Introduction of this informal partnership will emphasize the importance of community preparedness in recovering from a disaster. Learn how to build partnerships between the six sectors of the city -- government, schools, busineses, non-profits, neighborhoods, and the faith community. It is important to know each other before a disaster happens. Discover why "The Fourth Day" is so important in recovery.

Patrick J Hamman is a contracted Disaster Preparedness Educator for the City of Redmond, Washington. He is the facilitator of the Redmond COAD. He has a MA degree in Administration and a MS degree in Education. He is also a Red Cross Instructor and State of Washington Certified Teacher. Pat went to New York (Ground Zero) as a Family Services Outreach Worker for two weeks in February. He has voluntarily served as a Chaplain for the Redmond Police and Fire Departments since 1985.

Bill Dockstader, W7LSK, is currently an Assistant Radio Officer for the Seattle Auxiliary Communications Service. He is employed by University Physicians at the University of Washington as a network administrator/engineer. He has a strong interest in the PSK-31 digital protocol.

Ken Koster, N7IPB, was first licensed as WN7RYP in 1971, while in the Air Force at Keesler AFB, Mississippi. He taught electronics theory for the Air Force, then went to work in the telecommunications industry. He has worked on hardware and software for everything from Aircraft systems (not Boeing) to cell-phones. He worked for Motorola until just recently. Ken's Aamteur Radio interests have ranged from repeaters/remote base systems to the Oscar satellites, to TCP/IP packet systems and back to satellites again. He is currently working on assembing a 2401MHz receive system to copy telemetry from AO-40. He's been very active for the past ten years with the Puget Sound TCP/IP Packet group, as they developed a network with links going from Canada (at 56k) to Olympia (1200 and.9600) Ken maintains two of their repeater sites as well as the internet gateway. He has been experimenting with some new stuff involving using amateur radio and 802.11b networks to form adhoc emergency networks. He is currently the Radio Officer for Skagit County and recently accepted the position of Skagit County EC.

In 2000 the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) began its Certification and Continuing Education (CEE) Program. Emergency communications was the first course to be offered under ARRL's CCE. Because of the diversity in emergency communications, ARRL created three levels for the course: Introductory, Intermediate and Advanced.

This session will review the material for the Introductory level examination. Anyone wishing to take the examination on Sunday should have previously read the Level I Course book (available from ARRL publications), the REACT Emergency Communications Course materials (available through REACT), the ARRL Handbook sections on Emergency Communication and Traffic Handling, or any of the related material available through the internet. The ARRL web page about this course is at www.arrl.org/cce/.

Terry Dettmann, WX7S, will lead course material review. He has been a ham for more than 40 years. He has an advanced degree in Physics and has done doctoral work in Astrophysics and Electrical Engineering. He spent 11 years as a Naval Officer and has been a consultant and System Architect since that time. During that time, he's worked with MARS, ARES, RACES, and various clubs and organizations to provide amateur radio support for a variety of projects and events. He is an ARRL VE, CE, and CI and is also an ARRL OES and TS. He is the official Technical Specialist for King County Washington ARES and handles Training and Packet issues for the Kirkland ARES team. Terry's main technical interests in Amateur Radio are Antennas and Low Power operation. He is an ARRL Certified Instructor and Online Mentor for all levels in the ARRL Emergency Communications Courses. In 2001, the ARRL appointed Terry as the Mentor Coordinator for the online Emergency Communications courses.

Catering will be available for those who sign up in advance. Cost is $7.00. More information to come. Should you wish to forego the catered lunch, you may wish to consider a sack lunch each day, as there are no restaurants near NOAA. There are a few restaurants about eight minutes drive from NOAA.

Duane Mariotti is Director of Clinical Engineering and Interim Director of Engineering and Facilites at Harborview Medical Center (HMC) in Seattle. He has been with Harborview for the past eight years. His responsibilities include management of all patient-related medical technology, as well as medical center and academic facilities systems and infrastructure on the campus. Harborview is the Level I Trauma Center for Washington and the Pacific Northwest -- 1/5 of the U.S. land mass. He is responsible for radio communications at HMC. A member of the Pre-Hospital Committee of the Trauma Council, he has worked on improving radio communications for hospital disaster communications and pre-hospital communications. He currently teaches community college classes in fire science, hazardous materials, and biomedical technology. His medical experience includes twenty years as a clinical engineer and ten years as a street paramedic in Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Michigan.

Ever wonder if someone could find you just from your radio signal? The answer is yes! In class we will cover a variety of techniques and also cover the strengths and weaknesses of each method. This is good knowledge to have, but practice is the key to success. Radio fingerprinting will also be discussed, with how it can be used.

Ray Fletcher, KB7VMS, is the Radio Direction Finding chair for the Boeing Employees Amateur Radio Society (BEARS), and also serves as the Repeater chair. He is the Avionics Manager for Boeing's Sea launch program He operates several RDF systems, and has practical knowledge of the applications and limitations.

Repeat of Session 05 on Saturday.

Ted Buehner is the Warning Coordination Meteorologist for the National Weather Service (NWS) Forecast Office in Seattle. In this position Ted is the key Seattle NWS liaison to emergency managers, the media, and the marine community to insure they get the information they need. Ted has been with the NWS for more than 20 years. Ted has also served in Boise as a forecaster, in Portland as a Lead Forecaster, and at the NWS Western Region Headquarters in Salt Lake City as the Western U.S. marine, public, and aviation program manager. Ted has a Bachelors of Science degree in Atmospheric Sciences from Oregon State University. Weather Center tours will be lead by Ted.

This Practical Navigation course will emphasize techniques for using the Thomas Brothers Map guide and other map resources for urban navigation, and some basic information on using a G.P.S. (Global Position System) receiver for urban navigation. Various features of several G.P.S. models will be demonstrated. This session is not intended to teach wilderness navigation.

The session will be taught by Mark Sheppard, N7LYE. Mark is the Radio Officer and head of Seattle Auxiliary Communications Service, which supports the City of Seattle Emergency Management Department. In real life, Mark is the head of Information Technology for Seattle Public Utilities, which includes the GIS unit (Geographic Information System.)

This session will focus on the United States Coast Guard Search and Rescue system. How does the Coast Guard receive reports of distressed boaters? How does the Coast Guard determine a Search Area? How can you stay safe on the water and how can you help find others who may be in distress?

Lieutenant Junior Grade Marc Zlomek, Assistant Operations Officer, Coast Guard Group Seattle, is a native of New Bern, NC, and a 1998 graduate of the United States Coast Guard Academy. Upon graduation, Marc was assigned as Communications Officer aboard the Coast Guard Cutter MARIPOSA, a buoy tender, out of Seattle. When the MARIPOSA was decommissioned in March 2000, Marc transferred to Coast Guard Group Seattle, where he was also assigned as the Communications Officer. After a year as the Group Communication Officer, Marc became Assistant Operations Officer. In his current position, Marc coordinates Search & Rescue, Law Enforcement, and maintenance of Aids to Navigation for the waters of the Puget Sound and Hood Canal, from Olympia to the Canadian Border.

Tour of the NOAA weather center.

Tour of the NOAA weather center.