Communications Team Instructions ) PLANS ARE NOT WRITTEN IN STONE AND MAY NOT WORK DURING A DISASTER. BE FLEXIBLE! Answer pertinent questions ahead of time and keep this sheet with your communications team supplies. 1. Monitor a local emergency radio station for current status: Local: KGHP—FM104.5 or 89.3 (Gig Harbor) WPWG—AM 1580 Puyallup/ Orting/Fife Regional: KIRO -- AM 710; FM 100.7 KOMO—AM 1000 KNWS—AM 770 KVI—AM 570 2. Communications with your PC-NET team members: We use walkie-talkies F YES F NO Designated walkie-talkie channels for our neighborhood (established at the start of an event): Position Channel Person Remarks Coordinator Communications Damage Assessment First Aid Safety and Security Search & Rescue 3. Communicating outside our neighborhood: )Continue to monitor radio for updated information and instructions. ) PHONES ARE WORKING: For life threatening emergency, call 9-1-1. The system may be overwhelmed and you may have to call several times to get through. Contact the county Emergency Operations Center to provide the status of your neighborhood by calling 798-7470. Begin by saying “This is PC-NET neighborhood number __________ and we are reporting our status.” Our city has an Emergency Operations Center. Phone # _____________. (Contact local fire/emergency operations personnel ahead of time to find out how they want you to respond.) ) PHONES ARE NOT WORKING: There is a HAM operator in our neighborhood who is part of the Emergency Response Program to relay information. _____________________________ at _____________________________ Name Address We DO NOT have a HAM operator in our area. Our communications plan is to relay critical information by: We will go to ____________________________ to a HAM center to relay information to the Address Emergency Operations Center. There is the possibility the HAM operator(s) aren’t at the cite. Back-up plans: 4. REPORT TO A PC-NET TRAINER REGARDING THE STATUS OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. Call us at 798-7470 .