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News and Information

Spring SET Preparation

Saturday, February 15th

The Chair of our Training Committee, Paul KI7VDA, introduced a more complex, but much more realistic communications model that we will be incorporating into our upcoming training SETs (simulated emergency test).

Holiday Potluck Brunch - MST & Seattle ACS

December 14th, 2024

We enjoyed a holiday potluck brunch with longtime friends of the MST: the Seattle ACS.

Subject—Cybersecurity, with the former CISO of University of Washington and current CISO of DomainTools. 

This was an in-person-only meeting. With all the brunch preparation and cleanup, and being in a different space, hybrid would be a challenge to support. 

November - Danica Little, MHA, UW Director of Preparedness

Saturday, November 16th at 9am

This month, we will be joined by Danica Little, MHA, UW Director of Preparedness, who will speak about the role of hospitals, and how they prepare for emergency events and coordinate during an emergency.

We expect to meet at the AMR in Tukwila (and zoom) but the location is not currently confirmed. Please block this time on your calendar now. More details to follow.

Fall Simulated Emergency Training (SET)

Saturday October 19, 2024 9am

We held a robust training session. There was solid participation, lots of traffic, and validation of communications with Region 1 hospitals and the DMCC (Disaster Medical Coordination Center) in both Region 6 and Region 1.

Antenna Fundamentals

Saturday, September 21st, 2024

This month we were joined by John Schurman, a retired antenna system design engineer with over 30 years of experience with in-building antenna systems for UHF/VHF public safety and cellular applications. John also served as the Operations and Service Manager for Day Wireless for over 10 years, providing radio services to commercial and public safety agencies at the largest Motorola full-service dealer in the country.

John holds an amateur extra class license and has been a ham radio operator since 1969. He is the co-founder of the Lake Washington Ham Club and former Chairman of the WWARA (Western Washington Amateur Relay Association. (repeater coordinators) and also holds an FCC GROL license and formally served as Chairman of the Lake Washington Institute of Technology Electronics Department Advisory board.

John covered the basics of how antennas work, and what you need to know to make yours work. He also covered differences in base and mobile antenna performance.

Helicopter Awareness Training

Saturday, July 20th, 2024

We enjoyed a great presentation of helicopter awareness and safety by Peter Linde, King County Sheriff's Deputy. They even let us out on the tarmac to watch as they conducted drills!