STAFF REPORT
DANVILLE — Local radio operators will participate for the first time in an emergency test situation this weekend.
Members of the Vermilion County Amateur Radio Association will take part today in the annual Simulated Emergency Test put together by the American Radio Relay League, the national association for amateur radio.
The local radio association will be set up at their headquarters on Woodbury Hill Road, the Vermilion County Emergency Management Agency along Georgetown Road and at Provena United Samari-tans Medical Center.
The test is an annual exercise in emergency communications. The local amateur radio group will use emergency power at each location and provide communications for the event for agencies such as EMA and the American Red Cross, as well as the hospital.
The scenario this year centers on a large earthquake at 7 a.m. today near Murphysborough in southern Illinois. The event gives communicators the opportunity to focus on the emergency-communications capability in the community.
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