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Hospital Drills in 2013

The San Joaquin County EMS Agency holds an emergency communications drill for hospitals and clinics at 1pm on the fourth Thursday of odd-numbered months. All licensed Amateurs are invited to check in and hear the kind of messages we might pass during a real emergency.

Dates in 2013 are:

  • 5/23
  • 7/25
  • 9/26
  • 11/28

The drill takes place on the 146.655 - PL 100.0 repeater. Please join us and participate.

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Dec012008

Do You Really Need A Christmas Tree?

AuthorDavid Coursey, N5FDL DateMon, December 1, 2008 at 12:00PM

This is a film of a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) test showing just how flammable a dry Christmas tree can become. Last year, in my community, we had a tree fire that killed an 18-year-old woman and sent two young children to the Shriner’s burn unit in Sacramento.

Please, if you have a Christmas tree this holiday, keep it watered and dispose of it as soon as possible. Learn more>>

(I’ve seen this film so many times now that I won’t have a real tree in my house.)

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