Radio Emergency Associated Communications Teams
Proudly Serving York County PA
On Saturday September 22, 2007 York County REACT conducted a National SOS Drill in York County PA. The drill was part of a larger Emergency Preparedness Fair. The fair ran from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. The radio drill was from 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. The team had a pre-drill press release which can be downloaded from links on the right side of this page. Also download the picture of a hand holding an FRS radio. You can read more about the National SOS drill at National SOS. You may also read about our local team at York County REACT
The map below shows our contacts. Click on a contact for more details. What we lacked in quantity we made up for in quality. The contact made with FRS 3 south of the Glen Rock exit on I83 was fantastic. Tyler is an experienced radio operator. He knew about the drill in advance and planned to go to a high peice of ground with his FRS and GMRS radios. He was closer to the GMRS repeater than we were so he sounded great there. But to get 9 or 10 miles out of FRS is fantastic and probably not real likely with inexperienced operators. But still a real thrill.
The items below are available to both the general public and the news media. Media outlets may want to use the FRS radio picture so the public has an idea of what these radios look like. There are no visible brands or logos on the radio and we have full model consent for the hand in the photo.
Contact:
Stanton Walters
President, York County REACT
717-235-7826
yorkcountyreact@yahoo.com
Introduction to REACT
8/30/2007 Press Release - .DOC
8/30/2007 Press Release - .PDF
Photograph of FRS radio
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York County Department of Emergency Services again conducted a CERT class at the LDS church located at 2100 Hollywood Drive on the hill behind the Queensgate Shopping Center. The class started Wed Sept 26 and finished Sat Nov10, 2007 with a practical drill. Twenty-three new CERT volunteer graduated.
This is the agenda for the class
