PUBLIC SERVICE

ACTIVITY REPORT

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About This Form

Amateur Radio donates thousands of man hours of supplementary public service communications in civil emergencies, official drills and events such as parades and marathons each year. Such events show Amateur Radio in its best light, and it is critically important that ARRL bring documentation of this public service work to the attention of the Congress, the FCC and other public officials. Your information below is an important addition to the record. Please complete and return this form to the Public Service Branch at ARRL Headquarters. Thank you.

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1. Nature of activity (Check one).

Communications Emergency. Amateurs supplied communications required to replace or supplement normal communications means.

Alert. Amateurs were deployed for emergency communications, but emergency situation did not develop.

 X       Special exercise. Amateurs supplied communications for a parade, race, etc. Test or drill. A training activity in which amateurs participated. 2. Brief description of activity: 4th of July "Fireworks Taskforce"

3. Places or areas involved: Downtown Kodiak City & Harbor areas.

4. Number of amateurs participating: 7

5. Event start date/time: 3 Jul 98/2200L                    6. Event end date/time: 4 Jul 98/0030L

7. Duration of event (hours): 2.5                              8. Total man-hours: 17.5

9. Number of repeaters used: 1

10. Estimated manpower cost: $175 (man-hours times $10/hr)

11. Estimated cost of equipment used: $5,950 (hand-helds, repeaters, etc.)

12. Total estimated cost of service: $6,125 (add amounts from lines 10 and 11)

13. Nets and/or frequencies used (including repeater call signs): 146.28/88 AL7LQ Repeater

14. Number of messages handled: 22

15. Names of agencies receiving communications support: Municipal Police, Fire & Rescue, and Harbor Departments

16. Please list call signs of amateurs who were major participants: AL7RB, AL7LQ, AL7MP, WL7EM, WL7BB, AL7MR, KL7JBV

17. Other comments: Kodiak ARES coordinated communications between the agencies listed above using the ARES Mobile Communications Trailer/Incident Command Post. This role took a burdon off of the local Public Safety Dispatch center so that dispatchers there could concentrate on 9-1-1 calls and other more routine public safety events.

The "Fireworks Task Force" is a multi-agency task force that is in place to ensure public safety during the annual 4th of July Fireworks display. Police, Fire, and EMS Units are strategically staged at various locations along the waterfront where public persons come to discharge their own fireworks and watch the commercial display. Harbor staffs are deployed in boats throughout the harbor doing the same thing.

Please attach photos of amateurs in action, newspaper clippings or other data.

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Name of Amateur Radio organization providing service: Kodiak Amateur Radio Emergency Service

Location of organization: City or town: Kodiak                           State: AK

Your name: Michael F. Dolph                                               Call sign: KL7JBV

Address: 811 Willow Street - Kodiak, AK 99615

ARRL appointment, if any: ASM, EC                e-mail address: [email protected]

Telephone:(907) 486-5833       (907) 486-5833
                        (days)                      (evenings)

I attest that the information provided above is complete and true to the best of my knowledge.


Michael F. Dolph, KL7JBV                                                                           26 Nov 98