[EAS] Engineer Emergency Credentials

[Dave Kline]

A ham license by itself may, or may not get you in.
I was heavily involved in ARES.
When we did damage assessment for the Red Cross, we had to be registered with them and take classes to get into storm damage areas.
Or working with the local National guard unit, if you were in their vehicle you got in.
On the other hand though, I was waved through into a damage assessment area, just because I had ham plates on my vehicle.
No one stopped to ask me any questions.

So it does seem to be hit and miss.
Perhaps, rather than NAB, SBE or even ARRL credentialing on a national level, they could provide a framework for states or local municipalities to use as a credentialing guide?

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Dave Kline   UNO-TV/Mav Radio/KVNO
University of Nebraska at Omaha
6001 Dodge St. Omaha, NE  68182  CPACS 200
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On Feb 15, 2017, at 2:13 PM, bdcst wrote:

>If your local engineer holds a ham radio license, that could be the ticket!
>Or at least he/she could join the state RACES program, get an ID card and
>become one of the "Assets."  If an engineer is not a ham, one could join a CERT
>team if available and also become a known entity for the EM folks.

>--Ira

>On 2017-02-15 10:44, Rod Zeigler wrote:
>>I have dealt with credentialing in the past few years and ran into
>>this little bugaboo at the state level.
>>In many states if you are not part of "The Plan" you cannot get credentialed.
>>Those with state credentials are considered "Assets" to be used by the
>>EM in charge of the incident.

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