MESILLA VALLEY RADIO CLUB
Introduction
The Dona Ana County Office of Emergency Management needs the help of amateur radio operators during emergencies requiring communications assistance.
MVRC Resources
We have 30 amateurs registered with the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES).
Many have equipment for fixed, mobile and portable operation. Many have battery backup power.
MVRC operates and maintains the 146.64 and 448.20 repeaters on Twin Peaks in space provided by Dona Ana County. The county has incorporated the antenna for the 146.64 repeater into the county’s community antenna system. Our repeater has broader coverage as a result.
MVRC maintains and operates the 146.76 repeater on Caballo Mtn. The county has erected a new 120.foot tower and community antenna system at Caballo.
OEM used the MVRC clubhouse as an alternate EOC during the Hazardous Cargo Flow Study May 16.- 17, 1999. The clubhouse can be activated at any time for an emergency. The clubhouse has HF, VHF and UHF capability and an emergency power generator for charging batteries.
County Resources
The Mesilla Valley Radio Club (MVRC) has assisted OEM over the years in maintaining the radios and antennas associated with the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and mobile command post trailer.
The EOC is located in the Health Building at Spruce and Solano. The radios are in a room shared with the MVRDA (911) backup consoles. A tower is in place. HF, VHF and UHF antennas and coax cables have been installed.
The county’s mobile command post trailer is stored at the County Health Building. Dave Hassall, WA5DJJ has built a complete amateur radio station into the trailer. Other agencies that have mobile command posts are Las Cruces Police Department, Dona Ana County Sheriff’s Office and NMSU Police Department.
Callout Procedures
Possibly the most likely cause of a communications emergency would be widespread power outage or telephone outage, followed by overloading of cell phone networks. Try to find out the area affected. See if you have dial tone. Check your cell phone for availability of service. If it appears that there is a widespread outage, call the net and try to find out the extent.
Members are urged to monitor the 146.64 repeater during the day. In case the 146.64 repeater is not operational, try to establish communications using 146.64 simplex and then 146.55 simplex. All members are urged to obtain a weather radio with alarm capability. The Emergency Alert System can use the NOAA facility.
Amateur Communications Procedures:
Participating in a Net
Communications should normally be limited to contact with Net Control (or their relay station), but Net Control will authorize direct communications among members of the net when so requested. Control of the net may also be re...assigned "on the fly" at the discretion of Net Control.
Informal traffic (between amateur operators) should be limited to communications problems and personal information. It should not disclose client information, including location, without client approval.
Identify yourself when making a call. Remember that net control may assign you a net identifier (e.g., Base, Team 1, Fire Station 12, etc.) in addition to your amateur call. Amateur identification requirements still apply.
All mission traffic should be originated by the client personnel, usually the Incident Commander, and should be directed to a specific person on the client team ... not the other operator. Remember to identify the originator of the message and the individual it is to be delivered to (addressee).
When you are asked a question, make sure the calling station knows whether you need to clear the link (allowing other traffic) and go get the answer, or if you intend to hold the link while you find out. A common way to do this is to say either, "PLEASE STAND BY," to hold the net or "OUT" or "CLEAR" if you need more time to get the information.
Breaking into ongoing communications should be limited to those cases when priority calls or traffic have a clear and overriding priority over the communications in process. Breaking may be best accomplished simply by saying, BREAK WA5XYX. If the net is using a repeater with a squelch tail and a beep, the obvious time to break is just ahead of the beep. On simplex or on the HF bands, it may be necessary to break in on top of existing traffic, hoping that the listening station will pick you up at the end of the current transmission. If a breaking station joins your conversation or traffic, it is important that you assume the breaker has priority traffic and act accordingly. If you don't feel that the new traffic warranted breaking in, save it until the de...briefing and don't argue about it during the mission.
Use phonetics whenever there is need for clarity or when conditions warrant it. Amateurs use the International Telecommunications Union phonetic alphabet
Critical Incident Management
Critical Incident Management is concerned with the actions that should be taken by the first responsible person who discovers or responds to an incident.
Categories of Critical Incidents
Natural Disasters
Transportation Accidents
Criminal Activities
Hazardous Materials (hazmat) / Fires
Terrorist Activities and Weapons of Mass Destruction
Specific Actions to be Taken by Officer/Supervisor
Establish Communications and Command
Identify Kill/Danger Zone
Establish Inner Perimeter
Establish Outer Perimeter
Establish a Scene Command Post
Establish Staging Area(s)
Identify and Request Additional Resources
Placards for Hazardous Materials:
Building placards are square and divided into four spare panels. The blue panel represents health hazards. The red panel represents flammability hazards. Yellow represents reactivity hazards. The number indicates the degree of severity of the hazard. White represents special hazards. A symbol is placed in this area.
Placards on vehicles used to transport hazardous materials have a symbol, a U.N. identification number, a color background and a number representing a hazard class.
The North American Emergency Response Guidebook is the reference for hazardous materials. It contains pictures of vehicles used for hazardous materials. The yellow section identifies chemicals in numerical order by the four...digit U.N. identification number. The blue section lists the chemicals in alphabetical order. Each chemical has a guide number to find information in the orange section of the book on how to respond to the chemical. If the name of a chemical is highlighted, refer to the green section for distances needed to isolate the chemical.
For hazmat incidents, the command post must be mobile to cope with changes in wind direction.
The National Interagency Incident Management System (N.I.I.M.S.) is mandated to be used for all hazmat incidents. When a State Police Emergency Response Officer (E.R.O) arrives on the scene he becomes the Incident Commander.
The Incident Command System provides a template for the management structure for an incident. An ICS organization chart is appended. The point to remember is that in a large scale incident where ICS is fully implemented, the communications team leader reports to the logistics section chief, who in turn reports to the incident commander.
Area Fire Departments
Am Med Response 421 Avenida de Mesilla La Cruces 524-0422
Anthony Fire Admin 1055 E. O'Hara Rd. Anthony 882-2000
Chamberino 301 Medina Chamberino 882-1025
Chaparral 500 East Lisa Chaparral 824-4766
Dona Ana 601 Dona Ana Rd Dona Ana 526-3217
Elephant Butte FD Elephant Butte 894-6617
Lakeshore VFD 301 S Lost Cyn Rd Elephant Butte 744-4172
Fairacres 5208 Quesenberry Lane Fairacres 525-2979
Garfield FD 8920 Hwy 187 Garfield 267-3048
Hatch Fire Dept. 207 Franklin Hatch 267-1136
Hillsboro FD Hillsboro 895-5368
La Mesa VFD 117 E. San Miguel St. La Mesa 233-3535
La Union 350 Tellez Ave. La Union
Las Alturas VFD 4145 Cholla Rd. Las Alturas 522-6970
Talavera Sub. 5000 Achenbach Cyn Rd Las Alturas 532-5532
Las Cruces FS #1 201 E. Picacho Las Cruces 524-3473
Las Cruces FS #2 1199 E. Foster Las Cruces 522-8484
Las Cruces FS #3 399 N. Valley Dr. Las Cruces 526-1451
Las Cruces FS #4 2803 E. Missouri Las Cruces 521-3653
Las Cruces FS #5 4851 Porter Las Cruces 382-5617
Las Cruces FS #6 2750 Northrise Las Cruces 521-7827
L.C. Airport Sub 9000 Airport Dr Las Cruces
Mesilla 2670 Calle de Santiago Mesilla 523-1311
Mesquite VFD 830 Mesquite Dr. Mesquite 233-4662
NASA Bldg. 104 WSTF 524-5641
NMSU FD Wells & Research Dr Las Cruces 646-2519
Organ Fire Station 5816 Third Organ 382-5411
East Mesa Sub 6900 Moongate Rd Organ 382-5456
Radium Springs 12212 Leasburg St Pk Radium Springs 527-5414
Rincon FD 255 Harlin St Rincon 267-3050
Santa Teresa 101 Parkview Santa Teresa 589-0023
Sunland Park FD 1000 McNutt Sunland Park 589-2302
South Valley 1801 Carver Rd. 525-2737
SW Air Ambulance Box 640 Fairacres Fairacres 525-2660
T or C FD 210 S. Date T or C 894-2345
Canutillo W. Valley 915-877-3800
WSMR WSMR 678-5105
Winston Chloride FD Winston 743-0052
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Emergency Phone Numbers |
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New Mexico EOC |
505 476 9600 |
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NMEC RACES Ofc. |
505 476 9656 |
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FBI Command Post ABQ |
505 224 2000 |
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FBI Terrorist Info |
866 483 5137 |
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FEMA |
800 462 9029 |
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Army-Pentagon |
800 984 8523 |
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Air Force-Pentagon |
800 253 9276 |
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Navy- Pentagon |
877 663 6772 |
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Gila Fire Dispatcher |
800 538 1644 |
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Flight Service Station |
800 992 7433 |
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NM Road Conditions |
800 432 4269 |
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Hwy 70 Closing Info |
678 1178 |
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NM Poison Control Ctr |
800 222 1222 |
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American Red Cross |
526 2631 |
Fax 524 4271 |
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Salvation Army |
524 1590 |
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NOAA Wx |
224 9007 |
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NM State Police District 4 |
524 6111 |
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DAC SO Admin. |
525 1911 |
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MVRDA Dispatch |
526 0795 |
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Fire Chief Adolf Zubia |
528 3473 |
528 4200 |
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azubia@las-cruces.org |
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DAC OEM Tom Townsend |
647 7928 |
644 2396 |
649 1065 |
thomast@co.dona-ana.nm.us |
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NMSU PD |
646 3311 |
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Chief |
646 5372 |
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James Newberry NM SAR |
827 9228 |
505 469 2140 |
939 9020 |
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Ruben Gonzalez KD5CGC |
523 5690 |
642 3916 |
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Patsy Gonzalez |
524 4050 |
642 2331 |
bormanf@aol.com |
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Vic Villalobos |
525 0997 |
496 4215 |
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525 7143 |
vlobos@thriftynickel.com |
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Lewis Maxwell |
915 821 7405 |
lmaxwell@cs.com |
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Jim O’Leary N7DRB |
505 443 0776 |
n7drb@totacc.com |
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Pay Phone Hwy 70 Kmart |
522 9904 |
521 9908 |
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Pay Phone Pilot Trk Stop |
524 9988 |
523 2700 |
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299 4581 |
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Rick Sohl K5RIC |
892 0042 |
k5ric@arrl.net |
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Britt Hay NA5S |
505 534 8300 |
cydygitt@zianet.com |
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Charlie Brown N9RU |
505 544 4766 |
n9ruo@zianet.com |
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Danny Klement WY5G |
505 538 9515 |
505 534 5068 |
wy5g@zianet.com |
Las Cruces Public Schools
School Principal Location Phone
Administrative Off. Bill Rounds, 505 S.Main, Suite 249 88005 527-5805
Alameda Elem. Pete Tiemey 1325 N. Alameda 88005 527-9486
Central Elem. Barbara Morrison 150 N. Alameda 88005 527 -9496
Conlee Elem. Mary D. Warner 1701 Boston 88001 527-9656
Desert Hills Elem. Cynthia Risner-Schiller 280 N. Roadrunner Prkwy. 88011 527-9619
Dona Ana Elem. Wanda Fishburn 400 E. Dona Ana Sch. Rd. 88005 527-9506
East Picacho Elem. Jerry Melder 4450 Highway 85 North 88005 527-9516
Fairacres Elem. Theresa Jaramillo-Jones 4501 W. Picacho 88005 527-9606
Hermosa Hts. Elem. Irma Glover 1655 E. Amador 88001 527-9530
Highland Elem. Lucille Getz 5221 N. Main St. 88012 J 527-9636
Hillrise EJem. Clyde Walton 1400 S. Curnutt 88011 527-9666
Jornada Elem. Wendi Hammond 3400 Elks Dr. 88001 527-9536
Loma Heights Elem. Daniel Miller 1600 E. Madrid 88001 527-9546
MacArthur Elem. Carlos Carrillo 655 N. Fourth 88005 527-9556
Mesilla Elem. Barbara Bencomo Calle del Sur, Mesilla 88046 527-9566
Mesilla Park Elem. Nancy Ayers 955 W. Union, Mes. Pk. 88047 527-9615
Sunrise Elem. Elizabeth Marrufo 5300 N. Holman Rd.88012 527-9626
Tombaugh Elem. Christine Milyard 226 Carver Rd. 88005 527-9575
Univ. Hills Elem. Vincent Rivera 2005 S. Locust 88001 527-9649
Valley View Elem. Margaret Ware 915 E. California 88001 527-9586
Washington Elem. Robert Sanchez 755 E. Chestnut 88001 527-9595
White Sands Elem. Patricio Lujan White Sands Missile Range 88002 678-3241
Camino Real Mid Sch Alton Loerger 2961 Roadrunner Prkwy 88011 527-6030
Lynn Middle School Joyce Aranda 950 S. Walnut 88001 527-9445
Picacho Mid School Kathy Vigil 2700 W. Picacho 88005 527-9455
Sierra Mid School Nyeta Fields 1700 East Spruce 88001 527-9640
Vista Middle School Olivia Ogas 4465 Elks Rd. 88005 527-9465
White Sands Mid Sch Patricio Lujan White Sands Missile Range 88002 678-1064
Zia Middle School Karen Arnold 1300 W. Univ. Ave. 88005 527-9475
Las Cruces High Mark Hartshorne 1755 EI Paseo Rd. 88001 527-9400
Mayfield High Robert Ogas 1955 N. Valley Dr. 88005 527-9415
Onate High Richard Melendez 6800 NE Main Street 88012 527-9430
San Andres High Eric Cress Hwy. 28, Old Mesilla 88046 527 -6058
EXCEL Career Prog. John Krause, Coord. 410 W. Court AnIlex 88005 527-6050
Mesilla Valley Training Ctr Manuel Gamboa 400 W. Bell, Mes. Pk. 88047 527
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Multi-Cultural Elsy Suttmiller 410 W. Court Annex 88005 527 -6070
Teachers' Center Karin Matray 821 E. Lohman 88001 527-6054
ESC Earl Phillips 410 W. Court Annex 88005 527-6065
Physical Plant Dept. Ralph Wilson 1400 Hernandez 88001 527-6002
OT/PT/Adapted PE 410 W. Court Annex 88005 527 -6072
Appendices
LEPC Application Form
RACES Application Form
References
Critical Incident Management Student Manual...NMDPS Training Center
Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Course...ARRL
A Citizen’s Guide to Disaster Assistance...FEMA HS...7
New Mexico All Hazard Emergency Operations Plan, Annex 2, Communications and Warning
North American Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG)