Four Announcements

Dear Emergency Volunteers:

Thanks again for a successful September drill. As we move into the fall and winter seasons, we'd like you to keep the following opportunities in mind:

1) We will have a DAYTIME Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) class in Herriman starting Tuesday, October 27th from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon, continuing for six weeks. The location will be the LDS Stake Center located at 5600 W 13680 S. Please consider taking this class if you're not CERT trained or pass this information to your neighbors. This is a great class for community members who may be retired, have children in school during the day or otherwise have a free morning. REGISTER ONLINE. There are other classes available if this doesn't work with your schedule but this will likely be the only Herriman class until next year.

2) This Saturday, October 10th, will be a Ham Radio Go-Kit training at 10:00 a.m. at the Herriman City Hall. If you are a Ham Radio operator or if you have an interested in Ham Radios and emergency communications, please join us.

3) Next Saturday, October 17th, will be the first new Ham Radio operator class. Again, if you have an interested in Ham Radios and emergency communications, please join us. See this link for more information and register by email to KE7MDG@arrl.net or by phone: 801.446.0241.

4) We're excited to announce the date of the next semi-annual emergency drill as Saturday, March 13th, 2010. Please save the date!

We think you're terrific! Thanks for being involved in Emergency Preparedness!

Be Ready Herriman
http://bereadyherriman.blogspot.com/

Fall Ham Radio Class

Want to become a licensed amateur (ham) radio operator? Join us for a class:

When: Saturdays, 8:00am – 11:30am for 4 weeks
Oct 17th, 24th, Nov 14th, 21st

Where: 14172 S Emmeline Dr. in the LDS Seminary classroom building (west side)

Cost: $15 for the Technician Manual
** Free if you know someone with a manual

Instructors:
Lance Buttars, KE7MDG
Vick Pearson, W7CIE

The four week class will prepare those interested for the Technician Licensing Exam for Amateur Radio. We will offer the FCC licensing exam at the end of the class.
For Questions or to register for the class, please contact Lance by October 12th by email: KE7MDG@arrl.net or by phone: 801.446.0241

Download the flyer.

Ham Radio Go-Kit Training

Herriman Amateur Radio Club (HARC) mobile ham radio go-kit training will be scheduled for Saturday, October 10th from 10:00 a.m. - noon at Herriman City Hall. We will learn how to set up the kits, discuss how to report problems with the kits, test them on-air and debrief on the city drill.

When: Saturday, October 10th
Time: 10:00 a.m. - noon (if it takes that long)
Location: Herriman City Hall, 13011 S Pioneer St, 6000 W
Who: All amateur radio operators in the southwest area, those who may be interested in becoming a ham radio operator and city personnel who may be involved with caring or setting up the go-kits.

Ham Radio Go-Kit Manual

Herriman City used some grant money to purchase materials to assemble ham radio "go-kits."

It is expected these kits will:
1) Provide licensed amateur radio operators the equipment necessary to use their skills in an emergency, even if they don't own their own equipment
2) Be mobile and self-contained so an operator could have everything necessary available and know all equipment is compatible
3) Use a variety of power sources to ensure operations in any type of an emergency
4) Be identical so an operator familiar with one kit can easily transition to another kit

Jon Titus, KZ1G, has written a thorough Go-Kit manual which should be read by all operators. Additionally, he will provide a hands-on training, date to be announced.

If you observe any errors in this manual, suggestions for changes, or ideas for additional information you would like the manual to provide, please review page 27 for instructions.

We greatly appreciate Jon's commitment to this project.

Download the go-kit manual here. (PDF)

Training Opportunities

The Unified Fire Authority keeps a calendar of available training opportunities. Please reference it at http://www.unifiedfire.org/emtraining.htm.

Are You Ready? Class

Please invite your friends and neighbors to attend an “Are You Ready?” class, presented by the United Fire Authority on Saturday, September 19th at 7:00 p.m. The location is the Herriman South Stake Center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints located at:

LOCATION:

14550 South Juniper Crest Rd
HERRIMAN, UT 84096


COST:
FREE

Thank you!

Thank you to all who participated in the Friday evacuation of Providence Hall and the Saturday wildfire. Your efforts are appreciated and we will use the information we gathered to be even more effective in future drills or emergencies. If you have feedback regarding either drill, you are encouraged to send it to BeReadyHerriman@gmail.com.

Feedback format:

1. Statement of issue: a definition of the problem or observation, specific in nature and contained in one or two sentences. Clearly identify the "cause and effect."
2. Background discussion: A brief narrative that describes the problem in more detail with relevant background information.
3. Recommended action: Don't miss this step! Complete, precise and specific actions that provide the necessary steps to change or improve the problem or observation. (Suggest a solution.)
   

In addition to issues and concerns, we would also like to include a section of items that went well.

Thank you again for all your efforts! We felt yesterday and today were a great success!