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"An Independent, Incorporated, Non-profit, Tax Exempt, Volunteer, Emergency Communications, Public Service Civic Organization" Radio Emergency Associated Communications Teams are volunteer radio operators who are organized internationally and use two-way radios to provide public service communications for travelers and their local communities. REACT Teams provide help during emergency operations and public service events, such as parades, triathlons, etc. |
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The Texas
State REACT Council has 9 member teams in Texas, including all the major cities like Dallas/Ft. Worth, San
Antonio and Austin, plus other communities in between. In 2005, two teams in the San Antonio Metro Area merged into a single team covering 4 counties.
This map of Texas with all of our Teams
marked with the blue push pin. Click on any blue push pin If you don't see a blue push pin |
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NEXT COUNCIL MEETING hosted by Meeting will be rescheduled and info will be posted here when set.
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Above is a photo taken inside the Incident Command Post (ICP) at San Antonio during Hurricane Rita's relief operations in September 2005. REACT set up operations initially and turned it over to the county ARES for long term operation. In photo (L-R) is Alan Sheets (South TX K9), Barry WA5BLH (ARES) and Lee N5NTG (REACT) REACT Teams provide communications in response to emergencies and for community events. They utilize GMRS, UHF, VHF, Amateur, and other radio services. Teams participate in their communities' disaster preparedness plans through cooperative agreements with ARRL, NOAA, VOAD, American Red Cross and the Salvation Army. In September 2005, following the dual Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, REACT and ARES members in the San Antonio area worked together to provide communications between multiple Red Cross shelters and with other operators along the Texas Gulf Coastal Area. Several members from San Antonio and Austin drove to Louisina following Hurricane Katrina and Rita to provide temporary radio communications in that state in cooperation with ARES and Red Cross operations.
Shane also spent another week in Washington Parrish, Louisiana, operating his ham radio station for nearly a full week. He communicated with other hams via area repeaters that were restored following the storm passing to request critical information such as health and welfare requests. |
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Texas State REACT Council |