Many involved . . . A broad brush of damage control, health and welfare would be unfolding with focused decision making by the Incident Commander . The TC groups harbor the resources to bring incident under control as rapidly as possible. Extraordinary communications situations . Responsibility for public safety and well-being falls directly on Chester County Department of Emergency Services and the Incident Command plan to quickly provide all necessary resources as needed.
Volunteers are the key to dependable amateur radio network.
They provide and operate their own radio equipment and are deployed to tactical site locations when needed. They operate the county amateur radio equipment in the EOC. 2. Experienced CCAR resource necessary to provide the additional margin of communications when IC is activated. Volunteer amateur operators with mobile and portable equipment are major assets. Numerous amateur repeaters in the area can provide additional capability.