CREST Radio Training Session

10am-12 noon, 17th November, Lillifield Community Hall

This is for anyone who has a UHF handset.

This is the information from Jeanette:

Hi There!

Next session:   Sunday 17th November 2024 – Lillifield Community Centre 9.45 (for 10am start) – 12noon

Last session for 2024. CREST will not be present at this meet-up but I’m sure we will be well able to share our insights in a team discussion.

If possible please bring a small plate to share for morning tea.  We no longer have $$$ in the grant for lunch etc.

Janet ran a successful get together for her handheld Lillian Rock road recipients last week and also invited others from the neighbourhood

Areas that came up at the Lillian Rock event for us to discuss included:-

 ‘ways forward’ i.e. do we want to be only a radio network or do we want to look at extending our outreach for

‘after disaster’ networks.  If so, what do we require? Distribution of workload etc etc.

We were offered a caravan for storage but alas no safe place to store the caravan. And outfitting the caravan would require that we seriously look at who

will or has the skills as a team to do this.

Please note our FRRR  & NAB grants are to be acquitted on the 18th November and we would be eligible to go for a grant for the above or anything else

we feel we may require to keep up the proficiency of the Wadeville & Surrounds Emergency Response Teams.

1) One major point brought forward was preparedness around our homes and what needs to be attended to when we post (as per our signage)

Advice

Watch & Act

Emergency Warning

I know most of you have the RFS

‘Get Ready’ booklet – but it still would be good to have a quick overview of this.

2) Other points that may need our attention.

* Qualifications &  Resources throughout the community/ies,  Have we noted at that and shared with each other

* Do we have/need street coordinator/s?

* Addresses and contacts of our hand-held recipients if they decide to leave?  This would save time as we gather leave or stay info over the radio,

* Contacting via ‘group callout’ our Fixed Operators and also our other hand-held recipients. Have we prepared that yet?

* Do we have backups?

* Residents signage ‘Stay or Go’ have they been informed and have they been prepared ?

* Where is our nearest evacuation centre and if we can’t get there what are our alternatives?  I will be seeing Kelly Pittaway about this before the meeting..

Please ask your handheld recipients and back ups OR anyone on your road etc who may be interested to attend this training session. The more informed we are

the better we will coordinate things in an emergency.

Many handheld recipients have not received their training manuals. The cost is $5.00. A receipt is issued.  

If they won’t come to a meeting. Perhaps it’s worth a friendly personal call around to them and if possible bring the money so we can attend to this.

 It’s really important we get these out – especially to those who won’t come to training and who regularly miss their monthly call-outs.

This money will be part of the ‘kitty’ for the community.  Especially for hand-outs etc.

Stationery is becoming very expensive, especially ink and paper.

I think that’s about all for now.

Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you want any clarification on the above.

Cheers

Jeanette,