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Amateur Radio Emergency Network (AREN) news

In Ireland, three AREN delegates EI7IG, EI4JN and EI2JB recently attended a course on Field Search Skills hosted by the South East Mountain Rescue Association.

The 2 days of instruction included both classroom tuition and
practical exercises held in the Commeragh mountains.
This included a night exercise on the Saturday night.

Other professional and volunteer organisations represented included the Garda Siochana, the Coastguard, the Civil Defence and SEMRA.

While AREN's involvement in missing person search operations will principally be of a communications nature, it is important for members to be cognisant of the methods used and the challenges faced by the search teams.

For this purpose, a training module ‘AREN and SAR’ will be delivered to members in the near future.