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AMATEim AWBST 1S67 " CALIfORlU FIR! Hllllon-aer« Stanlalaua Kat- lonal roraat Flra, cauaad by lightnlns. 5,000 flra£l9»»tara urad - 1 klllad - 16 hoaaa and J« outbulldlnsa daatroyad - jovamor daclarad a Jl-co«nty aaarsaney. Aaataura aannad y.S. Foraat Saralca Kaad^tiartara, at Sonora, and aarloua ^lald locatlona. *« haaajuaad thalr own radio a^ulp- ■ ant to aaalat tha 7.500 paoplt who had to aaacaata thalr hoaaa. Haalth and wallara aaaaajaa aara «ant £or tha 115 aaaeuaaa In tha Had Croaa ahaltara. Saataur radio halpad eoordl- nata food, clothlno and ahaltar whan thay waran’t r.aadad for priority fir* actlaltlaa. ROVEIBU ISI7 - iiUS tlPLOSIOB Paapaa, Taxaa, butana axplo- alon klllad thraa and Injurad thlrty-aavan. Haaa prealdad coaaunl cat Iona for Had Croaa poata at Paapa, Chlldraaa, Aaarlllo and Wichita Falla Into tha dlaaatar araa.- OICUEEl 1987 ’ HUMbAS, KISS- ISSIPPI, TimSSII TOtRADOS Scv€F« thunderstor«i and tor- nado«a with 200 HPH windfp killfd aix paopltn Injured 150 and left IpSOO honelaaa. Anataur radio operatora aent 27S welfare aeaeagea and aealated fire etatlone« the Red Croaa and the Departeent of Eaereency Han- aoeaent• HAT 1918 - CALa TAII CARS OVfRIURIID fiakerafleldp California “ Plt<» railroad tank cara overturned and becan leaking a volatllo toxir aubetance. The High achool and a hoapital were evacuated. Mae radio oporatore were called for aaelgnnente to varioua cooeunica- tlon poete with the fire and pol ice departaente. JOLI 1S£6 - ion. TiilRS CQlllll Altoona^ Iowa - Two freight traine collided. Two killed. Care containing denatured alcohol overturncd, creellnc pceclblllty of large oxplceion. 1,500 Ic w r f n f f'T ^ith tho Polk County •■•rponey director end the eonnend poet. AIKQST 1988 - 0U60I FOUST fiU Cronte Poee, Orojon - The Welker Hounteln fire reeulted In eetebllehins a Bed Croee eeecue- tlon center, at Merlin. Haae linked the center. Bed Croee dir ector and tha Josephine County •■er^ency coordinator. Twenty haaa donated 146 houro of eer- elcc. lOTIUii 1988 - AlUUA TOUAOO Tuecalooea, Blabena — B tor nado destroyed twelve honee and ^eaased 100 others. All utili ties failed. Bed Croee aeked for eeeteur radio aeelatance with food service and shelter tease. Coaaunicatlone were eetablleh- cd between eoasand bases and the center of the disaster area. Meeeagee ware sent relating to nedlcine, food, shelter, statue of vlctlne and relatlvee and dee- age aurveya. lOVMBM 1988 “ TROPICAL STORE illlH Gulf Coaet of Florida - Store overturned a tractor—trailer rig carrying nethyl broalde gas. Collier County haae node radio contact with '•Cheatrec“ for the fire chief. Cheatrec le a spec ial eaergency center eatobllehed by the Chealeal Transporters Ass ociation. The haae used -auto- pateh" to allow the chief to apeak directly to Cheatrec off icials. (The nearest phone to the accident scene was three alles away.) The accident scattered 32 1,500 pound cylinders of the dangeroue gae. A leak required area evacuation. The haae eel up radio contact between the eeer- ganoy operations center and the achool evacuation center, eatab- llahlng another autopatch link. KOVEHBER 1968 * RICH. PLASTICS HFE Conofloo/ Michigan ~ Fir# In # plafltlc# leanufacturlng plant. Purnfld labolo pr#v®ntc<3 ld#ntlfl- catlon. eoo local r#flld«nt# war# avacuat«d. Th© radio aeateur# operated at the fire halls cen tral dlepatch and the dioaeter ronrdlnatlon center . d#part«#nt#s the Red Croe# and th# Salvation hrmj w#r# provided radio cc«#unl cat lone by th# ha##« 40 fir# fiphter# and two ##at#ur radio op#r#tor# w#r# tr##t#d for toxic fm«# and ##okte Th# a#at#ur« contacted a fel low h#ei« who U a r##earch ch#«- let for Dow Ch##lcal Corporation, In hldlend, who wae abl# to iden tify th# chealeal# #nd olv# ad vice about^eepondlng. HARCH 1989 - ORK05 BLIZZARD LaCrandtg Oregon - A xero- viaibiiity blixxards with 80 MFIf wind#H #trand#d aotori#!#. Ka«# provided co##unl cat lone for th# •nargency ■anageeent offic## th# Salvation Ar#y, the e#erg#ncy op eration# centers the church evac uation #ite and the aearch-and- r#ac8j# tea## ##nnlng th# road cloeurea. SPRIR6 1989 - PAlfllA-BIlIRSOTA FLOOII Fargop Horth Dakota to Hoor- h#ad, Hinneaot# - Riv#r cr##t#d 28-fe#t above flood stag# (th«ir wor#t flood of thl# century!. The aeateur radio operatora par ticipated In -3kywam-p for th# Rationel v#ather Senric#, Mnnlng th# eaergency operation# center, the dieaeter eervlce# group#, th# evacuetlon centers th# Aray Corp# of Engineer#, Red Crof# and the county #aergency coordinetor# along th# flood rout#* The h#e# #l#o #onltored leaky dike# and helped coordlnat# #and- bagging €oa#unlcatlona for the Aray Corpe of Engineer#• Thirty heas participated In the three- day activity* JURE 1989 • LOOISIARA TORRADO Otoosc T*te, Loulsle*^® - A violent ternsdo destroyed one- third of the town, killing two and Injuring eany. The haae using th# Boeedale repeater sounded the alare, notifying the state Patrol, Bed Cross «nd other disaster groups. Th. Baton Rouge weather bureau had not detected the tornado prior to the han radio alert. within 30 Rclnutee the har.e were traneelttlng eeercency and wellare fioseages for Uielr co»i- runJly. Ao Ih. tornaJo roved to- • e -. I