The year 2020 is almost over and I figure most of us can’t wait for it to end. It has been a very challenging year with COVID. You can’t eat out much and some store supplies are in short supply. The news that a vaccine has been approved is great, and hopefully there is light …
A number of groups held their SETs this year while dealing with Covid safety. Simulations were different situations where members didn’t have to deploy or get together in a group. The SET we held here in St. Charles County worked great as we exercised our Go-Kits and deployed to our driveways and/or garages for simulating …
September reporting activity was received from 32 counties out of our 65 counties that have ECs. Covid continues reduce our activities but don’t forget that radio nets and virtual meetings certainly count as hours of service. Now that it’s October, I hope the SETs are proceeding. I’ve received a report from District F that held …
As I write this update, October is approaching. October is the official month for conducting your Simulated Emergency Test (SET). SET is designed to exercise your communications skills under various scenarios as designed by your exercise team. Here in St. Charles Co., our group is doing a shelter deployment exercise. The catch is that the …