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-This is W7ACS, the Seattle
Auxiliary Communication Service.

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We're at the Emergency
Operations Center for the

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FIFA World Cup activation.

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-So this is the radio room
or emergency communications

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and warning room, which
is at the back of the

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Emergency Operations Center.

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-Next station, please come ahead.

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-This is Kilo 7
Delta Victor Romeo.

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-We are the volunteer amateur
radio group supporting

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the City of Seattle Office
of Emergency Management.

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-9400 block of East Marginal
Way, is that correct?

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-That is correct.

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-Seattle is hosting
a FIFA game today.

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[crowd chanting]

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So the Emergency Operations
Center is active and ACS is

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here in the EOC supporting
that that function.

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-Thanks so much for checking in.

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Next station please.

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-So we have a number of members
out in the community today

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who are going about their normal
lives at home or at work.

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[radio dispatch communications]

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And we've asked them to
call in to say where

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they are and what their
capabilities and availability

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are to deploy if they're needed.

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-I am at 23rd Avenue
and Yesler Way.

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-We're going to visually
represent them on a map

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so that we know who's
available in what areas.

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-5-5 and 5-20 available
to deploy in 30 minutes

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with wind link and voice.

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Thank you for checking in, sir.

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Next station, please come ahead.

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-So if there were to be
a disaster situation

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and they needed
communication support,

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we would activate our
membership throughout the city.

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Some would come here to
the Emergency Operations

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Center and staff the
stations that we have here.

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We also have a lot of
members throughout the city

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who can deploy from home
at their home station

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or out into the field
with mobile radio units.

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They can provide situational
awareness reports

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from their community and
also help the city spread

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information bulletins that
they release to the public.

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[marching band drums]

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So the Seahawks parade was the
most recent activation for us

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where we had members
in the field from the

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beginning of the event.

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So we had a team here
in the radio room

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supporting the EOC again
but also keeping in contact

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with 16 members in the field
along the parade route.

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And so for that activation,
we were providing

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updates continuously
throughout the parade.

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Because as the large crowd moved
with the team, the cell phone

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signal was lost by most people.

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It was very hard to get out.

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So amateur radio was the
thing that still worked.

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All right, Roger that.

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-Not available to deploy,
but you can monitor.

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-Amateur radio is a lot of fun.

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We have a lot of fun as a group.

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We do our own exercises
and our own events.

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If you like speaking
on the radio,

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if you like building
equipment, all of those routes

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are available to you.

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So whatever you're into,
there's a place for

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you in amateur radio.

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-Roger that, Mark.

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We've got you at Sandpoint Way.

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-I joined ACS about a month ago.

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I wanted to be more involved
in emergency operations.

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That's what I do for a career
is disaster response and

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challenge myself to learn
how to work a radio and put

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my emergency management
experience to a different use.

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I love it.

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I'm having a great time.

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This is so fun.

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It's so cool to see these
passionate volunteers

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giving their time and
their expertise and

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wanting to share it with
other people and serve their

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community, serve the city and
and make sure people are safe.

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- This is W7ACS, break.

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