Dear , November 14, 2003

We are a team of Emergency Communications Operators that utilize amateur radio to supplement existing radio systems during emergencies and crisis when normal system are overloaded or become non-functional.

We have radio equipment installed at the Butler County Emergency Management Emergency Operations Center, Butler County Red Cross Headquarters in Middletown, the Butler County Sheriff’s Communications 911 Center, and Butler Technical School where our main station is located.

These agencies and organizations are in support of our ability to provide another tool to them and the community in a crisis.

On Saturday December 13^th, 2003 we will be holding a drill between 9 A.M. and 3 P.M.

Our drill will simulate severe weather in Butler County that has caused a wide spread power outage, loss of police and fire communications, loss of cellular communications, the scattered outage of telephones in the county, plus numerous wires and trees down as well as structural damage from the winds.

We will be sending a radio operator to your station(s) to test the reliability and readability of mobile and hand held radios as part of our pre-planning for such an event.

Any of the duty personnel on station are more than welcome to participate by sending a message to another station, agency or department as part of our drill.

We are sending this information to you in advance so you can notify your staff and personnel, to alert them of our planned activity, team members being on your property and around your facilities, as not to alarm them.

If there is any questions or comments, please feel free to contact me any time.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation,

Sincerely,

Robert Spratt N8TVU

Butler County Emergency Coordinator

Amateur Radio Emergency Services

Home (513) 825-8902

Cell (513) 266-6102