Jungle Tower Raising Demo'ed at 2002 Festival of the Arts
The radio station starts as nothing more than a compact green box. Left to right: Jim Wood, Nancy Peterson, Joe Peterson, Joy Barnitz, Andy Ropmeril, Doug Stinson     Attendees at Fremont's Festival of the Arts on Saturday, July 27, 2002 were treated to a number of demonstration put on by the Fremont Fire Department. The demos included:
  • Code Blue resuscitation demo
  • Vehicle Extrication  demo 
  • CERT Comm Demo
  • Truck Rappelling demo

    •      The CERT Comm demo consisted of setting up a simulated emergency radio station at a CERT IC. In the photo Nancy Peterson (Ardenwood district) points to the small green box which contains the entire radio station prior to set up. Left to right: Jim Wood (Mission San Jose), Nancy Peterson ,Joe Peterson (Ardenwood), Joy Barnitz (Mission San Jose), Andy Romeril (Niles) and Doug Stinson (Mission San Jose).
        Setting up the emergency communications post included  assembling a 22-foot high Jungle Tower, complete with J-Pole antenna. Tower and antenna came from the Mission San Jose district's emerency supply container. Each CERT district has an indentical tower and antenna. A crack CERT Comm team consisting of team leader Joe Peterson , safety officer Mike Fung (ARES Assistant Emergency Coordinator), Nancy Peterson, Jim Wood, Joy Barnitz and Andy Romeril had the station up and running in under 7 minutes, much to the awe of the on-lookers! Cert Comm Coordinator Doug Stinson provided a running commentary. Left to right: Mike Fung, Nancy Peterson, Joy Barnitz, Jim Wood, Andy Romeril, Joe Peterson.
    Net operations begin. Left to right: Doug Stinson, Joe Peterson     Once the antenna was up, an emergency communication net was simulated with several stations calling in with emergency and priority traffic. Left to right: Doug Stinson and Joe Peterson.
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