Saturday, March 28, 2009
Friday, March 27, 2009
Friday, March 27, 2009
Team One report by Neil McMillin via email.
Deployment is sometimes routine, and today was a good example.
We attended a brief meeting at approximately 0710 at the Holiday Inn Fargo, ND to discuss the days operations. We were told that the Holiday Inn, where we were staying, was in the potential flood plain area and we were advised that alternate lodging had been secured further west in Fargo, ND for all personnel. No mention of comms needs at that time.
We proceeded to pack, check out and relocate. Once settled, we notified the EOC of our availability; however, the DART team and Helos were not deployed today, so we remained on standby.
Since the danger to the city of Bismarck had passed, AuxCom 2 team arrived back in Fargo around 1300 and located in the same hotel.
We were later contacted by Mr. Bob Eddy, former 8WR DSO-CM, that he was in the Fargo area assisting with sandbagging at the FargoDome and could meet us to transfer a portable Tait mobile VHF radio he had in his possession. The radio was transferred to AuxCom 2. This a
llows us to have an operational radio base from within the hotel instead of needing to sit outside in the trucks. With the radio inside, we can keep up with current events on TV and the internet more easily.
We do have a new photo to share courtesy of Chuck Woodward. This image shows one of the US Coast Guard airboats that come in handy in shallow water flooding situations.
Team One report by Neil McMillin via email.
Deployment is sometimes routine, and today was a good example.
We attended a brief meeting at approximately 0710 at the Holiday Inn Fargo, ND to discuss the days operations. We were told that the Holiday Inn, where we were staying, was in the potential flood plain area and we were advised that alternate lodging had been secured further west in Fargo, ND for all personnel. No mention of comms needs at that time.
We proceeded to pack, check out and relocate. Once settled, we notified the EOC of our availability; however, the DART team and Helos were not deployed today, so we remained on standby.
Since the danger to the city of Bismarck had passed, AuxCom 2 team arrived back in Fargo around 1300 and located in the same hotel.
We were later contacted by Mr. Bob Eddy, former 8WR DSO-CM, that he was in the Fargo area assisting with sandbagging at the FargoDome and could meet us to transfer a portable Tait mobile VHF radio he had in his possession. The radio was transferred to AuxCom 2. This a
llows us to have an operational radio base from within the hotel instead of needing to sit outside in the trucks. With the radio inside, we can keep up with current events on TV and the internet more easily.We do have a new photo to share courtesy of Chuck Woodward. This image shows one of the US Coast Guard airboats that come in handy in shallow water flooding situations.
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