welcome to Bowie Cass Emergency Communications Service 147.120 repeater 100 tone 146.440 simplex serving Bowie and Cass County, Texas

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KC5NTG Robert ARES EC/RACES CLO

2 meter nets Emergency Communications Service Net Thursdays 8pm 146.440 simplex ............................................................................................ Four States Net Sunday 2015 146.620 Texarkana ETECS Training Net on the last Monday Monthly 7pm 145.210 Tyler with echolink connection node N9JN-R Daingerfield Net Sunday 830pm 145.230

146.980- Atlanta, Texas                       tone  100.0 146.620- Texarkana, Texas                 tone  100.0 145.450- Texarkana, Texas 147.120+ Texarkana, Texas                tone   100.0 146.670- Shreveport, La. 147.340+ Longview, Texas                    tone  136.5  146.640- Longview, Texas 147.260+ Pittsburg, Texas                  tone  151.4 145.230- Daingerfield, Texas              tone  151.4 146.900- New Boston, Texas 147.320+ Purley, Mt. Vernon, Texas  tone  114.8 145.300- Marshall, Texas 146.920- Henderson, Texas 146.940- Mt. Pleasant, Texas 145.410- Naples, Texas 147.200+ Clarksville, Texas                tone 186.2 147.380+ Ashdown, Arkansas            tone  100.0 146.760- Paris, Texas 146.680- Sulphur Springs, Texas       tone  151.4 145.210- Tyler, Texas 147.000   Tyler,Texas 146.925- Tall Peak, Arkansas              tone  100 147.045+ Nashville, Arkansas             tone 100

SKYWARN FREQUENCIES DURING SEVERE WEATHER 146.670 -    SHREVEPORT,LA 147.340 +   LONGVIEW,  TX 136.5 tone

SOME LOCAL FREQUENCIESl

your comments and suggestions are Welcome

Are you prepared for an Emergency Evacuation or Natural Disaster ? How about a Power outage or Winter Storm ! Do you have, extra flashlight batteries or an alternate source to charge your 2 way radio ? Do you have a Back up power source ? Long burning emergency candles ? Emergency medical/first aid kit ? Alternate source to cook food, boil water ? Keep your fuel tank at least 1/2 full plus a can at home Look at what you have. What do you need to survive for three days or longer ? Make evacuation plans for you and you family members, have a contact accross town and a long distance contact you and your family can call to check in and let others know where you are, don't wait until the last minute be prepared.

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HF NETS Daytime Texas Traffic Net------7.285 MHZ  0830-0930 7290 Traffic Net-----7.290 MHZ 1000-1200 & 1300-1400 Cental Gulf Coast Hurricane Net-----3.935 MHZ 0100 UTC , 7PM CST, 8PM CDT Southwest Traffic Net------------3.935 MHZ 2130-2230 (9:30-10:30 PM) Texas Slow Net (CW)-------------3.552 MHZ 2000 (8 PM) Oklahoma Training Net (CW) -------7.120.6 MHZ 1730 (5:30 PM)

The following information is provided by the National Weather Service Shreveport, Louisiana. Weather Safety General Tips 1) When a thunderstorm threatens, protect yourself by taking cover within your home, a large building, or a hard topped automobile. Do not use the phone except in the case of an emergency. If you are caught outside, do not stand under tall trees or telephone poles because lightning has a tendency to strike these tall objects; instead, seek the lowest area to take cover. If you are out at a lake, get off and away from the water until the storm passes. Remember....lightening can strike several miles away from the heart of a thunderstorm, so you should take precautions even when the storm is not above you. 2) In the case of a flash flood event, stay out and away from deep water. Areas of high water are often deeper than they seem to be and often moving more swiftly than they first appear to be. Motorists must avoid flooded roadways...even if a previous motorist made it through. Use an alternate route to avoid the flooding...this is the only way to be safe. 3) During a tornado warning, follow these safety tips: In homes or small buildings, go to the basement or to an interior room on the lowest floor (preferably a bathroom or central closet). Wrap yourself in coats or blankets to protect yourself from flying debris. In schools, hospitals, factories, and shopping centers....go to interior rooms and halls on the lowest floor. Stay away from glass enclosed areas or areas with wide-span roofs such as auditoriums and warehouses. In high rise buildings, go to interior rooms or halls. Stay away from exterior walls or areas with a lot of glass. Abandon vehicles and even mobile homes. These are where most deaths occur. If you are in either of these, leave them and go to a substantial structure. If there is no suitable shelter nearby, lie flat in the nearest ditch and use your hands to cover your head.

The following information is provided by the National Weather Service Shreveport, Louisiana. The SKYWARN spotter network is a vital element in the nation's ability to react to dangerous and threatening weather. Spotters are a crucial front-line part of the Weather Service's storm warning program; they provide up-to-the-minute reports on developing storms and for confirming reports on storms that appear threatening. Most importantly, spotters' reports help give communities a first line of defense against hazardous weather. It does not overstate the importance of spotter reports to say that the weather safety of the U.S. public rests on the quality and timeliness of those ground truth reports. While there have been important strides in storm detection technology, ground truth observations remain crucial to effective storm warnings. And while the scientific understanding of storm structure has grown, on-the-spot observations remain at the heart of continuing to increase that body of knowledge. Spotters are the eyes and ears of the National Weather Service.

Community Emergency Response Team Members KA5IVU Jeff Brown KC5NTG Robert Gamez Jeannie Warwick Robert Neff Thank you,  Miller County Office of Emergency Management and all the volunteers  working with us on the CERT Program

I would like to give a special thanks to Russell N5UG for helping out with the evacuees in Cass County during Hurricane Katrina, Emergency Communications Service K5LOF, KE5APY and the group, and all other hams that got involved. Griffin Insurance, Melanie, thanks for the help on the computer. Industrial Mill Supply, Dena thanks for all your assistance and support. All the individuals, business's and groups that donated goods, time and service's to the evacuees your help as you know, was greatly appreciated. Thanks Again, Robert Gamez KC5NTG ARES EC Cass County RACES District 12 CLO

BOWIE CASS EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE GROUP MISSION STATEMENT   The Bowie Cass Emergency Communications Service Group is comprised of Ham Radio Operator Volunteers, willing to devote their time and skills by providing emergency and or back-up communications to various local governments and agencies in the event of a natural disaster, power outage, disruption of phone services, terrorism, fires or any  time our services may be needed.

H.A.R.T. KB5TCH  Carroll Johnson Communications Coordinator KC5NTG  Robert Gamez   Back Up Comm. Coordinator KA5IVU    Jeff Brown      Communications Team, IT .

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Texas State RACES Net 7255mhz second and fourth Sunday at 1400 you must be registered and have a unit number to check in

The following two pictures are from the Texarkana Texas EOC during the Hurricane Drill May 2nd thru the 5th 2006, Texarkana was one of the Cities that was fully exercised from evacuees, sheltering, health and medical problems in shelters, fueling operations, power outages, animal control, and much more. Back up communications were in place and tested by sending and receiving traffic to and from the DDC in Tyler via 2meter repeaters and HF. Thanks to KB5TCH and K5LOF for relaying traffic, and the Four States ARC for use of the 146.620 repeater. Sixty counties in Texas participated in the drill, Texarkana will be far more predared for handling the needs of evacuees for any situation that arises. As you can see from the photos many agencys were involved, Lifenet, EMS, DPS, FCI. Red Cross, Health Dept. and more. It was good training working with the entire team, KC5NTG

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Check the Health Alert Response Team link on the left to volunteer in Bowie, Cass or Red River County. You do not have to be a Ham Radio Operator.

DID YOU KNOW, you can get Free Amber Alerts on your cell phone from many wireless providers, check it out at wirelessamberalerts.org and click on the partner link to see if you provider is on the list. Or click on the star on the right.

E-MAIL TO KC5NTGEC@WMCONNECT.COM or KC5NTG@arrl.net