On Oct. 11th 2012 members of the Caldwell, Livingston and NWMO ARES groups participated in a region wide drill based on a possible Hoof and Mouth disease in the Chillicothe area. Messages were relayed on the Chillicothe repeater from the EOC to the MACC located at the Cameron EOC. All messages were sent over FM and were also sent via WINLINK using WINMOR on HF. The Chillicothe EOC was manned by KC0NOX and was a portable setup, the Cameron EOC is a fully operational EOC with HF, VHF, UHF capabilities.

Also on hand for the event was the Caldwell county Health Department manned by KG0CX and KC0GP. This station was also a portable setup and after a couple issues were resolved they were able to transfer emails via WINLINK using RMS Express.

Harrison County Community Hospital was on the air as well using the 440 link system. The hospital station was just recently put on line so training is the next step, but WK0Q and KD0IDK did a great job of being on the air and attempting to get RMS Express working.

Thanks again to all who participated and I look forward to making the necessary changes to each station done to make our response even more reliable.