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REACT International joins the world in expressing condolences to all those affected by the tragedies of September 11, 2001.

When SECONDS count...

REACT ... was there.   

In emergencies, reliable communications are the lifeline for survival.  

REACT International has Memorandum of Understandings with many organizations, including the Salvation Army, American Red Cross, the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) and NOAA. We are a participating member of the National Volunteer Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD) to help provide coordinating communications and support to the other members of this organization.

Following is a "brief" summary of only what we have been told is happening in the NYC area as REACT Teams mobilized to help provide support during this disaster. As more information becomes available, we will strive to post it here in a timely manner. Send relevant info or photos to webmaster@reactintl.org

REACT International is registered with Volunteer Match on their website. For more information, click on the logo shown to the right.

Index for page

Contact Info for REACT International and NY Council

Photos from NYC Salvation Army Divisional HQ

Primary Salvation Army Website


Summary Reports filed from NYC Area by date...

(If date number is not linked, there was no report filed for that date)

September 2001

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Summary Reports filed from Washington, DC Area

General Information...

As more information becomes available, we will post it here and distribute via e-mail. If you have not been receiving regular e-mail announcements from RI Secretary Lee Besing, send him a message to lbesing@reactintl.org and ask to be added. Please identify your REACT affiliation as applicable.

VOLUNTEERS ARE NO LONGER BEING SOLICITED FROM OUTSIDE THE GREATER NY CITY AREA, as of 10/14/2001. Local volunteers are still being accepted, with preferences for licensed Amateur or GMRS operators, but other volunteers can be used as well. Operations are reportedly scaling down.

Please do NOT simply drive to the NYC area without pre-arranging for your help and be given specific assignments or duties prior to arrival.

Prospective volunteers should first send an email to nychelp@reactintl.org.

Please read this report filed September 30th by Lawson Smith, President of Missouri State REACT Council and of Mark Twain REACT C226 to find out more about the conditions under which volunteers will be operating and the type of preparation you should consider before making your offer. Help is needed, but we need flexible volunteers willing to help out where needed. Click Here

 

REACT Support as of October 15, 2001

From the Greater NYC SATERN ARLO...

Operations in the NYC area are now being scaled back, and volunteers are no longer being sought from outside the Greater New York City area. It is felt that under current requirements, sufficient local volunteers are coming forward to maintain operations. Should this situation change, we will have the webmaster of the RI web site post our announcements here.

We wish to thank all of the many volunteers, both REACT and non-REACT, who have placed their lives on hold while they came to NYC to help out during this terrible disaster.

We encourage you to continue preparing for disaster relief communications by taking the emergency communications courses offered by both REACT International and ARRL.

Jeff Schneller, N2HPO,
Senior ARLO, acmefire@aol.com
Emergency Medical REACT (NYC), SATERN ARLO

REACT Support as of October 10, 2001

From the Webmaster...

New photos have been published on the photo page. Please allow for slow downloading, but I did use smaller thumbnail photos with comments to the right. If you click on any photo, you should get a much larger version of the photo in a separate window. Let me know if you find any broken links or links to the wrong photos because I did this late at night and I'm too tired to check them all more than twice. :) - Lee Besing, Webmaster

REACT Support as of October 9, 2001

From the Greater NYC SATERN ARLO...

Let me introduce myself, Carlos Varon, Jeff Schneller's (N2HPO) back-up in coordinating the volunteer effort to cover the 2 shifts (10AM-4PM, 4PM-10PM) presently in place.

We ask that any prospective volunteer NOT to call to the NYC Salvation DHQ or call our cell numbers or pagers, etc.

We ask that they send me an e-mail as I will use that as their file to process my paperwork. Now that the Southern NY State REACT Council has shut down their council level operations over the weekend, the need still remains for those REACT members or other persons who are ham/gmrs radio operators and have some time to donate.

Please bear with us as we may not be able to respond immediately to every e-mail sent. I would like to thank all the REACT Teams, individual members and Amateurs who have assisted and continue to assist on a personal basis.

God Bless America

Thanks

Carlos Varon, K2LCV/WPQN776
TSAEDS/ SATERN ARO Volunteer Coordinator
Emergency Medical REACT of NYC Inc (#4942)
President/Captain

 

Additional reports for previous weeks may be found by using the index above.

To speed up loading of this web page, we have begun splitting up the daily reports by week. Use the links below to see reports for...

Current Contact Info for REACT Operations in NYC Area...

Send email to NYCHELP@REACTINTL.ORG to volunteer your time.

Salvation Army Operations - NYC

REACT International Contacts...

Southern New York REACT Council Contacts...

Warren Dietz, President:

Charles Bessels, Vice President:

Local/Southern NY Team Contacts...

  • Team:  C047
    Nassau County REACT Inc  
    P.O. Box 406, Westbury, NY  11590  USA
    EM:      Joe_spinosa@prodigy.net

  • Team:  2240
    Westchester County REACT 
    Charles Bessels, President, EM:     wcr16@msn.com
    PH - home: 845-278-8254     (before 10pm EST) 
    17 Indian Hill Rd., Brewster, NY  10509  USA  
    EM:      mail@westchesterreact.org  
    W3:      http://www.westchesterreact.org
  • Team:  4938
    Dutchess / Putman County REACT
    P.O. Box 17, Holmes, NY  12531  USA
    Warren Deitz, President
    PH - home: 845-878-6442
    PH - mobile: 845 629-0064 or 845-629-0062
    PH - HQ: 845 228-1501
    EM:      dpr5758@yahoo.com
  • Team:  4942 Emergency Medical REACT of New York City
    35-34 170th St., Flushing, NY  11358  USA
    Carlos Varon, President
    PH: telephone - work: 718-755-6428
    FX: 516-827-3707
    EM:  TEAMEMREACT4942@NETSCAPE.NET 
    W3:     www.emrnyc.org

  • Team:  6029
    Central Suffolk REACT
    33 Smithtown Polk Blvd., Centereach, NY  11720  USA
    EM:      csreact@aol.com
  • Team:  6041
    Orange / Ulster County REACT
    P.O. Box 975, Marlboro, NY  12542  USA 
    Glenn Daniels- President
    PH: (845) 455-4900 (24 Hour Voicemail/Pager)
    EM:     REACTTeam6041@aol.com
  • Team:  3030
    Empire Central REACT
    P.O. Box 4721, Schenectady, NY  12303  USA
    EM:      react3030@juno.com
    W3:      www.albanyonline.net/ecr3030   

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