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Southwick featured at StormReady
community by WGGB Springfield (July 24, 2009)
StormReady program helps communities prepare for natural disasters
By: Eric Fisher
SOUTHWICK, Mass. (abc40) -- To help towns monitor the weather, plan ahead, and get the word out in dangerous situations, the National Weather Service offers a program called StormReady.
"Perhaps the biggest success story that's come out of StormReady is from Van Wert, Ohio," says Glenn Field, Warning Coordination Meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Taunton. "An F4 tornado was bearing down on a local movie theatre, which was eventually destroyed. The seats people had been sitting in had cars on top of them. And no one was injured."
Field says that because the town had received its StormReady certification and had a plan in place, it was able to quickly alert the theatre, get people into a shelter, and protect them from a disaster. Nationally, there are nearly 1500 cities and towns involved in the program.
Closer to home, there are 8 StormReady Communities in Massachusetts. In Western Mass., there are two (Southwick and Agawam). There is also a StormReady commercial site (Six Flags) and a StormReady University (Harvard). Southwick was the first town in the state to qualify.
"It's backed by the town and is an integral part of public safety," says Charles Dunlap, Emergency Management Director for Southwick.
The town now has all the equipment necessary to keep communication intact and survive a natural disaster, including two vechiles fully equipped with everything from computers and generators to food and water.
To become StormReady, a city, town or commercial site must excel in six specific areas. Those areas are communication, ability to receive NWS updates, hydrometeorological (water) monitoring, local warning dissemination, community preparedness, and administration.
Field says that most towns already have a lot of the infrastructure in place before the process even begins.
For more information on how a community can get involved, you can visit the National Weather Service online at
www.weather.gov/boston. Click on the "StormReady" link on the left hand side.
Link
to Story on WGGB 40's website
SEMA Featured in the Westfield
Evening News (June 29, 2009)



SEMA members speak at the
May meeting of the Mt. Tom Amateur Repeater Association and are
featured in the June 2009 issue of InterMod

SEMA Featured in the Westfield
Evening News (January 2, 2009)

SEMA and Southwick CERT Members
Assist with Traffic Control during the 2008 National Elections.
Southwick's
Town Hall had a total of 4892 voters on Election Day, 2008.
Almost 80% of all the registered voters in the town. Traffic
averaged 350 voters an hour and Southwick CERT and SEMA members
assisted with traffic control and communications. Present during
the election were Pauline
Dunlap, Joan Boissonnault,
Eric Carroll
, Peter Jakobowski Jr., David Houle, and SEMA Director Charles Dunlap.
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| CERT members Joan
Boisonnault and Pauline
Dunlap stand outside the SEMA Mobile Communications Vehicle during the
2008 national election. |
CERT members Pauline
Dunlap and Howard Pohlman take a break inside thee SEMA Mobile
Communications Vehicle during the 2008 national election. |
SEMA Members Participate in
Simulated Radiological Emergency at Greenfield Community College
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| SEMA Assistant Directors Chuck Housner
and Keith Stromgren prepare to distribute dosimeters to participants. |
SEMA Members discuss
the events of the day at the 2008 Vermont Yankee disaster
exercise. |
On Saturday morning, June 21, 2008
members of the Southwick Emergency Management Agency participated in a
radiological exercise that was sponsored by the Enterty Corporation,
owner of the Vermont Yankee power plant and the Massachusetts
Emergency Management Agency. SEMA Director Charles H. Dunlap,
Assistant Directors Chuck Housner and Keith Stromgren, Radio Officer Eric Carroll and members Bob Miller were active participants in the exercise. During the
exercise, SEMA members calibrated dosimeters and monitored evacuees. The
exercise scenario was based on a radiological
release and the subsequent evacuation of local residents. The exercise was held at the
Greenfield Community College which serves as the reception center for
evacuees because it is located outside the 10 mile Emergency Planning
Zone.
SEMA RACES Members
attend Emergency Communications Workshop - April 12, 2008
Saturday,
April 12, 2008: Emergency Communications Workshop for ARES
and RACES held at Walpole Town Hall Offices hosted by Walpole
Emergency Management Agency. Eight
hours of emergency communications training including ICS, NIMS
, Haz-Mat interfacing,
communications jump kits, antennae, and power supplies along
with emergency survival training. the Southwick Emergency Management
were RACES members Eric Carroll, Pauline Dunlap and Director Charles H. Dunlap.
Also in attendance was John Noble, Chester Board of Health.
SEMA provides
Communications Support and Traffic Control for the 2008 Westfield Boys
and Girls Club 10 KM Road Race.
On Sunday, April 6,
2008 the Westfield Boys and Girls Club hosted its annual 10KM Road
Race. Part of the race course runs though Southwick. The
following SEMA/CERT Members were in attendance: Charles Dunlap,
Director; Keith Stromgren
; Assistant Director; Eric Carroll
, Radio Officer and SEMA Member Peter Jakobowski
, Jr.
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| SEMA
Member Pete Jakobowski, Jr. directs traffic |
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group of runners pass the SEMA Mobile Communications
Vehicle. |
Brandon Butcher, Chief Meteorologist
at CBS 3 Springfield interviews SEMA Director Charles Dunlap and
Assistant Director Keith Stromgren for 30 Years Later: The Blizzard
of 1978 -- Are We Ready For Another?

Thirty years ago…it's not like
futuristic technology had made it to the weather department… In that
particular era…well that was 30 years ago… we didn't have all the
numerical computer models that they have now... Yet the forecast
warned of a storm a full 26-hours before the first flake fell. Modern
advances in technology has emboldened the forecaster to call for
storms, even 'the big one'…far in advance. …Nobody in their right
mind was going to forecast…initially…30" of snow…because it
was just a tremendous amount of snow…and it'd never happened
before… " But for all our advances in forecasting … modern
technology may actually work against us for the next blizzard… I
have a concern that If we had another event..power fails…without the
media…without being able to get on a cellphone and call while
they're driving...I don't think they'd be able to cope… They had
more survival tendencies than they do now... Chains on vehicles were
more common…Real snow tires…instead of the 'all-weather tires'…
Vehicles aren't made for snow…even the SUVs..." Perhaps new
attitudes leave people unprepared…"[Stromgren] Those are the
people who don't like to wait in line when we have an accident or when
we have the street blocked up or the snowplows are going too slow for
their consideration…You can say the weather's coming…People may
not heed warnings…and all the mechanical equipment in the world may
not help you…" Today, some of the most strident advances in
technology overall have been in the arena of forecasting…and
Television station and weather bureau alike possess their own huge
Doppler radars and all the tools they need…All that's left, is for
the citizen to go back to the basics… If you can prepare for one
emergency…You've prepared for most everything."
SEMA and Southwick Auxiliary Police
provide crowd and traffic control at the Fourth Annual Penguin Plunge
On Saturday, January 26, 2008 the Amelia Park Children's Museum
hosted its 4th annual Penguin Plunge and Winter Carnival fundraiser at
The Cove Pavilion on North Pond of the Congamond Lakes. Southwick Emergency Management
Agency members provided
crowd and traffic control. Southwick’s Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
members also assisted Public Safety during the event.
The Penguin Plunge is an annual fundraiser that benefits the Amelia
Park Children's Museum and gives fundraisers a chance to take a cold
swim in Lake Congamond. 92 thrill seekers went for an icy
dip in the lake to raise money for the museum. The air temperature was
a brisk 34 degrees and the water was a invigorating 33 degrees. The event was held on the
grounds of The Cove restaurant in Southwick and raised more than
$15,000 for the Amelia
Park Children's Museum. The event was extremely well attended
with over 1000 spectators. SEMA members who worked the Penguin Plunge
included Director Charles Dunlap, Assistant Directors Chuck Housner
and Keith Stromgren, Radio Officer Eric Carroll, and members Bob
Miller and Dave Houle.
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| Southwick Emergency
Management Director Charles Dunlap along with other SEMA members
provided crowd control for the
crowd of 1000 people for the 4th annual Penguin Plunge and Winter
Carnival. |
Here you can see some
of the participants taking a plunge in Lake Congamond where
the Southwick Fire Department Dive Team opened a hole in the ice for the Penguin Plunge. |
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| Wilderness Experiences
Unlimited put on a Kayaking demonstration. |
Southwick Fire and
Emergency Management vehicles staged at the event. |
SEMA members attend Southern New England Weather Conference.
On Saturday, October 27, 2007 SEMA
Director Charles Dunlap and Assistant Director Keith Stromgren attended the
Southern New England Weather
Conference in Brookline, MA. The
conference was held on the grounds of
the Dexter and Southfield Schools, at the Clay Center Observatory.
Topics included winter weather forecasting, severe
weather, hurricanes, advances in the science of meteorology, and
emergency preparedness.
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| SEMA Director Charles Dunlap,
Glenn Field, Warning Coordination Meteorologist of the National Weather Service and Assistant Director
Keith Stromgren take a break from the Southern New England
Weather Conference. |
SEMA Director Charles
Dunlap and Robert Thompson, Meteorologist-in-Charge of the
National Weather Service forecast office in Taunton,
Massachusetts. |
SEMA Members Participate in
Simulated Radiological Emergency at Greenfield Community College
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| SEMA Director Charles Dunlap,
Radio Officer Eric Carroll, members Howard Pohlman, Bob Miller
and Assistant Director Chuck Housner prepare to distribute dosimeters to participants. |
SEMA Members explain
the correct use of the Direct Read Dosimeters to
emergency workers during the simulated exercise at the
Greenfield Community Reception Center. |
On Saturday morning, July 14, 2007
members of the Southwick Emergency Management Agency participated in a
radiological exercise that was sponsored by the Enterty Corporation,
owner of the Vermont Yankee power plant and the Massachusetts
Emergency Management Agency. SEMA Director Charles H. Dunlap,
Assistant Director Chuck Housner, Radio Officer Eric Carroll and members
Howard Polhman and Bob Miller were active participants in the exercise. During the
exercise, SEMA members calibrated dosimeters and distributed them to
rescue personal who were participating in the exercise. The
exercise scenario was based on a radiological
release and the subsequent evacuation of local residents. The exercise was held at the
Greenfield Community College which serves as the reception center for
evacuees because it is located outside the 10 mile Emergency Planning
Zone.
SEMA featured in the Springfield
Republican: Hams tune up emergency radio skills
Sunday, June 24, 2007
By ALEX PESHKOV
apeshkov@repub.com
SOUTHWICK - William R. Ferry has a hobby enjoyed by 6 million people across the world: The Southwick resident has been a ham radio operator for about 50 years.
"I was visiting a fellow who was a ham already. I was a paper boy, and he was one of my customers.
"I started talking to him, got interested, got a license and have been keeping up the hobby for 50 years," said Ferry, one of the radio amateurs who use various types of equipment to communicate with each other for public service, recreation and self-training
Today, thousands of ham operators across the nation were participating in Field Day, an annual 24-hour exercise, that began yesterday at 2 p.m.
Each year, countless radio enthusiasts into unusual locations to test - making certain that ham radio always will be there to get the message through in an emergency.
Dozens of operators from Western Massachusetts gathered yesterday in Dufresne Recreational Park in Granby and at other sites across the region to take to the air at the same time and stay on the air for 24 hours.
The 75th Field Day "is a national exercise run by the American Radio Relay League to promote emergency communications preparedness," said Chuck Housner, assistant director of the Southwick Emergency Management Agency.
He was speaking in a parking lot behind the Southwick Town Hall where the agency's staff was setting up a temporary communication center.
"Basically, we test our equipment and try to make contact with other emergency management agencies and amateur radio operators throughout the country," said Housner, a ham radio operator himself, whose interest in that "goes back, probably, 10 or 15 years."
"It's a great way to meet other people, to help your community and be involved in your community, especially in times of trouble. We did use amateur radio back during the nor'easter we just had, so it's very helpful," he said.
Housner and his colleagues will be at the site until 2 p.m. today, so everyone will have a chance to meet and talk with them and "see what the Amateur Radio Service is about."
"The main purpose of this is to test our skills and equipment, running today on solar power," said Al Albert Grimaldi, radio emergency communication officer from East Longmeadow, whose call sign is KB1XG.
Grimaldi's first contact yesterday was W1AW, which is both the amateur radio call sign and the primary operating station of the American Radio Relay League. Also known as the Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Station, W1AW is located on the grounds of ARRL Headquarters in Newington, Conn.
"It's the ham radio headquarters in America, and it's just happened. It's like one chance in a million," Grimaldi said.
Source
WAMC interviews SEMA Director
Charles H. Dunlap about the NWS StormReady Program
SOUTHWICK, MA (2007-04-24) The National
Weather Service is hoping to encourage more communities to develop
comprehensive plans to handle local severe weather. WAMC's Pioneer
Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill reports.
Listen to the report in MP3 format by
clicking here.
SEMA and Southwick Auxiliary Police
provide crowd and traffic control at the Third Annual Penguin Plunge
On Saturday, January 27, 2007 the Amelia Park Children's Museum
hosted its 3rd annual Penguin Plunge and Winter Carnival fundraiser at
The Brass Rail Pavillion on North Pond of the Congamond Lakes. Southwick Emergency Management
Agency members along with the Southwick Auxiliary Police provided
crowd and traffic control. Four
of Southwick’s Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
members also assisted Public Safety during the event.
The Penguin Plunge is an annual fundraiser that benefits the Amelia
Park Children's Museum and gives fundraisers a chance to take a cold
swim in Lake Congamond. Over 170 thrill seekers went for an icy
dip in the lake to raise money for the museum. The air temperature was
a brisk 16 degrees and the water was a invigorating 34 degrees. The event was held on the
grounds of The Brass Rail restaurant in Southwick and raised more than
$40,000 for the Amelia
Park Children's Museum. The event was extremely well attended
with over 1000 spectators. SEMA members who worked the Penguin Plunge
included Director Charles Dunlap, Assistant Directors Chuck Housner
and Keith Stromgren, Radio Officer Eric Carroll, and members Bob
Miller and Howard Pohlman. Southwick Auxiliary Police Officer Peter
Jakobowski, Jr. assisted with traffic control.
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| Here you can see some
of the participants taking a plunge in Lake Congamond where
the Southwick Fire Department Dive Team opened a hole in the ice for the Penguin Plunge. |
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| Southwick Auxiliary
Police Officer Pete Jakobowski provides traffic control for the
crowd of 1000 people for the Penguin Plunge and Winter
Carnival. |
Left to Right: SEMA
member Howard Pohlman, SEMA Radio Officer Eric Carroll, Assistant Director Chuck
Housner and SEMA Director Charles Dunlap. |
Southwick Girl Scouts Receive
Orientation on Emergency Management
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| SEMA Director Charles
Dunlap talks about the importance of emergency management to the
scouts. |
SEMA Director Charles
Dunlap along with Scout Leaders Patty Reardon and Kate Donnelly and members of troop 403. |
On Monday morning, January 15, 2007
the Southwick Emergency Management Agency hosted members of Girl Scout
Troop 403 of Southwick, MA. The scouts received an orientation
of the Emergency Operations Center provided by SEMA Director Charles
H. Dunlap, Assistant Director Chuck Housner, and SEMA member Robert
Miller. The scouts are working toward their Emergency
Preparedness Interest Projects. The Emergency Preparedness
Interest Project requires the scouts to visit a local command center to learn about different technologies used for communication and handling emergencies in
their community. The purpose of this visit is to teach the scouts what back-up technologies are available for use in case of a disaster.
SEMA Members Participate in
Simulated Radiological Emergency at Greenfield Community College
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| SEMA Member Bob
Miller, Assistant
Director Chuck Housner and Director Charles Dunlap distribute
dosimeters to participants. |
On Saturday morning, October 28, 2006
members of the Southwick Emergency Management Agency participated in a
radiological exercise that was sponsored by the Enterty Corporation,
owner of the Vermont Yankee power plant and the Massachusetts
Emergency Management Agency. SEMA Director Charles H. Dunlap,
Assistant Director Chuck Housner and members Bob Miller and Pete
Jakobowski were active participants in the exercise. During the
exercise, SEMA members calibrated dosimeters and distributed them to
rescue personal who were participating in the exercise. The
exercise scenario was based on a radiological
release and the subsequent evacuation of local residents. The exercise was held at the
Greenfield Community College which serves as the reception center for
evacuees because it is located outside the 10 mile Emergency Planning
Zone.
Southwick Auxiliary Police
provide crowd control at the Holyoke Road Race and St. Patrick's
Parade
On Saturday, March 18 and Sunday, March
19, 2006 - Southwick Auxiliary Police Director Charles H. Dunlap and
Officer
Pete Jakobowski, Jr. provided
crowd control at the Holyoke St. Patrick's Parade and Road Race.
With a crowd of 250,000 people for the parade, neighboring towns and
cities have traditionally volunteered their Auxiliary Police to assist
in providing security for this event. Holyoke Police Captain
Alan G. Fletcher said, "I have over 300 police officers assigned
to the parade; we have auxiliary police and neighboring city
departments, and state police."
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| Southwick Auxiliary
Police Officer
Pete Jakobowski, Jr. and Director Charles H. Dunlap |
SEMA and Southwick Auxiliary Police
provide crowd and traffic control at the Penguin Plunge
On Saturday, January 28, 2006 Southwick Emergency Management
Agency members along with Southwick Auxiliary Police Officers provided
crowd and traffic control at the Penguin Plunge and Winter Carnival.
The Penguin Plunge is an annual fundraiser that benefits the Amelia
Park Children's Museum and gives fundraisers a chance to take a cold
swim in Lake Congamond. The lake temperature was a chilly 44
degrees. Approximately 70 thrill seekers took the
plunge and were applauded by 750 spectators. The event was held on the
grounds of The Brass Rail restaurant in Southwick and raised more than
$26,000 for the Amelia
Park Children's Museum. Southwick EMA Director
Charles Dunlap, Assistant Director Chuck Housner, Radio Officer Eric
Carol and members Dave Houle and Bob Miller provided traffic and crowd
control as well as communications support. Auxiliary Police Officers
Pete Jakobowski, Jr. and Steve Royer provided traffic and crowd
control during the event.
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| Left to Right: SEMA
Assistant Director Chuck Housner, Southwick Auxiliary Police
Officers Steve Royer and Pete Jakobobski, SEMA members Dave
Houle, Bob Miller, and SEMA Director Charles Dunlap. |
Southwick Auxiliary
Police Officers and SEMA members provide traffic control for the
crowd of 800 people for the Penguin Plunge and Winter
Carnival. |
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| Here you can see some
of the thrill seekers taking a plunge in Lake Congamond where
the Southwick Fire Department Dive Team opened a hole in the
10" thick ice for the Penguin Plunge. |
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SEMA members attend Southern New England Weather Conference.
On Saturday, November 5, 2005 SEMA
Director Charles Dunlap, Assistant Director Chuck Housner and member Pauline Dunlap attended the
Southern New England Weather
Conference in Brookline, MA. The
conference was held on the grounds of
the Dexter and Southfield Schools, at the Clay Center Observatory.
Topics included winter weather forecasting, severe
weather, hurricanes, advances in the science of meteorology, and
emergency preparedness.
Among the speakers who presented at the conference were John
E. Jones,
the Deputy Director of NOAA's National Weather Service and Rick
McCoy, the Director, of the Van Wert County Office of Homeland
Security and Emergency Management, in Ohio.
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| Presenters in the Clay
Center Observatory
auditorium. |
SEMA Director Charles
Dunlap and Pauline Dunlap. |
SEMA Assistant Director Chuck
Housner heads to Mississippi to Assist Hurricane Victims
On Monday, September 26, 2005 SEMA
Assistant Director Chuck Housner left for Atlanta, Georgia to be
staged for deployment into the Gulf coast region on the heels of
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. In Atlanta, Chuck was selected to
lead a task force of Community Relations Field Officers and deploy
them to Biloxi, Mississippi and on September 30, 2005 Task Force 139
was deployed.
Once in Mississippi, Chuck worked in
the field for a month as a Community Relations Field Officer,
identifying Special Needs clients and helping to get them into
temporary housing. Currently, Chuck has several responsibilities
working in the Biloxi Area Field Office (AFO).
- Coordinating the Speakers Bureau,
which provides FEMA representatives from different program areas
to Town Hall meetings to help answer peoples questions about
receiving assistance from the federal government.
- Managing Special Needs Intake
- FEMA Community Relations
representative to the Inter-Agency Health and Safety
Committee.
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| SEMA Assistant Director Chuck Housner
(second from right) with his task force of Community Relations
Field Officers in Atlanta,
GA. |
SEMA Assistant Director
Chuck Housner at his desk In Biloxi, Mississippi. |
SEMA acquires AM General M35A2 6x6 2
1/2 ton Cargo Truck

The Southwick Emergency Management Agency
is proud to announce that it has acquired an AM General M35A2 6x6, 2
1/2 ton Cargo Truck that it will use to support Emergency Management
activities.
SEMA Members Participate in
Simulated Radiological Emergency at Greenfield Community College
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| SEMA Director Charles
H. Dunlap cleans up a simulated contaminated area. |
Peter Jakobowski, Jr.
and Eric Carroll discuss the radiological exercise |
SEMA Assistant
Director Chuck Housner and Eric Carroll stand in front of one of
the radiological detection portals. |
On Saturday morning, May 14, 2005
members of the Southwick Emergency Management Agency participated in a
radiological exercise that was sponsored by the Enterty Corporation,
owner of the Vermont Yankee power plant and the Massachusetts
Emergency Management Agency. SEMA Director Charles H. Dunlap,
Assistant Director Chuck Housner and members Eric Carroll and Pete
Jakobowski were active participants in the exercise. During the
exercise, participants were required to setup radiological portals to
screen evacuated residents for exposure to radiation. The
exercise scenario was based on a radiological
release and the subsequent evacuation of local residents. During
the exercise, all participants were required to wear protective
equipment including disposable nitrile gloves and rubber
booties. Participants also
were equipped with radiation dosimeters
to measure their expose levels. The exercise was held at the
Greenfield Community College which serves as the reception center for
evacuees because it is located outside the 10 mile Emergency Planning
Zone. SEMA Members attend
National Weather Service SKYWARN Training in Chicopee, Massachusetts
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| National Weather
Service Meteorologist Glen Fields leads the SKYWARN training
session held in Chicopee, MAssachusetts |
SEMA Director Charles
H. Dunlap is interviewed by News 22 about the importance of the
SKYWARN weather spotter training. |
On Monday evening, April 25, 2005
members of the Southwick Emergency Management Agency attended National
Weather Service SKYWARN training in Chicopee, Massachusetts.
SEMA members who completed the weather spotter course included
Director Charles H. Dunlap, Assistant Direct Chuck Housner, and
members Pauline Dunlap, Robert Miller and Eric Carroll. WWLP
News 22 was there and hosted a segment on the training during their
regular broadcast. During that segment, SEMA Director Charles
Dunlap was interviewed and spoke about the importance of the training.
Thanks to WWLP News 22 for providing us with these images.
Southwick Auxiliary Police Officer
Peter Jakobowski, Jr. Graduates from Reserve / Intermittent Basic
Training
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| Peter Jakobowski, Jr.
Receives his diploma from Mark Smith of the Western Massachusetts Regional Police Academy
in Feeding Hills Massachusetts. |
(Left to right)
Southwick Fire Chief Don Morris, Southwick Auxiliary Police
Office Peter Jakobowski, Jr; Southwick Police Chief Mark Kynicki
and Southwick Emergency Management Director Charles H.
Dunlap. |
On Thursday evening, April 7, 2005
Peter Jakobowski, Jr. graduated from the Reserve / Intermittent
Officer Basic Training at the Western Massachusetts Regional Police Academy in Feeding Hills
Massachusetts. In attendance for the event were Southwick's new
Chief of Police Mark Krynicki, Southwick Fire Chief Don Morris and
Southwick EMA Director Charles Dunlap. Officer Jakobowski, Jr.
was one of 34 graduates
from this session of the academy receiving 148 hours of training.
SEMA conducts R.A.C.E.S. Radio Propagation
Drill on April 2, 2005
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| Members of Southwick
Emergency Management Agency (Left to right) Keith Stromgren,
Radio Officer; Charles H. Dunlap, EMA Director; Robert Miller;
and Eric Carrol. |
(Left to right) Chuck
Housner, EMA Assistant Director; Eric Carrol; Pauline Dunlap;
Keith Streomgrem, Radio Officer; and Robert Miller. |
On Saturday morning, April 2, 2005 the Southwick Emergency Management Agency conducted a
R.A.C.E.S. (Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services) Radio Propagation Drill within the town of Southwick to test 146.000 MHz radios and their capabilities communicating from
different sites around town to each other and to the Emergency Operations Center.
The weather made this exercise even more challenging and realistic to
the members who participated. During the exercise, the E.O.C.
was activated as we were under a flood warning from the National
Weather Service. Over two inches of rain fell while the exercise
was being conducted and a portion of College Highway was closed due to
flooding.
SEMA Assistant Director Chuck
Housner heads to Florida to Assist Hurricane Victims.
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| On Monday,
September 14, 2004 SEMA Assistant Director Chuck Housner (far
right) was chosen at the FEMA Disaster Field Office in Atlanta,
GA to lead a team of Community Relations Officers. |
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