<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476812514483_11895">How funny that I was contemplating how to open this thread...and you did the deed for me, Bill! ;-)</div><br><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476812514483_12028">I would like to read stories of how APRS has been used to support Emergency First Responders (EmComm, Health/Wellfare, SAR ... not "public service" tracking of relay runners or balloon tracking).</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476812514483_11800"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476812514483_11677"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476812514483_11799">I would also be interested in learning if any APRS software authors have written EmComm-focused apps that rely on APRS as its' foundation.<br></span></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476812514483_11676"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476812514483_11829"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476812514483_11830">Ev, W2EV</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476812514483_12195"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476812514483_12222">PS: Googling "APRS EMCOMM" doesn't turn up much of value in this regard...but I'm pleased to see that my article from EmComm East a few years ago popped up. ;-)<br></div><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476812514483_11558" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476812514483_11557"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476812514483_11556"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476812514483_11675"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476812514483_11739" size="2" face="Arial"> <hr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476812514483_11738" size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Bill Vodall <wa7nwp@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> TAPR APRS Mailing List <aprssig@tapr.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, October 18, 2016 12:07 PM<br> <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476812514483_12238"><span style="font-weight: bold;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476812514483_12237">Subject:</span></b> [aprssig] Fwd: [wl2kemcomm] Help for First Responders<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476812514483_11555"><br>I suggested APRS as an tool for this situation described below...<br><br>It is often surprising how APRS is not even considered in many EmComm<br>situation when it (APRS) seems like such a good fit.<br><br>There's much to be done with the user interface and messaging needs to<br>be fixed - but the opportunity is here to provide an awesome useful<br>Ham Radio service.<br><br>10 years ago we had a storm in the Puget Sound region that knocked out<br>power for days - weeks for some. It was during those five long cold<br>days that I came to consider APRS as the ultimate Ham communications<br>technology. Today I believe that even stronger...<br><br>73<br>Bill, WA7NWP<br><br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br><<a ymailto="mailto:wl2kemcomm@yahoogroups.com" href="mailto:wl2kemcomm@yahoogroups.com">wl2kemcomm@yahoogroups.com</a>><br>Date: Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 3:00 PM<br>Subject: [wl2kemcomm] Help for First Responders<br>To: <a ymailto="mailto:wl2kemcomm@yahoogroups.com" href="mailto:wl2kemcomm@yahoogroups.com">wl2kemcomm@yahoogroups.com</a><br><br><br>I was approached by a Deputy today asking what we (Amateur Radio) had<br>to offer to address a problem.<br><br>IF/WHEN we have a big disaster (Cascadia Earthquake/Tsunami), First<br>Responders rightfully need to first see to the safety of their own<br>families. Only then are they free to attend to their professional<br>responsibilities.<br><br>In such an event, phones will be out, both landline and cellular,<br>repeaters for Public Service and Amateur VHF/UHF radio will be out,<br>and internet other than satellite dish will be out. Much of the County<br>communications is by linked microwave.<br><br>Our terrain is rugged, with narrow valleys and many areas where<br>simplex VHF/UHF radio just does not reach.<br><br>How are other areas handling this need? How can a Sheriff’s<br>Deputy/Firefighter/Police Officer most reliably reach his family for a<br>status check to enable him to attend to his job?<br><br>KF7RSF<br>_______________________________________________<br>aprssig mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org" href="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org">aprssig@tapr.org</a><br><a href="http://www.tapr.org/mailman/listinfo/aprssig" target="_blank">http://www.tapr.org/mailman/listinfo/aprssig</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>