Alerting the community
We have been tossing around ideas to come up with a signal that would alert the entire community to go to CH 5 FRS radio and find out what's happening that an alert has been called without having to spend hours dialing everyone in the park. Buying a radio and using CH5 FRS to broadcast alerts and information on CH5 are two components. The third, alerting the community that there is an event that needs their attention is a bit more elusive.
Two of the components, monitoring and getting the entire community to buy and learn how to use their radios are making great progress. New folks are coming on board regularly. The third component is elusive but we have some good leads to track down. The idea of megaphones being used to call an alert is not workable due to the heavy insulation our homes all have they are just not audible when the windows are closed like in winter. We thought that a series of automobile horns oscillating on emergency horn honk would be the answer but again these well insulated homes tend to cancel that idea out also.
BUT, today at the CERT meeting a couple of team members spoke about other parks similar to our own that had a special system installed where the neighborhood watch member or like person pushed a button on their phone and it rang every phone in the park with a special tone. If such a system is available to us we could say if that special tone sounds everyone go to CH 5 on their radios for an announcement and update on the problem. Such a system would tie the whole park together almost instantly and put everyone on CH 5 throughout the event with continuous updates. A staggeringly wonderful idea. We will research it and keep you informed from the KnowZone this is RT signing off.
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