Presentation Meeting 3, August 26, 2015

Today's Agenda

Who We Are AVPC News Guest Speaker, Lawrence Mock, CERT Review of Govt. and Civic Organizations Recap of Last Month's Radio Communication Upcoming Events

Who We Are

AVPC is a Meetup Group For Those Interested in Preparing for Life's Emergencies, Small and Large

Meetup Organizer is Glenn Olson Co-Organizer is Deborah Adkins

AVPC News

New Web Site Next Meeting Sept 23 Looking for Assistance with

– Finding Venues

– Finding Speakers

– Selecting Field Trips

AVPC News (cont)

Meetup.com– Meeting and Field Trip Notices

– Pages Has Notices and Articles

– Discussions

Facebook– Notices of Meetup and Other Events

– You can Chat on Discussions

Web Page– Persistent Information

Guest Speaker

Lawrence Mock, AV CERT

Govt. and Civic Organizations

Government: FEMA, State, County, Local Local Emergency Services Non-Governmental: Red Cross, Salvation

Army, CERT, Amateur Radio, LDS, AVDRN, ESP

Youth Groups: Scouts, 4-H, FFA

Govt. and Civic Organizations

Government: – FEMA - Well Defined

– State (CA) - Poorly Defined

– County - LA County Well Defined

– Local - Lancaster Well Defined

– Palmdale - Poorly Defined

Govt. and Civic Organizations Non-Governmental: ENLA Red Cross Salvation Army CERT Amateur Radio/AVDRN LDS Church Emergency Survival Program (ESP) Youth Groups: Scouts, 4-H, FFA

Upcoming Events Aug 27, AVARC, Debbie Kent, “Store This

Not That” Sep 17, Lancaster Stake Emergency

Preparedness, “Powdered Milk” and “Earthquake Proofing Your Home”

Sep 23, AVPC Presentation Meeting, Subject TBD

Oct 3, SF Valley Disaster Preparedness Fair

Radio Communications Review

LF/MF (30K-3MHz) - AM Radio + HF (3-30M) - World Wide, Marine, Aircraft,

CB, HAM VHF (30-300M) - FM Radio, TV, Aircraft,

HAM, Weather/Warnings, Mobile, Law, Hospital/Ambulance

UHF (300M-3G) - TV, HAM, Mobile, Cell Phones, Family Radio Service

Multiple Devices Needed to Listen to All