And before the Cold War Warriors scream, this was found during a search on the net using Google. You want to bitch complain to the people who posted it to the net.
http://www.freelists.org/post/mdmars_staff/Fw-MARS-RCAMO-0109-FEMA-National-Emergency-Coordination-Net-NECN-20-September-2009-ACTIVATION-UNCLASSIFIED,1
DE AAA9O
R 1545Z JANUARY 2009
FM HAYS/AAA9O AZ
TO ALL ARMY MARS MEMBERS AND STATIONS
INFO:
AAA9A AZ
AAA9B AZ
AAA9F AZ
AAA9M AZ
AAA9O AZ
AAA9P AZ
CHIEF, NAVY-MARINE CORPS MARS
CHIEF, AIR FORCE MARS
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SUBJECT: CAMO 01-09 National Emergency Coordination Net (NECN) 7:00am
EST, 20 January 2009 ACTIVATION.
1. Forwarded below is information on the FEMA NECN activation at 7:00am EST, 20 January 2009, in response to the NSSE Presidential Inauguration. Please forward to Army MARS members in your regions and states
2. As stated in the FEMA message this special session is limited to OFFICIAL US Government Department and Agency stations only. All Army MARS stations will check
into their respective regional nets and the NCS will send the check-in report to AAA9USA preferably via the MARS WL2K system.
3. AAA9USA will check in directly with FEMA NCS WGY908 or WGY912 and will act as liaison for Army MARS.
4. Questions concerning NECN should be directed to the respective SD or RD. If further clarification is required contact AAA9O.
5. AAA9O will be sending an additional message covering Army MARS operations in support of NSSE Presidential Inauguration.
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FEMA MESSAGE FOLLOWS:
***** SENSITIVE BUT UNCLAS ***** SENSITIVE BUT UNCLAS *****
SUBJECT: NATIONAL EMERGENCY COORDINATION NET (NECN) ACTIVATION THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MESSAGE IS FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE NOTIFICATION ONLY AND IS NOT RELEASABLE TO THE WORLD WIDE WEB OR NON-GOVERNMENT ENTITIES WITHOUT THE PRIOR APPROVAL OF THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.
1. Effective 7:00am EST, 20 January 2009, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will activate the National Emergency Coordination Net (NECN) in response to the NSSE Presidential Inauguration.
2. This net is designed to provide back up Command and Control communications links to support the National Response Framework (NRF) activities and other civil emergencies by providing federal emergency response personnel with a common HF frequency to meet on for the exchange of information, coordination of activities, and
to request assistance.
3. National Response Framework support agencies should designate one or more HF radio stations to provide liaison between the NECN and your agencies' command structure. Those stations should check in and maintain contact with the FEMA net control stations.
4. This special session is limited to OFFICIAL US Government Department and Agency stations only.
5. Request all CAP, MARS and USCG AUX stations remain on their respective networks and forward station availability only to thomas.cross@xxxxxxx or fax 540-535-4971.
5. The following FEMA Net Control Station information is provided:
FEMA MWEOC
Call sign: WGY912
Hours: Continuous from 7:00am EST 20 January 2009
until 4:00pm EST 21 January 2009
Frequencies: 10493 kHz USB and 5211 kHz USB
FEMA FRC VIII Denver, CO
Call sign: WGY908
Hours: 7:00am MST to 3:30pm MST 20 January 2009
7:00am MST to 3:30pm MST 21 January 2009
Frequencies: 10493 kHz LSB, 5211 kHz LSB and 13956 kHz LSB
6. For questions regarding the FEMA NECN, contact Tom Cross, COM 540-542-2249 or DSN 380-2249.
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***** SENSITIVE BUT UNCLAS ***** SENSITIVE BUT UNCLAS *****
6. POC this message is AAA9O.