The Emergency Communications Technical Team designed a “Solar GoBox” a portable solar-powered base station, with a 25-watt ham radio, antenna, storage battery, portable solar panel with an additional battery and an optional device to enable the station to transmit emails over the radio. But they will need to be recharged periodically, and the sun will be the only constant power source available. The radios are distributed widely throughout the area and tested weekly. To date, nearly 400 local citizens have trained on GMRS radios (the ubiquitous Yellow Radios), and more than 100 residents have earned their ham radio licenses. The EVCNB has developed a comprehensive and flexible communication plan which is based on General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS) and ham radios. One of the most critical aspects of disaster resilience is communication - among neighbors, between neighborhoods, between the area Emergency Operations Center and neighborhoods, and with emergency management agencies in Tillamook and the Portland/Salem area. Members of the EVCNB Emergency Communications team have been planning to make the Nehalem Bay region as self-sufficient as possible after a major disaster. State and federal government assistance will likely focus on the big cities before reaching the smaller towns. Portable generators can help but rely on a supply of fuel. Broken roads and downed power lines could leave the area without electricity and cut off from the outside world for several weeks. Coastal communities are subject to many kinds of natural disasters - including fires, windstorms, mudslides, or a massive earthquake and tsunami - at any time.
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