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DATE: THURSDAY, April 29, 1993                   TAG: 9304290478
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: N-4   EDITION: METRO 
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AMATEUR RADIO EMERGENCY SERVICES RECEIVES AWARD FROM RED CROSS

The Amateur Radio Emergency Service recently received the Good Neighbor Award from the Roanoke Valley chapter of the American Red Cross.

Amateur Radio Emergency Service is made up of amateur radio operators who donate their time and equipment to provide emergency communications in conjunction with the Red Cross during disasters. The group also has set up small short-wave stations in the emergency management offices of several Roanoke Valley-area governments and the National Weather Service.

The service was started during the flood of 1985, and volunteers recently were instrumental in providing communication between the Bland County emergency shelter and the Virginia Emergency Operations Center in Richmond during the March blizzard. 


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