On Sunday, May 29th, Colorado ARES R1D5 provided safety communications for the Mad Gravel bicycle event in Elbert County. This was the second year that R1D5 has provided safety communications in support of the Elbert County OEM. R1D5 provided communications from the communications trailer located at the Start/Finish, aid stations on the courses and rovers.
On 3 October 2020, R1D5 was activated via Colorado Volunteer Mobilizer, a system managed by Colorado Department of Health and Environment, and the SET scenario was structured as follows: “Foreign hackers have successfully hacked into Colorado’s power grid shutting down power across the entire Front Range region. The power grid shutdown leaves most of the
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