Madison County ARES Emergency Net Preamble
“Attention all stations. Attention all stations. This is station _____________, activating the Madison County Amateur Radio Emergency Response Net. This response activity was formed to support the public safety of Madison County and its residents, with activation at the request of the American Red Cross, the Huntsville-Madison County Emergency Management Agency, or other county agencies, to address severe weather, or other civil disaster situations.”
“This
is a directed net. All operators
shall minimize transmissions and coordinate traffic through Net Control during
this EMERGENCY event. Those
operators not participating in this activity are respectfully requested to
discontinue normal repeater operations for the duration of this EMERGENCY
event.”
“The
situation is: _______________________________________________________”
“The
Net is currently at Level ____
Alert status.”
“Are
there any stations with EMERGENCY traffic at this time?”
(break)
“This
is station _______________, acting net control.”
“I
will now take check-ins from participating stations. Please allow breaks between transmissions to check for
EMERGENCY traffic. Are there any
check-ins from any stations with callsign suffixes beginning with the letters
A-Alpha through E-Echo?
This
is ________________, acting net control.”
(continue
with the series F through J)
(K through O)
(P through T)
(U through Z)