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Subj: [WIA-News] HERO net in Philippines storm disaster
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HERO net in Philippines storm disaster
Date : 02 / 01 / 2015
Author : Jim Linton - VK3PC
No rest for the busy HERO (Ham Emergency Radio Operations) network which has again
activated for the storm Jangmi (Seniang) that made landfall in Mindanao Island on
December 29 and crossed central areas causing massive floods and landslides.
At least 53 people had been killed and 121,700 affected by the bad weather system.
This storm's death toll was nearly triple the deaths of Super Typhoon Hagupit
in early December.
Thelma Pascua DU1IVT, the Philippines Amateur Radio Society Chief Operating Officer,
says: "With successive typhoons bringing rains, the soil got so saturated it
caused landslides. "Regional HERO was in place in Mindanao and Visayas.
It's now automatic for a lot of hams to coordinate with their local disaster risk
reduction and management." Reports of HERO activity came from the affected areas
with more than 80,000 taking shelter in evacuation centres. Among them is
Catbalogan town in Samar province, where 19 people died in a landslide that
left homes and vehicles buried under rocks and mud.
Thelma says: "Members from the Eastern Visayas area are embedded in the Office
of Civil Defense and the Risk Reduction and Management Council.
"Eastern Mindanao hams also have good coordination with Local Government and the
National Telecommunications Commission. They were activated two days before the
landfall." She said regular training outside the affected areas is now starting
on emergency message handling while the regular net control stations step aside,
in preparation for future emergencies hitting Metro Manila.
Thelma DU1IVT says PARA members have more awareness now on the frequencies used
for such situations. They monitor our 40m working frequency and participate with
check-ins for the 7am and 7pm daily nets.
- Jim Linton VK3PC, Chairman IARU Region 3 Disaster Communications Committee.
(Sourced from the WIA Website)
http://www.wia.org.au/newsevents/news/2015/20150102-1/index.php
(Posted to the Packet Radio Network courtesy Tony VK7AX)
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