Blufflands was not the organization providing communications services to DMAT, when we were activated, we are DMAT and we work in that capacity. Operators Sam and Bill Blackburn were DMAT operators relaying DMAT information, not Blufflands operators relaying Blufflands information. When the drill is over and DMAT operators are released we once again become Blufflands, Rochester, Winona, Duluth or Minneapolis. As such, we function as ARES operators for our individual organizations and are available for deployment as members of the Rochester or Winona or Duluth amateur radio clubs to assist anywhere else in the State. When we are called in to assist another area or club, we go by their rules and regulations.
Individual operators can join whatever organizations they wish.
Anyone can join Blufflands, just like they are free to join Kiwanis, Rotary or the church of your choice, as long as they have an amateur radio license and agree to a training and attendance schedule. The individual member is free to join organizations like Blufflands, but only if you are willing to put the time in to train as a team and to be willing to operate under the team's rules. It is a group of amateur radio operators that wish to spend more time in emergency communications challenges than the average club or organization offers. It opens up new horizons and exposes each and everyone of us to new challenges in the practice of our art of emergency communications as amateur radio operators. We require licensure, proficiency and dedication to serve our fellow man.