star Lomita Station – District 17
Disaster Communications Service

2014 Events and Activations

Please Sign Up for These Important Participation Opportunities in Addition to Monday Night Nets
November 20, 2014
Statewide Medical and Health Exercise 2014
- Other Hours
  • 0700-1200
November 15, 2014
Palos Verdes Half Marathon, 10K & 5K

Races will start and finish at Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes; Half: 7:00 am, 10k: 7:00 am, 5k: 8:30 am.
 
November 4, 2014
General Election Night
Torrance Landing Zone
No reports of problems with ballot bags that went through (or should have gone through) Torrance. It's our small part for ensuring integrity of the balloting process as ballots get transported to their final destination.
October 22, 2014
Countywide OA Functional Exercise
  • OEM and LASD Functional Exercise involving the 88 cities in LA County. 
  • A Functional Exercise involves key decision makers, the local Emergency Operations Center, and representatives from response and support organizations. Field response units are not normally activated and deployed. Controllers and simulators initiate exercise events, and represent external organizations pertinent to the exercise scenario
  • District 17 handled 3 Sheriff Stations; LMT, SLA & CEN
  • Earthquake scenario with all conventional means of communication being inoperable.  
  • Duration 0800 to 1500 hours
  • Graded on the accuracy of the messages sent and received. 

October 16, 2014
Great California Shakeout

@ 10:16 on 10/16
October 9, 2014
City of Rancho Palos Verdes EOC Drill

September 27, 2014
Rat Beach Bike Tour - Other Hours
Start/Finish Seaside Lagoon – Redondo Beach 
Schedule
  • 0730 Metric Century (62 miles) 
  • 0900 Metric Half Century (31 miles) 
  • 1000 New Beach Fun Ride (15.5 miles)
  • 1330 All Courses Swept
Operatiors were:
  • Bob, T-22; 
  • Deane, T-02, 
  • Diana, T-01; 
  • Matthew, T-87; 
  • Chris, former Staff 66
  • Herb, former T-94;  
  • Ken, former T-69 
  • and a former Lennox DCS member
September 18 or 20, 2014
District Membership Meetings
Pick one of these two sessions:
  • Thursday, from 1900-2100 hours or
  • Saturday, from 0830-1030 hours
  • Presentation
September 8-10, 2014
Annual Technical Inspection of PV USD Amateur Radios
Inspections at 20 public and four private schools on the Palos Verdes Peninsula.

September 1, 2014
Conquer the Bridge  - Other Hours
  • Labor Day run across the Vincent Thomas Bridge.  At 1500 feet long it is the 4th longest suspension bridge in California.
  • DCS members operating are T-01, T-25, T-87, T-118, and T-220.
June 3, 2014
Primary Election Night
Torrance Landing Zone
May 31, 2014
Gardena Disaster Preparedness Fair
May 17, 2014
Torrance Armed Forces Day Parade
- Other Hours 
  • This year, the City will once again honor the men and women of our nation's military with a three-day celebration that will begin on Friday, May 16, and continue through Sunday, May 18.  The Parade highlight will be on Saturday, May 17, and this year's honored branch is the United States Navy.
May 6, 2014
PV Unified Schools Net
April 1, 2014
PV Unified Schools Net
March 9, 2014
Los Angeles Marathon - Other Hours
  • Emergency operations with public safety agencies under field conditions
  • More information about volunteering as an amateur radio operator is available here.
  • 2014 Marathon Course Map
    • Across 4 jurisdictions
  • Assignments:
    • T-02 - Mile Net - Incident Command (Alpha) 
    • T-01 - Mile Net - Mile 8 (Alpha)
    • ex-S-66 - Mile Net - Mile 24 (Alpha)
    • B-01 - Mile Net - Mile 3 (Alpha)
  • After Action Report
Mile 8 Mile 8Mile 8

Save the date, March 15, 2015 for next year

City of Los Angeles EOC
The MACC
 Incident Status Board
Getting Coordinated
The MACC in the City of LA EOC Media CenterLots of Incidents Handled
March 4, 2014 
PV Unified Schools Net
February 19 - 23, 2014
Islands on the Air DXpetition NA-066 Catalina
- Other Hours
  • T-01, T-03, T-25, T-88, T-219, and former DCS Staff 66 comprise six of the 11 DXpedition team members who altogether will be bringing over 1,000 pounds of gear.  
  • Activity was on 160, 80, 40, 20, 17, 15, 12, 10, and 6 meter bands in additional to 2-meter FM satellite and 2-meter SSB grid square hunting.
 T-88 and T-03 OperatingOur Antennas
February 04, 2014
PV Unified Schools Net
February 2, 2014
Redondo Beach Superbowl 5/10K
District 17 supports the Redondo DSW organization
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