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The Inter-Agency Telecommunications Action Plan (ITAP) By; Mark Wood G4HLZ National Radio Project Officer, British Red Cross. For; Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications conference, Tampere, Finland 13-14 June 2005. mark.wood@engineer.com.
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TheInter-Agency Telecommunications Action Plan (ITAP)By;Mark Wood G4HLZNational Radio Project Officer, British Red Cross. For;Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications conference,Tampere, Finland 13-14 June 2005. mark.wood@engineer.com
“Everyone agrees there must be coordination, but no one wants to be coordinated”.
The Problem;The UK is blessed with at least two competing voluntary aid societies, with many more in unofficial capacities.St. John Ambulance brigade pre-dates Red Cross, is the senior service.British Red Cross has a somewhat different status than in the USA for exampleRAYNET is one amateur Radio society UK Resilience is a new government body aimed at coordinating emergency relief efforts.No one is in charge!
The Problem; • The voluntary aid societies had no common radio channels, there was also no way to communicate between an ambulance and its Ham Radio escort vehicle or control point. • Due to not wanting to favorite one competing organization, we found it hard to get favors from government. • No organization would accept the authority of the other to coordinate them.
The Problem; ITAP BRC SJA RAYNET UK RES.
The Problem; ITAP BRC SJA RAYNET UK RES.
The Problem; RAYNET UK RES. BRC SJA ITAP
Achievements; • We all have a common frequency and tone plan, each can now work with the other as is often done now. • RAYNET obtained an unused repeater from the Surrey government. • Work has started on the MoU and best practices. • We can now negociate with the regulator as a unified block, so there is no favoritism issue.
ITAP-UK The End By Mark Wood G4HLZ. Mark.wood@engineer.com