NWS SKYWARN LINKS & more
http://www.arrl.org/ares-el?issue=current
http://www.prh.noaa.gov/hnl/pages/highsurfinfo.php
https://www.dropbox.com/s/g0f0q03poqm1nry/ICS_309-Hawaii-ARES-RACES_Comm_Log.pdf?dl=0
ARES - Amateur Radio Emergency Service - from the ARRL, but can be managed locally
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_Radio_Emergency_Service
RACES - Radio Amateur Emergency Service - from FEMA, requires a series of online courses and a background check, administered at the State or County level
https://qsl.net/races/what.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Amateur_Civil_Emergency_Service
FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency - national disaster aid (floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, fires, pandemics, etc.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Emergency_Management_Agency
CERT - Community Emergency Response Teams - managed locally, may not require an amateur radio licenses
SKYWARN - National Weather Service program - immediate severe weather confirmation - administered at the county level, retrain every 2 years
https://www.weather.gov/SKYWARN
Honolulu Forecast Office Skywarn https://www.weather.gov/hfo/skywarn
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skywarn
GOES-West PACUS - Sandwich - NOAA / NESDIS / STAR
Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) [CHAPTER 127A]
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
Section
127A-3 Hawaii emergency management agency
127A-4 Hawaii advisory council on emergency management
127A-5 County emergency management agency
127A-6 Emergency reserve corps
127A-8 Status and rights of personnel
127A-10 Political activity prohibited
127A-11 Powers on whom conferred; delegation of powers
127A-12 Emergency management powers, in general
127A-13 Additional powers in an emergency period
127A-15 Proclamations, how made; service of papers
127A-18 Mitigation of hazardous situations
127A-20 Immunity from liability of private shelter
127A-22 Determination of compensation
127A-23 Determination of damages
127A-24 Investigations and surveys
127A-27 Preliminary or interlocutory injunctions and temporary restraining orders
127A-28 Enforcement of injunction proceedings; interventions
127A-30 Rental or sale of essential commodities during a state of emergency; prohibition against price increases
127A-31 Penalties prescribed by this chapter additional to other penalties
127A-32 Effect of this chapter on other laws
Format for real-world Severe Weather Report (same as what you would do on the telephone call to NWS):
call sign
first name
Spotter number (if you have one)
location of observation
time of observation
Metrics (no guessing! No estimating. If nothing measured, move on to Impacts)
Impacts
Severe Weather Report (SWR) Criteria ( https://www.weather.gov/hfo/skywarn ) :
What to Report (and use EXERCISE and SIMULATED as descriptors for any practice messages):
- ANY tornado, funnel, or waterspout
- Heavy rain at a rate of an inch per hour or more lasting more than 15 minutes
- ANY type of flooding that is threatening or causing damage
- ANY hail
- High winds strong enough to cause property damage
- ANY weather related death, injury, or significant damage
