Overview:
Webinar participants will be presented with short history amateur radio's development, it's contribution to World War II, advancement of the technology, contribution to the science of worldwide communications and how it contributes to emergency communications when traditional phone and Internet operations are disrupted.
Why should you Attend:
WHY: to provide reliable communications during communications outages.
FUD: is defined as a disinformation strategy (false information spread deliberately to deceive).
During natural disasters new media claim there is no communications with effected area.Hurricanes destroy a large area including power and communications,however, when storms pass Amateur Radio operators are first to operate using backup power and provide communications to hospitals, FEMA and SHARES.
Areas Covered in the Session:
What is Amateur Radio (HAM Radio)
American Radio Relay League (ARRL)
ARRL Officers, Division Directors and Staff contacts
New Federal Regulations Affect Healthcare Providers
Role Amateur Radio has played in emergencies
Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) effect on medical devices, backup generators
Police, fire, ambulance: are local First Responders Ready for an EMP?
Grid Down Scenarios, reliability of 911 system
Solar effects on power grid
Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services (RACES)
Leveraging Amateur Radio Innovations for Disaster Medicine
Sending email without using the Internet
Next steps in emergency preparation
How to obtain an Amateur Radio licenses
Communications interoperability
Webinar participants will be presented with short history amateur radio's development, it's contribution to World War II, advancement of the technology, contribution to the science of worldwide communications and how it contributes to emergency communications when traditional phone and Internet operations are disrupted.
Why should you Attend:
WHY: to provide reliable communications during communications outages.
FUD: is defined as a disinformation strategy (false information spread deliberately to deceive).
During natural disasters new media claim there is no communications with effected area.Hurricanes destroy a large area including power and communications,however, when storms pass Amateur Radio operators are first to operate using backup power and provide communications to hospitals, FEMA and SHARES.
Areas Covered in the Session:
What is Amateur Radio (HAM Radio)
American Radio Relay League (ARRL)
ARRL Officers, Division Directors and Staff contacts
New Federal Regulations Affect Healthcare Providers
Role Amateur Radio has played in emergencies
Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) effect on medical devices, backup generators
Police, fire, ambulance: are local First Responders Ready for an EMP?
Grid Down Scenarios, reliability of 911 system
Solar effects on power grid
Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services (RACES)
Leveraging Amateur Radio Innovations for Disaster Medicine
Sending email without using the Internet
Next steps in emergency preparation
How to obtain an Amateur Radio licenses
Communications interoperability
Who Should Attend
- Communities
- Senior Staff to Individual Contributors in any Organization
