Go Bags

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Go Bags The Sequel KCØNRK St. Louis
County ARES April 13, 2009
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ready.gov
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www.prepare.org
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aspca.org/pet-care/disaster-preparedness
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Bug out? Bug in? Get home from work? Deploy as
responder?
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CERT
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Photo by KB0H
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ARES Field Resources Manual Basic Deployment
Equipment Checklist

• 2-meter hand-held
• 2-meter mag-mount antenna and coax
• Earphone
• Paper and pencil
• ARES ID card
• Extra batteries
• Appropriate clothing
• Food and water

http//www.arrl.org/FandES/field/aresman.pdf
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ARES Field Resources Manual Extended Deployment
(72 hour) Equipment Checklist

• 3 day change of clothes
• Foul weather gear
• Toilet articles
• Shelter (tent and sleeping bag)
• Portable stove mess kit with cleaning kit
• Waterproof matches
• Flashlight
• Candles
• Alarm clock
• 3 day supply of water (3 gallons!) and food
• Snacks
• Liquid refreshments
• First aid kit
• Throat lozenges
• Prescriptions
• Aspirin or other pain reliever
• Additional radios, packet gear
• Power supplies, chargers
• Microphones

Whew!
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pgh-net.com/oes/go-kits.html
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Anderson Powerpole connectors for 12V
AA for everything else
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• Forms
• Radiogram
• Red Cross Disaster Welfare Message
• FEMA ICS-213
• Message Handling Log
• Instructions for making antennas
• Contact numbers / phone tree
• Frequencies for Simplex, Repeaters
• Instruction manuals for radios
• FEMA Are You Ready? book
• Maps
• Digipan, other ham software

But don't count on having a working computer!
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Esbit Solid Fuel Stove
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St. Louis County ARES Responder Coffee Mix ½
cup instant coffee ¼ teaspoon nutmeg 1 teaspoon
ground cinnamon - and - ½ cup unsweetened cocoa
powder ½ cup Coffee-mate powder (original
flavor) ½ cup sugar - or - 3 single serving
packets of instant hot cocoa mix At
home Combine all of the ingredients together in a
quart-sized bag, shake well. Makes about 10
servings. Store in a ziplock bag with a
spoon. At disaster Add 3 tablespoons (to taste)
of mix to 1 cup boiling water. Stir well and
enjoy.
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INVENTORY

• Contents
• Know what you have available
• What needs to be restocked afterward
• Expiration dates
• What needs to be replaced (food, batteries)
• Seasonal
• What to switch out for Summer and Winter

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Remember...
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