Meeting held Thursday August 24th 7pm and the Nanaimo eoc. #1 firehall Fitzwilliam st.
See you there.
Meeting held Thursday August 24th 7pm and the Nanaimo eoc. #1 firehall Fitzwilliam st.
See you there.
The Hurricane Watch Net went active on 14.325 MHz on the morning of Aug 24 2017 in response to Hurricane Harvey. PLEASE VISIT THE SITE NOTED BELOW TO OBTAIN THE CURRENT FREQUENCY IN USE More info at
The following bulletin was received from the Radio Amateurs of Canada regarding stations involved in the Canada 150 Award event
Concern over communications failures on Eclipse Day Aug 21 2017 has caused several agencies to partner across the US to have amateur radio available. To learn more go to
http://www.arrl.org/news/amateur-radio-communication-resources-to-be-available-during-eclipse-day
The BC Government has extended the Provincial State of Emergency until Sept 1 2017. To read more go to
ARES folks in the Los Angles had a rather large Simulated Emergency Test only to be followed just hours later with a real emergency. To read more go to
Interested in watching the solar eclipse ? Have a look at
http://wp.rac.ca/solar-eclipse-2017-update-monday-august-21/
Washington State has issued some more information of lessons learned during last springs earthquake exercise. We are still awaiting the report from BC. If this report doesn’t make you want to get prepared I DO NOT KNOW WHAT WILL.
More boots on the ground to aid fire fighters. This is in addition to those already here as well as the air support. While some areas of the province had air quality warnings dropped nearly 2/3 of the province remains under warning.
Environment Canada has ended air quality statements for part of the BC Coast, and Vancouver Island. Still, roughly 1/3 of the Province remains with air quality issues. To see the latest status go to