 RSGB
responds to 7/7 report
The Radio Society of Great Britain has issued a public statement in
response to the London Assembly’s report into the 7 July bombings.
The London Assembly report concludes that the emergency services’
response to the terrorist attacks was hampered by poor communications.
In a press release, the RSGB stresses the important role that radio amateurs
have played in providing emergency communications following major disasters.
RSGB general manager Peter Kirby called on the UK government to start
taking amateur radio and Raynet groups seriously.
He said: “Radio amateurs are used extensively in other countries
abroad during times of emergency, and following the New Orleans flooding,
President Bush personally thanked radio amateurs in the US for providing
the communication systems that the government agencies were unable to
provide.”
Source: GB2RS News - Courtesy of the
RSGB
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