Presentation Meeting 3, August 26, 2015

Today's Agenda Who We Are AVPC News Guest Speaker, Lawrence Mock, CERT Review of Govt. and Civic Organizations Recap of Last Month's Radio Communication Upcoming Events

Who We Are AVPC is a Meetup Group For Those Interested in Preparing for Life's Emergencies, Small and Large Meetup Organizer is Glenn Olson Co-Organizer is Deborah Adkins

AVPC News New Web Site Next Meeting Sept 23 Looking for Assistance with – Finding Venues – Finding Speakers – Selecting Field Trips

AVPC News (cont) Meetup.com – Meeting and Field Trip Notices – Pages Has Notices and Articles – Discussions Facebook – Notices of Meetup and Other Events – You can Chat on Discussions Web Page – Persistent Information

Guest Speaker Lawrence Mock, AV CERT

Govt. and Civic Organizations Government: FEMA, State, County, Local Local Emergency Services Non-Governmental: Red Cross, Salvation Army, CERT, Amateur Radio, LDS, AVDRN, ESP Youth Groups: Scouts, 4-H, FFA

Govt. and Civic Organizations Government: – FEMA - Well Defined – State (CA) - Poorly Defined – County - LA County Well Defined – Local - Lancaster Well Defined – Palmdale - Poorly Defined

Govt. and Civic Organizations Non-Governmental: ENLA Red Cross Salvation Army CERT Amateur Radio/AVDRN LDS Church Emergency Survival Program (ESP) Youth Groups: Scouts, 4-H, FFA

Upcoming Events Aug 27, AVARC, Debbie Kent, “Store This Not That” Sep 17, Lancaster Stake Emergency Preparedness, “Powdered Milk” and “Earthquake Proofing Your Home” Sep 23, AVPC Presentation Meeting, Subject TBD Oct 3, SF Valley Disaster Preparedness Fair

Radio Communications Review LF/MF (30K-3MHz) - AM Radio + HF (3-30M) - World Wide, Marine, Aircraft, CB, HAM VHF (30-300M) - FM Radio, TV, Aircraft, HAM, Weather/Warnings, Mobile, Law, Hospital/Ambulance UHF (300M-3G) - TV, HAM, Mobile, Cell Phones, Family Radio Service Multiple Devices Needed to Listen to All