Texas State REACT Council

Member of Texas VOAD Serving as President of TX VOAD for 2006	"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.
Here is a list of current Texas REACT Teams Brazoria County Hill Country (Bexar, Comal, Kendall, Guadalupe counties) Brownwood Emergency CB Unit CBA Potter County San Angelo REACT, Inc Dallas County Travis County  Area Not found? Click Here Member of Community Shares of Texas (CSTX)	The Texas State REACT Council has 7 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 to select that team's webpage for more information, or use the text links below instead. If you don't see a blue push pin or listing for your area, why not contact REACT to get one started? All it takes is three (3) members, preferably radio operators. Most of the active Teams in Texas have converted to Amateur Radio and GMRS operations
NEXT COUNCIL MEETING To Be Announced Expected to be 1st Qtr 2009 Meeting will be rescheduled and info will be posted here when set. RSVP 210-771-7075 or Secretary@texasreact.org Member of Volunteer Match.Org Citizen Corps Click Here to view the new REACT PSA (MPEG file size is 4.95mb)	You Can Help! 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. On the left, Shane NS5D (REACT/ARES) operates a radio inside the American Red Cross EOC to relay calls from Kelly ICP and shelter operations. During this particular even, operators inside the ARC needed to run cross-band operations with their HT and radio in their vehicle outside the building. Following this hurricane's operations, the Red Cross installed a new ham radio and power supply using funds raised by a local neighborhood association. 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
PO Box 180922
Austin, TX 78718-0922
Contact us at membership@texasreact.org
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