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Committee discusses restoring 1610 AM emergency broadcast, amateur radio backup and evacuation planning
Summary
Volunteers and the committee discussed restoring the 1610 AM community emergency broadcast, inventorying sheltering and radio equipment, and pressing the board to make the safety committee a standing body to keep emergency‑planning work from lapsing.
Members of the Sudden Valley Safety Committee spent substantial time on emergency communications and evacuation planning, including a presentation by Tom Fields, retired fire chief and emergency radio coordinator, on the community’s dormant 1610 AM emergency radio system and amateur radio capabilities.
Fields said the broadcast system and associated transmitters were purchased and maintained by the Southern Valley Amateur Radio Club but have not been active for roughly two years. “The radio is owned by the Southern Valley Amateur Radio…
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