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Western Pennsylvania ARES

April 16,2012

WPA ARES will be participating in an important Drill on May 19.

This is the first real test of our:

1. Our Ability to muster operators,

2. Practice setup / support at a shelter and,

3. Test our efficiency in "Getting the Message Through!

EVENT SUMMARY from RED CROSS-

On Saturday, May 19, we will be testing our abilities and capacity to quickly and efficiently open multiple shelters across our entire region in the case of a large-scale disaster. We will be activating all of our Community Evacuation Center Teams to open 12 shelters across the southern half of our 26-county Western Pennsylvania Region. We will also be opening our Emergency Operation Centers, utilizing our partnerships such as Amateur Radio Operators, and deploying all three of our Emergency Response Vehicles, among other disaster operation activities

ARES PARTICIPATION -The entire section is asked to participate. The following Counties will have direct shelter setup responsibility. ECs should prepare a plan and assure sufficient operators.

TO PARTICIPATE- Contact your County Emergency Coordinator to Volunteer; if you are asked to help, please help us make a good showing. View the Red Cross Sheltering Slides on this website for background information.

EOC OPERATIONS- If you are part of RACES in your county, please pass the word to the RO / ACSO to open the EOC station in the following Counties.

Allegheny, Washington, Butler EOC (Beaver County optional).

SHELTER LOCATIONS-

Allegheny County-

Red Cross Headquarters 221 Blvd of the Allies, Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh Technical Institute 1111 McKee Rd. Oakdale, PA 15071

Elizabeth Central VFD 425 Scenery Dr. Elizabeth , PA 15037

Greentree Church of LDS(Tentative) 46 School St. Greentree, PA 15220

Springdale 325 School St. Springdale, PA 15144

BUTLER COUNTY-Community Alliance Church 800 Mercer Rd Butler, PA 16001

GREENE COUNTY-Carmichaels Activity Center 100 Nemicolon Rd. Carmichaels, PA 15320

WESTMORELAND COUNTY-