The 51st Fall Poker Run kept us hopping with dirt bike mishaps, breakdowns, and ultimately weather! We think everyone learned something and hopefully had fun. We were impressed at how well things went and appreciate all of the participant feedback for the After-Action Report and the ICS-214s. And we had 100% check in by message […]
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Over the last two weeks, R1D5 ARES supported both the Douglas County Fair & Rodeo and the Elbert County Fair. The communications support R1D5 provided was over 800 MHz public safety talkgroups; ham frequencies were not used. The Douglas County Fair & Rodeo spanned across the last two weekends and the Elbert County Fair spanned
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On July 14th, the Douglas County Sheriff’s office held its annual volunteer appreciation dinner. The Sheriff’s Office has over 200 volunteers that work in a variety of volunteer jobs. DCSO (Douglas County Sheriff’s Office) has volunteers that work in Detentions, Victim’s Assistance, the Office of Emergency Management, as Citizen Safety volunteers, and as Reserve Deputy Sheriffs.
For a change of pace and some skills building, two members of Douglas County Search And Rescue (SAR) – Mike (K0LPM) and Barry (N0KV) – presented a map and navigation workshop that involved both classroom and field exercises. The training was held at the Highlands Ranch Law Enforcement Training Facility. The class covered traditional land
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Coming the fourth weekend in June is the biggest event of the year for ham radio operators across the United States. The event called Field Day, encourages hams to set up antennas and radios outdoors in the “Field” and make as many radio contacts with other hams as is possible in a 24-hour period. The
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Cold and wet sums up the weather on Sunday, June 4th, in the Rampart Range. Both motorcycle riders and ARES R1D5 members commented that this was the wettest event in recent memory. Despite less-than-optimal weather, ARES R1D5 members prevailed and found ways to stay warm, dry, and provide communication services, including GPS tracking via radio
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