Welcome to the Western Washington Medical Services Emergency Communications Team

 

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Please review current announcements appearing below in this section. If there is an ongoing emergency or mobilization, current information and/or instructions will appear on this page.

 

 

BREAKING NEWS

 

A Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) hit Earth's magnetic field at approximately 0100 UT on Feb. 18th (8:00 pm EST on Feb. 17th). The impact was not as strong as expected considering the cloud's probable X-class origin. Nevertheless, geomagnetic storms are possible in the hours ahead. High-latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras.

 

Current Auroral Oval:

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Above information from www.SpaceWeather.com

 

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Next WWMST Training Meetings

 

 

District M Training Meeting

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Swedish Edmonds

0900-100 hours

21601 76th Avenue West

Edmonds, WA 98026Campus Map

 

 

 

Region 6 MST-Seattle ACS Monthly Training Meeting

Saturday, February 26, 2011

0830 - 1130 hours

Coffee at 0830 – Training starts at 0900

 

South Seattle Community College

6000 16th Avenue SW, Seattle, WA 98106

Olympic Hall Room 101

 

Tom Cloonan from the Medical Services Team and a Red Cross Trainer will be conducting training on CPR, AED and Blood Borne Pathogens - those successfully completing the training will receive a signed certification.

 

City map showing all three locations.

 

 

Campus Map of South Seattle Community College

 

Region 6 MST-Seattle ACS Training for March

Map & Compass

Saturday March 26, 2011

0830-1700 hours

 

South Seattle Community College

Olympic Hall Room 101

 

This is a combination of classroom and field training Instructor Carl Leon N7KUW

 

This is the same class that is the minimum basic requirement for King County SAR. Most units have considerably more extensive training. This is an 8 hour class and includes a lot of table top work with maps as well as 2 to 3 hours of outside work using a compass over a defined course.

 

People attending will need a compass, protractor, ruler, and a pencil or two. A calculator doesn’t hurt but isn’t really needed. Students will be expected to walk about a half to three-quarter mile during the practical portion, and should dress accordingly (outside work based on the weather). People at the same table can probably share, and outside they could probably work in teams to share a compass if necessary, but it is better if each person has their own.

 

 

 

 

Next EOC to EOC Drill

Saturday, April 30, 2011

 

WWMST will be participating in the quarterly 5th Saturday EOC to EOC drill. The drill runs from approximately 9am to Noon.

 

MST members are encouraged to use this drill as an opportunity to exercise the equipment at their assigned hospitals, make contact with MEDNET on the W7SRZ system, as well as contact local EOCs in your community.

 

For more information, contact Brian, WB7OML at wb7oml@arrl.net.

 

 

 

Western Washington Medical Services Team Nets

WWMST Weekly Training Net

The weekly MST Training Nets will be held on the W7SRZ Repeater System on all but the first Thursday of the month. All MST members and visitors are encouraged to check in.

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VA Hospital, Beacon Hill, Seattle: 146.90- pl103.5

VA Hospital, Beacon Hill, Seattle: 443.550+ pl103.5

Northwest Hospital, Northgate, Seattle: 444.825+ pl103.5 (*currently standalone*)

Tacoma General Hospital, Tacoma: 443.675+ pl103.5

St. Peter Hospital, Olympia: 440.550+ pl103.5

The MST Training Net will be held on the K7MMI system on the first Thursday of each month. The K7MMI system has the following frequencies:

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  Central repeater (Everett to Olympia) 146.98 -  pl107.2

  South repeater (Olympia south, coastal region) 147.200 + pl127.3

  North repeater (Everett to BC) 147.200 + pl118.8

See www.k7mmi.net for more information on the K7MMI system.

 WWMSEC wishes to thank the owner of the K7MMI repeater system for the use of the system.

WWMST HF Training Net

Thursday evenings at 1930H on 3880 kHz

Washington State Emergency Net

MST members with HF are encouraged to check in.

Every Monday at 1830H on 3985 kHz. (alt. 7245 kHz.)

(Winter Months: 1730 at 3985 kHz. or until band conditions improve)

Every Saturday at 0900H 3985 kHz. (alt. 7245 kHz.)

See http://wsen.wastateares.org/schedule.htm for more information.

WWMST Region 5 Training Net

First Monday of each month at 1900H on 145.370- pl136.5

All other Monday’s at 1900H on 442.625+ pl103.5

WWMST Region 6 Training Net

Coming Soon!

 

Weekly Seattle Auxillary Communications Services Training Net

MST members located in the City of Seattle and surrounding areas of King County are encouraged to check into the Seattle Auxillary Communication Service weekly net at 1900h Monday evenings on the PSRG Repeater, 146.96- pl103.5

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See www.seattleacs.com for more information.

 

 

Buyer Beware!

Counterfeit Product Alert

Recently there has been sold counterfeit ICOM IC-V8 radio transceivers on e-bay by an individual in Hong Kong. These are difficult to distinguish from the genuine ones, but there is one giveaway. Key no.2 on the alphanumeric keypad has the digit -2- and the letters -P.BEEP- printed on it if it's a genuine ICOM, the counterfeit has the digit -2- and the letters -VOX- printed on it.

Upon comparison with a genuine IC-V8 it was easy to spot the differences. They are as follows, but not necessarily limited to:

·         Upon powering up, -icom- does not flash in the display as with the genuine IV-V8.

·         Display numbers and icons are different.

·         Menus work differently.

·         The manual is of a different size and contains a lot less and different info.

·         The 7.2 v -1100 mAh rechargeable battery pack is marked BP-208 in stead of BP-209. The  optional BP-208 is actyally for AA dry cell batteries.

·         The antenna is shorter and slightly different looking.

·         One of the keypad buttons is differently marked, key no. 2 says -vox- in stead of  -p.beep- .

·         The desktop charger is smaller and has a different size/outline than a genuine one.

·         The power adaptor is different and potentially dangerous.(220V version)

·         The rotary selector does not fully rotate, as it has end stops.

·         The radio powers up immediately when the battery pack is installed, without pushing the power button .

·         The rubber cover for the speaker/mic is different, -Opt- and -Sp/Mic- is marked on the radio chassis rather than on the rubber cover.

The radios are most likely Jiangnan FB-368s and are not FCC approved.

Statement from Icom:

Counterfeit products have become a serious concern for Icom. Icom continues to fight against counterfeits. Counterfeit products are hurting not only Icom’s business, but also authorized dealers’ and distributors’, and above all, users are the number one victim. Counterfeit products are often sold at very low price, but of inferior quality and performance.

Using fake transceivers, battery packs and chargers may even cause safety problems including the risk of fire hazards.

Genuine Icom products should be purchased from Icom authorized dealers and distributors. Please be advised that Icom is not responsible, will not be liable for any damage or loss resulting from the use of counterfeit products and will not provide any technical support of counterfeit products.

Some time it is difficult to identify counterfeit products in the market because some of them look almost identical to genuine ICOM products.

This is to show physical characteristics of the counterfeit products that we have found. There may be more different types of counterfeit products in the market.

If you find a product that you may suspect is counterfeit, please report it to ICOM world support center (see www.icom.com).

 

 

Training Opportunity

 IS-200.HCa – Applying ICS to Healthcare Organizations

 

FEMA has developed a new IS course. IS-200.HCa – Applying ICS to Healthcare Organizations. IS-200 follows National Incident Management System (NIMS) guidelines and meets the NIMS Baseline Training requirements for IS-200.

IS-200.HCa is designed to provide training on the Incident Command System (ICS) to healthcare professionals whose primary responsibility is emergency management, to include middle management within a hospital or healthcare system. Such professionals may include physicians, department managers, unit leaders, charge nurses, and hospital administrators that would have a leadership role during an incident..

This course is available on-line at http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/is200HCa.asp

 

 

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Communications Academy  – April 16-17, 2011

South Seattle Community College

 

 

Visit the CommAcademy Web page for more information:

www.CommAcademy.org

 

 

 

 

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