1. GAREC TOKYO - 2009 SOUTH AFRICAN RADIO LEAGUE HAMNET - IRESC

2. WEARING TWO HATS!

3. H A M N E T

5. What is HAMNET 1. A group of radio amateurs dedicated to emergency radio communicators 2. Approved and on-going training 3. Integrated into other NGO’s 4. Committed to training others 5. Apolitical 6. Support communities & sporting events 7. Conforms to IARU principle

6. ORGANISATIONAL CHART SARL COUNCIL PRESIDENT NATIONAL DIRECTOR PROVINCIAL DIRECTORS PROVINCIAL DIRECTOR SUB COMMITTEE MEMBERS REPORTING TO PROV. OR NAT. DIRECTOR SASAR – MCSA ORRU NSRI EMS INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY ORGANISATIONS

7. IDENTIFICATION

8. Hamnet Structure  Database  Bulk SMS  Echolink  Training and welcome Pack CD  Monthly bulletin – Weekly audio clip  Regular meetings with NGO’s  Exercises  PIO also set in motion

9. Past successes… only a few!  Laingsburg (1981)  Oceanos (1991)  Safety at Sea: Maritime Mobile Net (last 30 years)  Snow blizzard in Free State, Natal, Southern Tvl. Trapped drivers. Combined ORRU, SAAF and HAMNET Operation (1996?)  Y2K – All major cities covered (2000)

10. Cont,…  Joint operation between ORRU and HAMNET on many occasions – even cross border  Cyclone Demoina (1985?)  Table Mountain fires (2006)  South African Search & Rescue – various exercises and constantly ongoing!  Excellent working relationships with Mountain club, K9 dog Unit, NSRI, Disaster Management and various EMS Organisations  Various active ops rooms in selected D.M Centres.

11. Operations Centre

12. I have a SITREP for you, are you ready?

13. Building a relationship, trust and a future with Disaster Management

14. Debriefing

15. HAMNET READY TO SERVE

17. I R E S C I R E S C I.R.E.S.C. STANDS FOR: “ INTERNATIONAL RADIO EMERGENCY SUPPORT COALITION” “ INTERNATIONAL RADIO EMERGENCY SUPPORT COALITION”

18. WHAT IS IRESC?  IRESC is a voluntary organisation  IRESC aims to provide international emergency communications in times of need  IRESC membership is made up of radio hams and non-radio hams  IRESC aims to foster friendship and collaboration between radio hams worldwide

19. WHAT’S DIFFERENT ABOUT IRESC?  IRESC is truly international, with members in over 40 countries  IRESC operates in a multilingual environment  IRESC uses secure “Voice-Over-Internet Protocol” to link distant radio zones together

20. BUILDING THE IRESC NETWORK  When disaster strikes, gathering early ‘on- the-spot’ information is essential  If official communications are compromised through damage or power loss, re-establishing them can take time  Often, radio hams are the first to ‘get the message out’ from a major disaster

21. WHEN THE CALL COMES… The components of the IRESC network are maintained in readiness and will come together in different ways that suit the incident at hand…

24. IRESC SYSTEMS WWW.IRESC.ORG WEBSITE - public emergency message facility IRESC INCIDENT DATABASE - automatic emails IRESC ECHOLINK CONFERENCE – 24/7 INTERNAL EMAIL – iresc.org addresses INTERNAL MESSAGING – live text and archive INTERNAL TELEPHONE EXCHANGE - Ventrilo Key systems are hosted on servers owned and operated by IRESC members. Mirror servers soon to be established – on a different continent - to improve reliability.

25. IRESC STRUCTURE  5 SENIOR OFFICERS  14 REGION LIAISON OFFICERS  50+ FULL MEMBERS  250+ SUPPORT VOLUNTEERS Representing over 40 countries, and counting!

26. PERSONAL OBSERVATION  We need to do more recruiting.  Train and equip volunteers.  Work closer – internationally.  Share experiences.  Public Relations – improve.  Keep volunteers motivated.  Prepare for the Big One!  Acknowledgement is given to previous GAREC presenters for the following slides!

27. Beach Boulevard in Pascagoula, Mississippi

29. 80-90% of houses had collapsed.

31. Thank You Francois Botha – ZS6BUU South African Radio League