Greg Albrecht

ANNOUNCEMENT: Upcoming Disaster Communications Treasure Hunt on Saturday, September 18th from 9:00AM to 1:00PM.

The American Red Cross Bay Area (ARCBA) San Francisco Disaster Communications Team (DComms) is holding a Communications Treasure Hunt on Saturday, September 18th from 9:00AM to 1:00PM at Pier 54, San Francisco, CA. The goal if this exercise is to gain experience in these areas:

1. Radio communications in a dense urban environment.
2. Formal message handling.
3. Establishing and operating a radio traffic net.
4. Working with communications volunteers of different skill levels.
5. Incident Management techniques.
6. Radio programming and theory.

THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO ALL RED CROSS VOLUNTEERS. All existing Red Cross volunteers are invited to attend, prior radio experience nor possession of a radio license is required. This will be a field exercise, so please bring comfortable walking shoes or a personal mode of transportation (bicycle, skates, scooter, etc). Lunch will be served!

If you are interested in attending this exercise, please RSVP by Friday, September 17th:

• RSVP by email: arcba.dcomms@gmail.com
• RSVP by phone: 1-415-504-2721

For more information please contact the ARCBA SF Disaster Communications Team:

• Email: arcba.dcomms@gmail.com
• Phone: 1-415-504-ARC1 (1-415-504-2721)
• Twitter: http://twitter.com/dcomms
• Web: http://arcba.net/teams/sfo
• Calendar: (web): http://bit.ly/dcomms-cal
• Calendar (iCal): http://bit.ly/dcomms-ical

Sincerely,
Greg Albrecht & Lawrence Lin
SF Disaster Communications Leads
American Red Cross Bay Area
85 Second Street, 8th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105