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RACES

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The Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES) in Lake County  is  an arm of the Lake County Emergency Management Agency (LCEMA), which is an  arm of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), and both agencies get their  operating authority from FEMA in Washington, D.C. Lake County RACES has a two  fold mission:

To assist the LCEMA in  disaster response and planning.  This includes implementing Lake County’s  official disaster plan if called upon. 
 
To provide the LCEMA and the public with severe weather information by  maintaining a radio network of  trained and certified spotters. 

The LCEMA office is at 2900 W.  93rd Avenue in Crown Point. This  is also the location of the LCEMA’s Emergency  Operations Center (EOC), designed
and built largely by RACES. The county’s  Mobile Emergency Communications and  Command vehicle is also stored at the  Office/EOC site. The vehicle was also  designed and equipped to a large  extent by  RACES.

Please contact Jim Harney,KF9EX,   to  obtain an application if you are interested in joining RACES, . The  application  will be reviewed by the RACES Officer or his designee, and a  background check  will be run on all applicants by the Lake County Sheriff’s  Police Department  before the application will be considered for final approval.  This screening  process applies to all applicants for membership after April 15,   2002.

The RACES Team Members Are:

Larry Brechner, WB9FQS
Ken Brown, KE9TC --  Repeater  Trustee
Mike Frank,  KF9WW
John Gianotti,W9WY --  ARO
James Harney, KF9EX --  RO
Kenneth  Kilroy, KB9NSD
Kevin Krikau, KB9THY -- ARO
Malcolm Lunsford, W9MAL
Russ McComb, KB9HO
George Kelly, K9WWT

Mike Marine, KC9HOA
Kerry Orze, KB9ORH
Lee Raue,  WD9GQO
Jodi Richmond, Director  LCDHS/EMA
Tom Ruggles,  W8FIB 
Michael Schutter, KB9UOZ --  WO
John Spicer, KC9YDF 
Bill Unwin,  N9UIL
Andy Finick, W9FXT
Jeff Kohn, KC9TEW


RACES Manual Sept 2015
File Size: 92 kb
File Type: pdf
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NWS Liaison Repeaters Map
File Size: 386 kb
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Indiana Spotter Nets Map
File Size: 373 kb
File Type: jpg
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BASIC Spotter Guide
File Size: 570 kb
File Type: pdf
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NWS Contacts, NW Indiana
File Size: 355 kb
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Severe WX Reporting Form
File Size: 114 kb
File Type: pdf
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Advanced WX Spotter Guide
File Size: 3377 kb
File Type: pdf
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ICS 213 Message Form
File Size: 44 kb
File Type: pdf
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Completing the ICS 213 Message Form
File Size: 147 kb
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