Glendora Emergency Response Communications

GERC Mission Statement

Glendora Emergency Response Communications

MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of the Glendora Emergency Response Communications group, herein known as GERC, is to unite those amateur radio operators who have a common interest in communications, specifically to provide training, support and encouragement to radio amateurs who wish to serve as emergency communicators for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

GERC exists to provide technical training and standards, and act as a source of information, to those radio amateurs who wish to provide a working emergency communications program for a non-profit organization (i.e. helping in planning, testing of plans, etc.), or who wish to participate in emergency communications.

PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION

The purpose of GERC is to:

1) provide support and training to radio amateurs who wish to serve in emergency communications positions. This may be accomplished by conducting on-the-air training and social nets; holding meetings from time to time; and publishing a webpage newsletter.

2) provide an opportunity for radio amateurs to share ideas and experiences relating to emergency communications, particularly as it relates to the interface between emergency and health and welfare service providers and local CERT, ARES and RACES networks.

3) conduct the Glendora Emergency Response Communications radio net which shall meet every Tuesday evening at 8:30 pm (2030 hrs), except on the third Tuesday of each month when there will be a training meeting at the main facility, 2121 east Route 66, Glendora CA. The Net frequency will be 144.360 MHz.