Emergency Communications

• Introduction
  By Hans Zimmermann, F/HB9AQS, IARU International Coordinator for Emergency Communications
  

• Update January 2010
  
• Update November 2012
  

• Presentation
  

• Terms of Reference

• Handout
  

• IARU Emergency Radio Communications Brochure
  
• The Tampere Convention
  
  

• Global Simulated Emergency Tests (GlobalSET)

GlobalSET is an exercise taking place twice annually, usually in April/May and November. Participants are headquarters stations of national IARU Member Societies and of Stations of specialized emergency communications groups world-wide. GlobalSET is not a contest, but an exercise; messages are being exchanged between stations and forwarded to a regional headquarters station in each of the three IARU Regions. In addition to the training of operators in message handling, GlobalSET also aims at increasing the awareness for the global and regional Center of Activity (CoA) Frequencies. GlobalSETs are sponsored and organized by IARU Region 1 and regularly announced on the IARU web site with a link to the rules and details for each event. 

The date for this event, sponsored by IARU Region 1, has been altered to coincide with World Amateur Radio Day on Saturday, April 18th. The theme for the day of "Amateur Radio: Your Resource in Disaster and Emergency Communication" is an ideal opportunity to showcase the work of emergency communications groups around the world.

The timing of the event remains at 1100-1500 UTC but in a change for this and future events, the focus will be on generating and relaying messages in a common format across country borders rather than the information gathering about capabilities which has taken place in the past.

More information will be posted on www.iaru-r1.org and www.raynet-hf.net as it becomes available.

Contact for GlobalSET
Greg Mossop, G0DUB, IARU Region 1 Coordinator for Emergency Communications, g.....@raynet-hf.net

Contact for WARD-2009
Hans Zimmermann, F5VKP / HB9AQS, IARU International Coordinator for Emergency Communications, h.....@ties.itu.int

• The China earthquake presentation
  

• Resources

1. Emergency Center of Activity Frequencies
   
2. Radiocommunications in Emergency and Disaster Situations
3. The ITU has made significant portions of the 2005 edition of the Handbook on Emergency Telecommunications available for free download in English, French, and Spanish. Go to www.itu.int/ITU-D/emergencytelecoms/publications.html for more information.
4. Emergency Telecommunications in the ITU
5. Basic Emergency Telecommunications course of the ITU
6. Memorandum of Understanding between ITU and IARU
7. Memorandum of Understanding between IFRC and IARU
   

GAREC

Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications. Go Now