To: Region 2 ARES TEAM Members

Tuesday, June 05, 2012

Hi Everybody,
This Thursday (June 7, 2012) is the FEMA National Level Exercise 2012
info.publicintelligence.net/FEMA-NLE2012.pdf


CT ARES will be participating with 2 Mobile Communications Units (MCU). They will be deployed to the Hartford area and made operational.

If you have time during the day, please monitor the KB1AEV linked repeaters for information and instructions.
www.kb1aev.net/

I understand that they will also be ready to operate on HF (80m & 40m).

Excerpt from the PDF…

June 2012
■ Purpose:
The NLE Capstone event will address cyber and physical response
coordination, including resource allocation. Depending on dynamic exercise
play and player action, the exercise may also allow policy makers the
opportunity to review functions involving emergency assistance and disaster
relief resources, relative to cyber event(s) with physical effects.

■ Scope:
The NLE Capstone event will ensure consequence management and
larger Whole Community emergency management issues are examined
during the exercise.

■ Objectives:
● Examine Whole Community cyber and physical response coordination,
including resource allocation.
● Examine strategies and operational capabilities and identify
interdependencies between Federal Government and partners that are
required to respond to and recover from the physical effects related to a
cyber attack.

NLE Capstone: Region I Overview
■ Connecticut
● Communications focus
● Mobile Emergency Response Support (MERS) deployment


Regards,
Douglas Sharafanowich
District Emergency Coordinator, Region 2
Connecticut Amateur Radio Emegency Service (CT ARES)