2023_11_16_Emergency Management Evacuation/Shelter Simulation
Sweetwater Amateur Radio Club
November 16, 2023
Mountain Time, 7:00 PM
Emergency Management Evacuation Exercise
There a fire at the Preserve Apartment Complex located near the Deer Trail Assisted living facility in Rock Springs, WY. Sweetwater County Emergency Management – CERT has requested assistance from the Amateur Radio Group to help facilitate the transport of residents from the Assisted Living Center to the Events Complex where a temporary shelter is to be rectified.
With this Scenario, Sweetwater County CERT has provided the following items that are known to this specific scenario:
- There are going to be 58 total individuals will be arriving, three of them are Staff from Deer Trail.
- All but the staff are elderly.
- There will be one wheelchair, 15 walkers, six canes, and seven residents with oxygen.
- Some are from the Memory Care unit, they may have dementia and or Alzheimer’s.
- There will be a CNA on the first bus.
- There will be a total of five buses.
- The final bus will have the Deer Trail nurse and medical cart
- There will be four dogs and two cats all in individual carriers
- Each bus will have a list of passengers that are on that particular bus. The list is to be given to the Shelter Manager for check-in.
Sweetwater Amateur Radio Club
November 16, 2023
7:00 PM Mountain Time
Emergency Management Evacuation Exercise
Frequency Used – 146.520 (Simplex)
19:08:52
- Ron (N7ERH), John (KE7GPK) arrived at Deer Trail Assisted Living
19:09:19
- Brian (AC7AF) announced that he was available from QTH on 146.520 simplex as well
19:12:14
- Ron (N7ERH), Requested Signal Report
- Both operators report 5×9
19:12:38
- Ron (N7ERH) – Bus 1 left Deer Trail containing the following:
- 11 Residents
- 1 CNA
- 1 dog
- 1 cat
- 2 residents have walkers.
- 2 residents have canes.
- Request notice when bus departs. Request Readback.
19:13:16
- Zach (KE7WYG), read back the following:
- Bus departed Dear Trail at 7:12 pm
- 11 Residents
- 1 CNA
- 1 dog
- 1 cat
- 2 residents have walkers.
- 2 residents have canes.
- Requested confirmation of read back
19:13:34
- Ron (N7ERH), Read back was 100%. Report to Shelter Manager, request when bus departs shelter for Deer Trail.
19:19:12
- Zach (KE7WYG), sends bus back to Deer Trail.
19:24:01
- Ron (N7ERH), message:
- Bus #5 has left Deer Trail
- 11 Residents
- 1 Nurse
- Medical Cart
- 1 Resident has wheel chair and O2
- 2 Residents on O2
- 1 Resident has Walker
- 1 Resident has Cane
- Group is from Memory Care Unit.
- Request Readback.
19:25:13
- Zach (KE7WYG), Readback as follows:
- 7:24 PM Mountain Time, bus has left Deer Trail
- 11 Residents
- 1 Nurse
- 1 Medical Cart
- 1 wheel chair with O2
- 2 residents with O2
- 1 Walker
- 1 Cane
- All residents are from memory care unit
- Request confirmation of read back.
19:25:34
- Ron (N7ERH), Read back was 100%. Deer Trail operator group will follow bus back to shelter.
19:25:57
- Ron (N7ERH), calling for KK7JJT
- Wylie (KK7JJT), answers
- Ron (N7ERH), asks for radio information
- Wylie (KK7JJT), reports usage of Steve’s Radio.
- Ron (N7ERH), calling for WB2RVE
- Bob (WB2RVE), reports that he is there.
- Ron (N7ERH), is not able to hear Bob (WB2RVE). Brian (AC7AF) offers relay
- Brian (AC7AF), confirms Bob (WB2RVE) is on Frequency.
19:34:53
- Ron (N7ERH), reports back at Shelter location.
