The CCAR Emergency Plan

Coverage Area and Type of Support

CCAR provides back-up communications support within the boundaries of Chester County, Pennsylvania, and wherever deployed by CCDES. The type of support includes but is not limited to the following:
  1. Back-up 9-1-1 Call Taking at all County Fire Stations
  2. Tactical and formal written messages, data and radio email at:

Emergency Situations

CCAR provides or supplements communications during emergencies where normal communication systems have sustained damage or are overloaded. We may be used in a wide variety of situations, including but not limited to:

Standard Communication Plan

The standard CCAR emergency communications plan is in Tables 1 and 2. It identifies the network used to provide each type of support, the operating frequency, mode of operation, and the network control station for each network. This plan may be modified or replaced as the Incident Commander orders, but this plan will be used in the absence of any such ordered plan.

Table 1. FM and SSB Voice Circuits
NET Primary Secondary Tertiary

“ResNet”

 

Resource Net

 

FOXTROT-1

147.060+ 131.8

Newtown Sq

FOXTROT-2

145.130- 131.8

Paoli

ECHO

146.985- 100.0

Parkesburg

SIERRA-1

146.400

“TacNet”

 

Tactical Net

BRAVO

446.525- 100.0

W.Chester

ALPHA

146.940- 131.8

W.Chester

SIERRA-2

146.550

HOTEL-1 3.917

HOTEL-2 3.965

HOTEL-3 5.3305

HOTEL-4 7.240

“TacNet”

or

“TacNet North”

CHARLIE

446.175- 100.0

Bucktown

JULIET

147.21+ 131.8

Pottstown

SIERRA-3

146.565

HOTEL 1-4

“TacNet”

or

“TacNet South”

DELTA

448.875- 100.0

Octorara

ECHO

146.985- 100.0

Parkesburg

SIERRA-4

146.580

HOTEL 1-4

“Liaison”

Out-of-Area Liaison

INDIA-1 3.9875

INDIA-2 3.9935

INDIA-3 7.2545

INDIA-4 7.2505

GOLF

443.800+ 131.8

Valley Forge

KILO 1

146.520

KILO 2

446.000

“ComNet”

Command Net

SEC/DEC EC RO NCS

WHISKEY

TBA

X-RAY

TBA

ZULU

TBA

Data Circuits

Current on-air RMS packet gateway stations are listed at http://www.winlink.org/RMSpacketStatus.
The current public HF RMS frequency list is at http://www.winlink.org/PublicRmsPactorList.
The current EmComm HF RMS frequency list is at http://www.winlink.org/EmCommRmsPactorList.
Additional temporary gateways will be deployed if needed.

Table 2. Data Circuits
Call Sign Frequency Location Note

W3EOC-10

145.510

Bucktown

1200b pac RMS gateway

W3EOC

145.690

W Chester

1200b pac RMS gateway

W3JY-10

144.950

Hershey Mill

1200b pac RMS gateway

N3UP-10

144.930

Delaware Co.

1200b pac RMS gateway

W3JKS-10

145.690

Newark, DE

1200b pac RMS gateway

WA3WSJ-10

145.770

Reiffton, Berks Co.

1200b pac RMS gateway

K3DN-10

145.670

Neshaminy, Bucks Co.

1200b pac RMS gateway

W3EOC

3.6267U

W Chester

Pactor 1,2 RMS gateway

W3EOC

7.0669U

W Chester

Pactor 1,2 RMS gateway

W3EOC

7.1037U

W Chester

Pactor 3 RMS gateway

W3EOC

10.1417U

W Chester

Pactor 3 RMS gateway

W3EOC

14.1089U

W Chester

Pactor 3 RMS gateway

W3EOC

1299.400 RPS

Pocopson

D-Star DD gateway

W4IHS

1297.800 RPS

Bucktown

D-Star DD gateway