Greg Jones with the Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment (CDPHE) will be conducting the first 800MHz radio drill for RHCs at 9:00AM on February 8, 2011. The radio drill will be conducted on either the ER MAC or RETAC STWD channel depending on how the channel was labeled on your radio. Please make sure to notify your appropriate staff of this upcoming event, especially if you will not be available to handle the drill yourself.
Make sure your radio is charged, turned on and turned to the correct channel. At 9:00AM CDPHE will announce that the RHC drill is about to commence and then go through the list of RHCs in alphabetical order with, “Akron Clinic, are you there?” the clinic responds with “This is Akron Clinic, we read you loud and clear” CDPHE will confirm with “Akron Clinic, I read you”. After your clinic has responded, your drill is complete and it is not necessary to stay on the radio and listen to the others respond.
The radio drills are one of the 2010-2011 Emergency Preparedness Deliverables (attached) and worth $500 per drill. You may request reimbursement after each drill or wait until all the radio drills have been conducted toward the end of the grant cycle (4/30/11). Use the reimbursement request form and provide a letter of participation on clinic letterhead for the backup documentation. The letter needs to state the date/s of the radio drill/s, and the name and title of the staff completing the drill.
If you have any questions, please contact Ron Seedorf (rs@coruralhealth.org) or Greg Jones (greg.jones.cdphe@gmail.com).
