Bernardino Counties Section
Of the Sierra Del Mar Division
MESSAGE
HANDLING
Message Handling
The three main things to stress
in traffic handling are accuracy, accuracy,
and accuracy.
A message can be worse than
useless if it is not accurate.
Therefore, the primary object in traffic handling is
one hundred percent accuracy;
ninety-nine percent won00 do.
00reak and
Go00Method
SATERN Riverside and San Bernardino Counties Section uses the "Break & Go" Message Handling Procedure;
Sender speaks no more than 3 to
5 words, then waits for the receiver to give a "Go" before
sending the next 3 to 5 words.
This lets the one
receiving the message set the pace at a speed he can write down with
100% accuracy.
To Achieve
Accuracy When Passing Traffic
To achieve
accuracy when passing traffic
Section VI
Radio Etiquette
00/font>Radio Etiquette00/font>
Radio is a command and control tool. It is used to pass information across great distances and make coordination of resources possible in a way that smoke signals, mirrors, runners, and other ancient means of communications just can't begin to match. Like any other tool, it can be misused. Here are a few "rules" that will help you from falling into the misused trap.
Use Plain English
- No "Q-codes00nbsp;
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Use location identifiers or function Title, i.e.. "Net Control", "Command Post", "Ontario Corps Officer", "San Bernardino County EOC", "Riverside County Primary EOC" etc.
Know What You Want
to Say Before You Key the Mike
Nothing makes people crazier than the guy who gets on the air and then spends a couple of minutes killing air time with er's, oh's, and-ah's, and other garbage that makes it plain he's making it up as he goes along in hopes that what he really needs to say will come to him.
Keep It Short and
Simple
Never, ever, never pack 5 seconds
worth of information into 25 seconds.
Don't use long/big words when a short and sweet one will do just as
well (and probably better).
Bad: Ah net control this is , canteen one, Ah yeah ah roger that
ah net control - got a ah solid copy on your last ah transmission about
that ah geographical location that we're ah supposed to be moving towards
to ah, rendezvous ah, that is, ah, meet up with the ah, other canteen
Over
Good: Net control this is canteen one
Copy
Out
Pause for Breaks
Every Now and Then
While you're droning your way through
the Gettysburg Address someone may have something critical come up that
really IS important and that needs to be said NOW, only he can't because
some moron (you know the guy - you've all hear him!!) is hogging the
air because he loves the sound of his own voice!
Remember the Whole
World Is
Listening
Scanners abound. Make sure you realize that what you say will be public knowledge.
Talk Across the Mike,
Not Into It.
Hold it a couple inches away from your face
to avoid over modulating, and speak in a normal voice, at right angles "across" the mike instead of right into it. You'll be easier to understand.
Don't Shout. Speak
Clearly Instead.
Shouting may feel emotionally satisfying, but it causes distortion and makes you harder to understand.
Contrary to the opinion of some, shouting does not, repeat NOT, increase the range of any radio known to mankind.
For the Command Post
Guys, DON'T , PLEASE DON'T, Read Everything Back!
You're doubling the necessary air time. Only ask for a "Say again" on the stuff you didn't get. Otherwise, just say "Copy, over" and stand by for the next part
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Questions
