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Franklin Parish ARES
ARES - Amateur Radio Emergency Service
Emergency Preparedness
"When All else fails... Ham Radio is there"
Larry Laborde - N5ASA (EC) Emergency Coordinator
Home: 318-248-3957 
Cell: 318-331-1682
Glynn Davis - KD5SII (AEC) Assistant Emergency Coordinator
Hurricane Katrina aftermath Pictures
National Homeland Security Knowledgebase
US Amber Alert!
Presentation On April 14th 2006 at Big John's restaurant in Rayville,LA.
Larry LaBorde - N5ASA (EC) & Glynn Davis - KD5SII (AEC)
Larry LaBorde Presents Glynn Davis with his AEC & certificate of Merit for help with Hurricane Katrina communications, and his volunteer work with the ARRL/ARES information booth at the annual Franklin Parish Catfish Festival. Dinner followed!
His involvement in ARES in Franklin Parish is very appreciated and valued. Thank you Glynn!
Also present were Larry - KC5YGM & Wilber - K5WCR
Area Emergency Service Plans
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Net Preambles
| Served Agencies: Northeast Louisiana ARES provides communications assistance to the following agencies in the Northeast District including: Ouachita Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (OHSEP) NELA Chapter of the American Red Cross Salvation Army Louisiana State Police Ouachita Sheriff's Department Ouachita Parish Fire Department Ouachita Parish Public Works Department Monroe Fire, Police and Public Works Department West Monroe Fire, Police and Public Works Departments FEMA LOEP LANG National Weather Service DHH OPH EAS Broadcast Stations local hospitals Louisiana Blood Share and others as deemed necessary |
| Related State
ARES Wepages Louisiana Section ARES - Official Homepage Louisiana ARES Information Page |
Amateur Radio Sections
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Section Delta Division Louisiana Section Delta Division American Radio Relay League Mickey Cox, K5MC Section Manager - LA |
Section Emergency Coordinator Delta Division - Louisiana Section Gary Stratton, K5GLS SEC - LA |
ARRL
Mississippi Section The Official Web Site of the Mississippi Section Malcolm Keown, W5XX Section Manager - MS |
Ray Taylor, N5NAV Section Manager -STX |
| District Emergency
Coordinator Northeast Louisiana ARES/RACES David S. Gore, W5DSG DEC - LA |
Emergency Coordinator Franklin Parish Larry LaBorde, N5ASA EC - LA |
Assistant
Emergency Coordinator Franklin Parish Glynn Davis, KD5SII AEC - LA |
LOUISIANA SECTION ARES®
LOUISIANA SECTION MANAGER
Mickey Cox K5MC k5mc @ arrl . org
LOUISIANA SECTION EMERGENCY COORDINATOR
Gary L Stratton Sr K5GLS sec @ laarrl . org
Louisiana EC Parish Map
Parish Map of Emergency Coordinators [EC].
Map Credits: Thanks to L. Al Oubre K5DPG (SK) Webmaster
Emergency Communications
Salvation Army SATERN |
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National Traffic System Digital |
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Louisiana Army MARS |
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 Trained volunteer severe weather spotters |
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Testing Schedule Information With Map |
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Site by Alan-W5HUD |
Winlink
2000 Enhanced Digital Messaging for Amateur Radio
Watch This! Winlink Presentation |
WX Links National Weather Service Lake Charles LA National Weather Service New Orleans LA National Weather Service Shreveport LA Hurricane Hunters Keesler AFB Mississippi National Weather Service Local NEXRAD Doppler Radar |
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ARES Responses
"When All else fails" |
Northeast Louisiana district Website |
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Emergency Personal "Go Kit"
For Emergency Deployment or \u8220 \'93Go\u8221 \'94 Kit Contents Suggestions f1\fs24 For the radio side of the "go kit", we suggest it have: A handheld radio, preferably true dual band (able to receive two stations simultaneously on the same or different bands - VHF/UHF), with a minimum power output of 5 watts. Photocopy of the radio's manual DC "car" adapter or AC adapter/charger for the handheld radio(s), Extra batteries and/or dry cell converter with extra dry cell batteries, Photocopy of your current FCC Amateur license, List of the area repeaters with their offsets and PL / CTCSS tones, Higher gain "rubber duck" antenna(s) for your handheld radio(s), Counterpoise for handheld radio long enough for the lowest frequency that you can transmit on, made of small gauge wire. Expedient/Expendable J-pole (300 ohm twin lead) or other antenna, and support hardware, Reasonable length good quality coax cable with connectors already installed, Barrel connectors for mating PL-259 (the \u8220 \'93standard\u8221 \'94 UHF type) connectors togethe,r BNC to SO-239 or SMA to SO-239 adapters, depending upon the handheld radio(s) Combination speaker/mic for the handheld radio Headset, headphones, or earphone for the radio(s) to be used, a small assortment of hand tools, Soldering iron and rosin core solder, Electrical tape, A pair of work gloves, Flashlight and/or small battery powered lantern. (extra batteries, too) AM/FM radio with additional batteries, Notepads and writing equipment, ARRL Radiogram forms.
For the personal side of the "go kit", the kit should have: Canned or bottled water, one meal's worth of ready to eat food, and snacks, preferably stored in a resealable plastic bag, Instant coffee, coffee mix, or tea bags, sugar, and creamer, in a resealable plastic bag. Cutlery, preferably stored in a resealable plastic bag, Aspirin and/or other pain reliever, Several doses of any prescribed medication you may need. One or more folded area maps, A small first aid kit, A moderate amount of money in small bills and a bit of change. (for the vending machines, canteen, or convenience store) Personal care items, One flattened roll of toilet paper (in resealable plastic bag), One change of clothing (Optional, in resealable plastic bag).
Other Links
| Northeast Louisiana Repeaters | Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississppi & Texas |
New Orleans Real time News for Hurricane information |
Louisiana Council of Amateur Radio Clubs Inc. | Areial View View Your Location from a from space! |
The NASA Space Shuttle Earth Observations |
Governments
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The Northeast Louisiana Chapter of the American Red Cross |
Knowledgebase A Great site! |
National Incident Management System |
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Emergency Road Conditions Are Listed Statewide |
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Ouachita Parish |
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Fire Dept. - Fire Safety
American Burn Association |
U.S. Fire Administration U.S. Fire Training |
National Fire Protection Association |
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