PRESS
RELEASE
NYC
Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Service (NYC-ARECS) to
Provide
Emergency Communication Assistance at the Hawaiian Airlines
Liberty Challenge
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Point
of contact:
NEW YORK, NY (June 22, 2012) The New York City Amateur
Radio Emergency Communications Service (NYC-ARECS)
will be once again providing emergency communications support
to the Hawaiian
Airlines Liberty Challenge hosted by New York Outrigger,
the largest outrigger race on the East Coast. This event, taking
place on Saturday June 23, 2012 in the middle of New York Harbor,
is one of over a dozen that NYC-ARECS will provide support to,
as part of its annual Public Service Event Calendar. Previously
known as the Liberty World Outrigger Competition, the regatta
has grown in its 16 year history to become one of the most prestigious
outrigger canoe races in the world. The race is unique among world
outrigger regattas because it takes place in a bustling urban
harbor.
NYC-ARECS,
an auxiliary emergency communications team made up of New York
City based licensees of the FCC who specialize in Amateur Radio
emergency communications, will have radio
communication operators stationed both on rescue and safety boats,
as well as on the shore. The mission of the radio operators is
to be an additional set of eyes and ears on the rescue and safety
boats, and to ensure that reliable communications are expediently
available if an emergency condition occurs on the water.
Amateur Radio
operators are utilized around the United States to enhance community
disaster and emergency plans. Individual members of NYC-ARECS
have been providing amateur radio public service and emergency
communications to NYC since the 1980's. Many members of NYC-ARECS
were activated during the 9/11 attack, the NYC Blackout and other
city-wide emergencies. Annually, the team works with charitable
organizations to provide communication at various venues, as part
of their extended mission.
The
over-arching mission of NYC-ARECS is to provide professional,
timely, quality, and proficient auxiliary radio communications
to both government and other organizations. Persons interested
in learning more about how the organization can help their organization,
or persons interested in joining,
should write to: info@nyc-arecs.org.
Previously
known as the Liberty World Outrigger Competition, the regatta
has grown in its 16 history to become one of the most prestigious
outrigger canoe races in the world. The race is unique among world
outrigger regattas as it takes place in a bustling urban harbor.
