07/12/2016
ARRL CEO Tom Gallagher, NY2RF, and Emergency Preparedness Manager Mike Corey,
KI1U, recently visited Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA[1]) to further
explore areas of cooperation and partnership, in line with the Memorandum of
Agreement[2] that ARRL and FEMA signed in 2014.
During the June 29 visit, Gallagher and Corey met with FEMA Administrator Craig
Fugate, KK4INZ. FEMA Chief Technology Officer Ted Okada, K4HNL, also attended
the meeting.
Afterward, Gallagher said, "Administrator Fugate's detailed knowledge of
Amateur Radio is impressive, and his support for the Amateur community is very
encouraging." Gallagher went on to say that he was most impressed by Fugate's
observation that "any mode of RF that will connect across the continent is
valuable; we don't have enough backups to the public switched network."
[1] http://www.fema.gov/
[2] http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Public%20Service/FEMA/FEMA-ARRL-2014.pdf
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