Hospital Coalition Exercise Announced

On Friday, October 25th, 0800-1100 hours, hospitals in the Kansas City region will test their response capabilities and Amateur Radio is part of the test. We have been asked to support both Saint John Hospital and Providence Medical Center. The Emergency Preparedness Regional Coordinator for Prime Healthcare plans to simulate degraded or unusable commercial IP-based communications (phone and internet) and rely on Amateur Radio to carry essential traffic.

Please let Rick – NJØP or Roxann – KZØIMO know if you are willing and available to support the exercise so we can determine how much load their Auxiliary Communication can handle. Those who express interest will be given details as plans develop.