I found this on InciWeb, the national incident management information site. The link to it is: http://www.inciweb.org/
Incident: Zaca
Released: 2007-07-12 23:37:00 ET
Amateur radio operators affiliated with the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) are assisting firefighters on the Zaca Fire. Volunteers from the Santa Barbara section of the American Radio Relay League are staffing roadblocks at the intersection of Figueroa Mountain Road and SR 154 and at the intersection of Happy Cyn and Baseline Roads. The roadblocks were established at the request of Santa Barbara County Fire Department. ARES is a public service organization composed of licensed amateurs who have voluntarily registered their qualifications and equipment to provide communication support and other assistance when disaster strikes.
For more information about ARES see
http://www.santamariaares.org/
(Note: at the time of posting I could not get this link to open)
Incident: Zaca
Released: 2007-07-12 23:37:00 ET
Santa Maria Amateur Radio Operators assisting with Zaca Fire
Amateur radio operators affiliated with the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) are assisting firefighters on the Zaca Fire. Volunteers from the Santa Barbara section of the American Radio Relay League are staffing roadblocks at the intersection of Figueroa Mountain Road and SR 154 and at the intersection of Happy Cyn and Baseline Roads. The roadblocks were established at the request of Santa Barbara County Fire Department. ARES is a public service organization composed of licensed amateurs who have voluntarily registered their qualifications and equipment to provide communication support and other assistance when disaster strikes.
For more information about ARES see
http://www.santamariaares.org/
(Note: at the time of posting I could not get this link to open)
