Fallbrook CA. honors ham radio wildfire emcomms

Southern California's Fallbrook Amateur Radio Club was recently honored for its contributions during last year's 10,000 acre wildfire.

Called the Rice Fire, the blaze destroyed 206 homes, two commercial buildings and 40 outbuildings in and around the Fallbrook area.

Now, Fire Chief Bill Metcalf has acknowledged several groups that provided valuable help when the town of Fallbrook was evacuated.

First on his list was the Fallbrook Amateur Radio Club, which Chief Metcalf said, put its people in the city's Emergency Operations Center and helped with communications.

Chief Metcalf termed the club as being a great group of community volunteers who function behind the scenes. He said that his hat is off to the Fallbrook Amateur Radio Club for a job well done.

The fire chief added that he and his staff are currently looking at ways to strengthen the club's involvement.

Fallbrook California is located North of the city of San Diego.

Source: ARNewsline, W6VR