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AMATEURS, INCLUDING RETIRED BREVARD COUNTY ARES EMERGENCY COORDINATOR JD
SHAW, K7LCW RICKY DELUCO, K4JTT NORTH DISTRICT EOC, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS,
ESTABLISHED AMATEUR RADIO EMERGENCY SERVICE OF BREVARD, INC.  ALSO KNOWN AS
THE BREVARD COUNTY ARES TEAM, OR BCAT, A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.
COMPLETING THE PROPER TRAINING BEFORE BCAT WAS ESTABLISHED, THE BREVARD
COUNTY ARES HAD BEEN DEVELOPING A DATABASE OF AMATEUR RADIO VOLUNTEERS
WILLING TO DONATE THEIR TIME, TALENT, AND EQUIPMENT, AND HAD BEEN
REGISTERING THEIR QUALIFICATIONS AND EQUIPMENT TO PROVIDE COMMUNICATIONS
DURING EMERGENCY AND PUBLIC SERVICE EVENTS.  BCAT IS A TEAM OF RESPONDERS
DEDICATED TO SERVING BREVARD COUNTY AND THE COMMUNITIES, BY WORKING HAND IN
HAND WITH AGENCIES WITH WHOM WE HAVE A SIGNED MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING,
AS WELL AS WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AS REQUESTED, SHAW SAID.  WHEN AN
INDIVIDUAL VOLUNTEERS WITH ARES, THEYRE MAKING A COMMITMENT TO TRAINING AND
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