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Ramona Community Protection and Evacuation Plan

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RAMONA COMMUNITY PROTECTION & EVACUATION PLAN<br />

SECTION K-1 – RADIO COMMUNICATIONS<br />

<strong>Ramona</strong> <strong>Community</strong> Emergency Response Team (CERT) <strong>and</strong> <strong>Ramona</strong> Outback<br />

Amateur Radio Society (ROARS)<br />

<strong>Ramona</strong> CERT <strong>and</strong> ROARS are two <strong>Ramona</strong> based groups that assist the public <strong>and</strong><br />

emergency responders during a disaster.<br />

<strong>Ramona</strong> CERT is sponsored by the <strong>Ramona</strong> Fire Department <strong>and</strong> the <strong>Ramona</strong> Municipal<br />

Water District. Formed after the 2003 Cedar fire, <strong>Ramona</strong> CERT activated during the<br />

Witch Creek fire <strong>and</strong> provided community assistance for nine days in the following areas:<br />

shelter operations, traffic control, health-<strong>and</strong>-welfare, emergency power, hazardous<br />

material reporting, <strong>and</strong> general assistance to the various relief organizations. The wide<br />

variety of services provided by the <strong>Ramona</strong> CERT group went beyond the original CERT<br />

scope. To address this broadening scope <strong>and</strong> better provide services in the future, the<br />

<strong>Ramona</strong> CERT group formed the <strong>Ramona</strong> Emergency Assistance League (REAL), a nonprofit<br />

corporation, in 2008.<br />

<strong>Ramona</strong> CERT members stay active between disasters with monthly continuing<br />

education classes/meetings that are open to the public, <strong>and</strong> by assisting with community<br />

events. For more information on <strong>Ramona</strong> CERT, please go to www.ramona-cert.org<br />

ROARS is open to anyone interested in amateur radio communications. ROARS assists<br />

the public <strong>and</strong> emergency responders with communications during disasters. Many<br />

people are active members of both CERT <strong>and</strong> ROARS. For information on ROARS,<br />

please go to www.roars.net<br />

The Action <strong>Plan</strong> for Activation of <strong>Ramona</strong> Area CERT AND ROARS Communicators<br />

follows.

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