Greetings fellow Northland ARES Members!

I would like to formally request your assistance for ARES help on March 12, 2011. North Kansas City will be holding their annual Snake Saturday parade and festival. This year they will be deploying their new CERT Team on various assignments and would like to have an ARES member with each team deployed to provide reliable communications back to the EOC for each team.

We will also have a 2 meter station setup at the NKC PD EOC as part of their Communications Plan for the day. I could also use a few volunteer operators for this assigment so we can rotate net operators. We will be running 2 Meter FM simplex and FRS for this assigment.

The assignment will run from 8 AM until 2 PM on Saturday, March 12, 2011. I am told that because of traffic congestion it is generally best to plan on being here in NKC for the full assignment time. If you can volunteer for 4 hours as an ARES member then you could certainly spend your after assignment time enjoying the festivities!  It is my understanding that all volunteers will be provided with lunch in appreciation for your support.

ARES gear needed for this assigment would be: dress for the day's weather, a 2 meter HT and sufficient batteries for your assignment plus a yellow safety vest. Note that each CERT Team and their ARES person will have an assigned location to be at and you will be on foot.

CERT Teams will be additional eyes and ears for public safety at this deployment and ARES will be used for communicating any issues back to the EOC for resolution.

If you are interested in this deployment and would like to volunteer please contact me directly either by phone (daytime @ 816.918.7854), (evening @ 816.496.5546) or via email at n8tmn@yahoo.com. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.

Thank you in advance for your support!

73 de Dave Laskowski, N8TMN