Working the Connecticut Food Bank Mobile Food Pantry at St. Andrew's Lutheran Church, Ridgefield, Connecticut on Friday May 10th 2019

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer with the CT/RI Region wanted to share  working the Connecticut Food Bank Mobile Food Pantry at St. Andrew's Lutheran Church, Ridgefield, Connecticut on Friday May 10th 2019.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer with the CT/RI Region wanted to share  working the Connecticut Food Bank Mobile Food Pantry at St. Andrew's Lutheran Church, Ridgefield, Connecticut on Friday May 10th 2019.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo wanted to share volunteering as we first started here in Ridgefield, CT Connecticut Food Bank Mobile Pantry in Ridgefield, Connecticut was at Halpin Lane 2012

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo volunteering on December 14th 2018 getting ready for the Connecticut food bank mobile pantry at St. Andrew's Lutheran Church, Ridgefield, CT.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield  in #FairfieldCounty #CT  #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share Busy morning here with volunteers getting food to community with the Connecticut Food Bank Mobile Pantry even at 13 degrees cold weather for Friday 12th February 2016., As where here volunteering every 2nd Friday of each month. At St. Andrew's Lutheran Church, Ridgefield, Connecticut meets St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church 6 Ivy Hill Road Second Friday of the month – 11 a.m. Always looking for volunteers. 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer wanted to share at Connecticut Food Bank Mobile Pantry at St. Andrew's Lutheran Church, Ridgefield, CT on August 12th 2016 this would be my second time meeting him the first time is when Congressman Jim Himes had visited the Ridgefield, Connecticut Emergency Operations Center (EOC) during Hurricane Irene August 2011.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer wanted to share at Connecticut Food Bank Mobile Pantry at St. Andrew's Lutheran Church, Ridgefield, CT on August 12th 2016 this would be my second time meeting him the first time is when Congressman Jim Himes had visited the Ridgefield, Connecticut Emergency Operations Center (EOC) during Hurricane Irene August 2011.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share Town of Ridgefield pop up food pantry at Saint Stephens Episcopal Church November 6th 2017

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share Town of Ridgefield pop up food pantry at Saint Stephens Episcopal Church November 6th 2017

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share Getting ready for opening up our Town of Ridgefield Pop Up food pantry at Ballard Green on Monday April 9th 2018

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share Working the Ridgefield Health Department Booth and The BLAST Lyme and Tick-borne Disease Prevention Program Booth at The 45th Annual RVNA Health & Wellness Fair on Saturday, May 4th, 2019

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share Working the Ridgefield Health Department Booth and The BLAST Lyme and Tick-borne Disease Prevention Program Booth at The 45th Annual RVNA Health & Wellness Fair on Saturday, May 4th, 2019

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share in photo making new friends with Koda A Therapy Dog with Newtown Strong Therapy Dogs

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share in photo making new friends with Koda A Therapy Dog with Newtown Strong Therapy Dogs

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo as a volunteer with the Ridgefield, Connecticut Health Department. Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut is currently seeking part-time work in Public Health and or the Health Departments in the Ridgefield, Connecticut Area such as Danbury, CT and also Bethel, CT as I have my Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program certifications and Emergency Management Certifications seen on this blog and also my linkedin and indeed Resume pages. 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo volunteering on August 26, 2018 with Candlewood Amateur Radio Association (CARA) at the Western Connecticut Hamfest at Edmond Town Hall in Newtown, CT.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo representing the American Red Cross a volunteer with the CT/RI Region at the CARA Candlewood Amateur Radio Association Field day June 23rd-24th 2018 at Tarrywile Park & Mansion in Danbury, CT. 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo volunteering on July 20th 2018 with the volunteer team for the last Sandy Hook 5K pack up pick up at Reed Intermediate School

 #WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo volunteering on July 21st 2018 with the volunteer team for the last Sandy Hook 5K pack up pick up at the grounds of Fairfield Hills in Newtown, CT 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo taking part in the last Sandy Hook 5K  just after volunteering on July 21st 2018 with the volunteer team for the last Sandy Hook 5K pack up pick up at the grounds of Fairfield Hills in Newtown, CT 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo finishing the last Sandy Hook 5K  just after volunteering on July 21st 2018 with the volunteer team for the last Sandy Hook 5K pack up pick up at the grounds of Fairfield Hills in Newtown, CT 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut sharing photo of the American Red Cross Team Running in the Eversource Hartford Marathon Saturday October 13th 2018 in Hartford, Connecticut as away to raise funds for the American Red Cross in the half marathon part of the Eversource Hartford Marathon as away The American Red Cross be able to continue their support and kindness to all those that were affected by Hurricane Florence and Hurricane Michael. As the Connecticut Region American Red Cross help to sponsor this event. 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo Running in the half marathon part of the Eversource Hartford Marathon Saturday October 13th 2018 in Hartford, Connecticut as away to raise funds for the American Red Cross in the half marathon part of the Eversource Hartford Marathon as away The American Red Cross be able to continue their support and kindness to all those that were affected by Hurricane Florence and Hurricane Michael. As the Connecticut Region American Red Cross help to sponsor this event. I just have finished up about a 3 week deployment down to N.C with the American Red Cross September 11th - October 1st DR 711-19 Hurricane Florence NC. And would deploy in response to Hurricane Michael on October 22nd - November 4th for DR 750-19 HUR Michael GA 10-19 HUR. Also just returning from the American Red Cross Deployment to Chico, California DR 769-19 Camp Fire I was deployed November 28th 2018 through December 12th 2018. I did a 1:54:32 13.1 mile Half Marathon Overall 1176 out of 4116 Male 756 out if 1793 Male 45-49 91 out of 231 I hope to return next year to try and do the same of fund raising for The American Red Cross. I have a handful of marathons and half marathon, bike races, triathlons, Ironman distance triathlons a full 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bicycle ride and a marathon 26.22-mile run, to Ultra-Marathons 50km 31.1 mile run under my belt. I do not bike race and or do triathlons as I could not keep up with the ever raising cost of a race bike and or triathlon bike. As everything even the cost to race has gone up. A lot different then when I had used to do it mid 1980’s to about the mid 1990’s.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share my American Red Cross September 11th - October 1st DR 711-19 Hurricane Florence NC. And would deploy in response to Hurricane Michael on October 22nd - November 4th for DR 750-19 HUR Michael GA 10-19 HUR. Also just returning from the American Red Cross Deployment to Chico, California DR 769-19 Camp Fire I was deployed November 28th 2018 through December 12th 2018.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut American Red Cross Deployment to Wilmington, North Carolina Hurricane Florence DR 711-19. I was deployed September 25th 2018 to October 1st 2018 While working American Red Cross District 6 Headquarters with DST Disaster Services Technology Team. I did TIMS CS Customer Service my job included providing computer, printer and cell phone troubleshooting and pointing the equipment with IP addresses. Also helping out the local American Red Cross Chapter Office by testing out there Amateur Radio Ham Radio gear after the storm to make sure there systems where working.  I also traveled with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) IEEE-USA Community Outreach (MOVE) Mobile Outreach VEhicle to delivery a printer and computer to one of our American Red Cross Shelters while on deployment with the American Red Cross American Red Cross District 6 HQ with DST Disaster Services Technology Team Hurricane Florence in Wilmington, North Carolina. 

I'm a member of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) and the IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) so I can help out with the The MOVE (Mobile Outreach VEhicle) truck. As The American Red Cross and The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) have a partnership. And the IEEE-USA and the American Red Cross have partnership as well. I have my Communications Unit Leader (COML), Communications Technician (COMT) and Auxiliary Emergency Communications (AUXCOMM), Certification(s) I also have The State Tactical On-Scene Channel System (STOCS) Train the Trainer Certificate, L950: NIMS ICS All-Hazards Position Specific Incident Commander,  L967: All-Hazards Position Specific Logistics Section Chief Certifications without my PTB completed.

It takes a army of volunteers from all over the country to come together to do their part with the American Red Cross to help others and with the support of people from all over the country to help complete the mission.

The certifications you see on this blog are some I can help out a many different areas cross-trained besides American Red Cross DST Disaster Services Technology Team IT Information Technology. 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo with his DST Disaster Services Technology Team.Wilmington, North Carolina Hurricane Florence DR 711-19. I was deployed September 25th 2018 to October 1st 2018 While working American Red Cross District 6 Headquarters with DST Disaster Services Technology Team.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut sharing photo of  our DST Disaster Services Technology room at American Red Cross District 6 Headquarters in Wilmington, North Carolina Hurricane Florence DR 711-19 for Hurricane Florence Response.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut sharing photo of two ViaSat Pro Portable Terminals and also Using a Ubiquiti US-24 Unifi Switch with a Ubiquiti Unifi Security Gateway Pro (USG-PRO-4) to our DST SERVER which is a Laptop Computer in our DST Disaster Services Technology room at American Red Cross District 6 Headquarters in Wilmington, North Carolina Hurricane Florence DR 711-19 for Hurricane Florence Response.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut sharing photo of two ViaSat Pro Portable Terminals and also Using a Ubiquiti US-24 Unifi Switch with a Ubiquiti Unifi Security Gateway Pro (USG-PRO-4) to our DST SERVER which is a Laptop Computer in our DST Disaster Services Technology room at American Red Cross District 6 Headquarters in Wilmington, North Carolina Hurricane Florence DR 711-19 for Hurricane Florence Response.

UniFi Security Gateway Pro Quick Start Guide - Ubiquiti Networks https://dl.ubnt.com/guides/UniFi/USG-PRO-4_QSG.pdf

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo in our DST Disaster Services Technology room at American Red Cross District 6 Headquarters in Wilmington, North Carolina Hurricane Florence DR 711-19 for Hurricane Florence Response.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut sharing photo night time operations on the Headquarters roof doing some DST Disaster Services Technology Team training for the new volunteers training with the ViaSat SurfBeam 2 Pro Portable with two ViaSat Pro Portable Terminals at American Red Cross District 6 Headquarters in Wilmington, North Carolina Hurricane Florence DR 711-19 for Hurricane Florence Response.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut sharing photo at the local American Red Cross Chapter Office by testing out there Amateur Radio Ham Radio gear after the storm to make sure there systems where working in Wilmington, North Carolina Hurricane Florence DR 711-19 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo on 7.184.98 LSB HF Testing out the local American Red Cross Chapter Office by testing out there Amateur Radio Ham Radio gear after the storm to make sure there systems where working in Wilmington, North Carolina Hurricane Florence DR 711-19 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo on 7.184.98 LSB HF Testing out the local American Red Cross Chapter Office by testing out there Amateur Radio Ham Radio gear after the storm to make sure there systems where working in Wilmington, North Carolina Hurricane Florence DR 711-19 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut sharing photo on 7.184.98 LSB HF Testing out the local American Red Cross Chapter Office by testing out there Amateur Radio Ham Radio gear after the storm to make sure there systems where working in Wilmington, North Carolina Hurricane Florence DR 711-19 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo with John at American Red Cross District 6 Headquarters in Wilmington, North Carolina Hurricane Florence DR 711-19 for Hurricane Florence Response 2018. John was working with me at my first Sheltering Deployment for American Red Cross DR 414-18 Hurricane Irma FL 2017.

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#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo with Jody at American Red Cross District 6 Headquarters in Wilmington, North Carolina Hurricane Florence DR 711-19 for Hurricane Florence Response 2018. Jody was my Shelter Manager for my first Sheltering Deployment for American Red Cross DR 414-18 Hurricane Irma FL 2017. 

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#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo with another American Red Cross Volunteer with T5 CT/RI Territory 5 Connecticut/Rhode Island Region at American Red Cross District 6 Headquarters in Wilmington, North Carolina Hurricane Florence DR 711-19 for Hurricane Florence Response.

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#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut sharing photo of the HOPE Animal-Assisted Crisis Response Vest belonging to Maggie at our American Red Cross District 6 Headquarters with DST Disaster Services Technology Team in  Wilmington, North Carolina for Hurricane Florence Response.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo with Maggie and another dog (don't remember what the little dogs name was) with the HOPE Animal-Assisted Crisis Response at our American Red Cross District 6 Headquarters with DST Disaster Services Technology Team in  Wilmington, North Carolina for Hurricane Florence Response.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo with Maggie and another dog (don't remember what the little dogs name was) with the HOPE Animal-Assisted Crisis Response at our American Red Cross District 6 Headquarters with DST Disaster Services Technology Team in  Wilmington, North Carolina for Hurricane Florence Response.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo with the The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) IEEE-USA Community Outreach (MOVE) Mobile Outreach VEhicle Volunteers at our American Red Cross District 6 Headquarters with DST Disaster Services Technology Team in  Wilmington, North Carolina for Hurricane Florence Response.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo with the The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) IEEE-USA Community Outreach (MOVE) Mobile Outreach VEhicle Volunteers at our American Red Cross District 6 Headquarters with DST Disaster Services Technology Team in  Wilmington, North Carolina for Hurricane Florence Response.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo with the The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) IEEE-USA Community Outreach (MOVE) Mobile Outreach VEhicle Volunteers at our American Red Cross District 6 Headquarters with DST Disaster Services Technology Team in  Wilmington, North Carolina for Hurricane Florence Response.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut sharing photo of  The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) IEEE-USA Community Outreach (MOVE) Mobile Outreach VEhicle Volunteers at our American Red Cross District 6 Headquarters with DST Disaster Services Technology Team in  Wilmington, North Carolina for Hurricane Florence Response.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share that it was great to learn about the The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) IEEE-USA Community Outreach (MOVE) Mobile Outreach VEhicle from my freind Tim Forrest in who was like a mentor to me while working together with the American Red Cross DST Disaster Services Technology for Hurricane Irma FL 2017.  So I was familiar with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) name as here some of my father’s old books: Key Papers in the Development of Coding Theory Elwyn R. Berlekamp IEEE Press and Spread Spectrum Techniques Robert C. Dixon IEEE Press and Data Communication Via Fading Channels Kenneth Brayer IEEE Press.  As my father and his colleagues is mentioned in IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing under Error analysis of maximum likelihood estimates of physical parameters from one or more dispersive waves which is also mentioned in this book Handbook of Borehole Acoustics and Rock Physics for Reservoir Characterization. Other papers-articles in IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control 1992 IEEE 1992 Ultrasonics Symposium Proceedings IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing 1995 Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, ICASSP '98

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo with Jay Diepenbrock and Brian Greene two volunteers with The  Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) IEEE-USA Community Outreach (MOVE) Mobile Outreach VEhicle Volunteers at our American Red Cross District 6 Headquarters with DST Disaster Services Technology Team in  Wilmington, North Carolina for Hurricane Florence Response.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo with Grayson Randall, and Tim Forrest two volunteers with The  Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) IEEE-USA Community Outreach (MOVE) Mobile Outreach VEhicle Volunteers at our American Red Cross District 6 Headquarters with DST Disaster Services Technology Team in  Wilmington, North Carolina for Hurricane Florence Response.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share first meet up with Tim Forrest a volunteer with The  Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) IEEE-USA Community Outreach (MOVE) Mobile Outreach VEhicle as seen in this photo with him and T. Zeller with the American working Red Cross DST Disaster Services Technology at our new  DROHQ Headquarters in Fort Myers, Florida Hurricane Irma 2017 with DROHQ DR 414-18 Hurricane Irma FL 2017 American Red Cross Hurricane Irma 2017. 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo with Jay Diepenbrock and Brian Greene two volunteers with The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) IEEE-USA Community Outreach (MOVE) Mobile Outreach VEhicle  Volunteers on the road to delivery a printer and computer to one of our American Red Cross Shelter in North Carolina for Hurricane Florence Response.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo with the IEEE USA Presidential Citation signed by Peter A, Eckstein 2016 President IEEE-USA with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) IEEE-USA Community Outreach (MOVE) Mobile Outreach VEhicle on the road to delivery a printer and computer to one of our American Red Cross Shelter in North Carolina for Hurricane Florence Response.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut sharing inside photo with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) IEEE-USA Community Outreach (MOVE) Mobile Outreach VEhicle on the road to delivery a printer and computer to one of our American Red Cross Shelter in North Carolina for Hurricane Florence Response.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo on the road with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) IEEE-USA Community Outreach (MOVE) Mobile Outreach VEhicle to delivery a printer and computer to one of our American Red Cross Shelter in North Carolina for Hurricane Florence Response.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut sharing photo on the road with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) IEEE-USA Community Outreach (MOVE) Mobile Outreach VEhicle to delivery a printer and computer to one of our American Red Cross Shelter in North Carolina for Hurricane Florence Response.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut sharing photo of the FDNY Disaster Assistance Response Team and the American Red Cross working together at our American Red Cross Shelter at John T. Hoggard High School in Wilmington, North Carolina for Hurricane Florence. The FDNY Disaster Assistance Response Team program is a partnership between the FDNY and the American Red Cross in Greater New York 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo with Lt. Ricco Diaz, of the FDNY Disaster Assistance Response Team on September 23rd 2018. I had first meet up with the FDNY Disaster Assistance Response Team at our American Red Cross Shelter at John T. Hoggard High School in Wilmington, North Carolina for Hurricane Florence

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo with two members of the FDNY Disaster Assistance Response Team at our American Red Cross District 6 Headquarters in Wilmington, North Carolina. I had first meet up with the FDNY Disaster Assistance Response Team at our American Red Cross Shelter at John T. Hoggard High School in Wilmington, North Carolina for Hurricane Florence

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo with the #OBRCares #WeAreOBR Operation BBQ Relief with Jerry Stitzel in Wilmington, North Carolina for Hurricane Florence Response.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo with the #OBRCares #WeAreOBR Operation BBQ Relief with Jerry Stitzel in Wilmington, North Carolina for Hurricane Florence Response.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo with the #OBRCares #WeAreOBR Operation BBQ Relief Mobile Command Center Wilmington, North Carolina for Hurricane Florence Response.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut sharing photo of the #OBRCares #WeAreOBR Operation BBQ Relief Mobile Command Center Wilmington, North Carolina for Hurricane Florence Response.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut sharing photo of the #OBRCares #WeAreOBR Operation BBQ Relief Mobile Command Center Wilmington, North Carolina for Hurricane Florence Response.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut sharing photo of the #OBRCares #WeAreOBR Operation BBQ Relief Mobile Command Center Wilmington, North Carolina for Hurricane Florence Response.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut sharing photo of the #OBRCares #WeAreOBR Operation BBQ Relief Truck in Wilmington, North Carolina for Hurricane Florence Response.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut sharing photo of the #OBRCares #WeAreOBR Operation BBQ Relief Trailer in Wilmington, North Carolina for Hurricane Florence Response.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut sharing photo of the #OBRCares #WeAreOBR Operation BBQ Relief volunteer workers in Wilmington, North Carolina for Hurricane Florence Response.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut sharing photo of the #OBRCares #WeAreOBR Operation BBQ Relief volunteer workers and in what I believe is the Man V Food travel channel tent in Wilmington, North Carolina for Hurricane Florence Response.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut sharing photo of the #OBRCares #WeAreOBR Operation BBQ Relief with Ole Hickory Pits Equipment in Wilmington, North Carolina for Hurricane Florence Response.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut sharing photo of the #OBRCares #WeAreOBR Operation BBQ Relief with Baker's Ribs Dallas, Texas in Wilmington, North Carolina for Hurricane Florence Response.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut sharing photo with Downtown Dairy Treats of Lincolnton, North Carolina owner, Chad Scott Ice Cream Bus in Wilmington, North Carolina for Hurricane Florence Response. Chad’s Bus was stationed where Operation BBQ Relief was also stationed at. Many Thanks for the ice cream on my day off. 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut sharing photo with Downtown Dairy Treats of Lincolnton, North Carolina owner, Chad Scott Ice Cream Bus in Wilmington, North Carolina for Hurricane Florence Response. Chad’s Bus was stationed where Operation BBQ Relief was also stationed at. Many Thanks for the ice cream on my day off. 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo with Downtown Dairy Treats of Lincolnton, North Carolina owner, Chad Scott in who I had meet up with in Wilmington, North Carolina for Hurricane Florence Response. Chad’s Bus was stationed where Operation BBQ Relief was also stationed at. Many Thanks for the ice cream on my day off. 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut sharing photo of a The Verizon Response Team (VRT) trailer in Wilmington, North Carolina for Hurricane Florence Response.

WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut sharing photo of American Red Cross Emergency Response Vehicles (ERVs) with a beautiful sun rise in Wilmington, North Carolina for Hurricane Florence Response.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut sharing photo of Baptists On Mission (NCBM) NC Baptist Men and Women’s Disaster Relief Ministry Trailer at a American Red Cross Kitchen  in Wilmington, North Carolina for Hurricane Florence Response.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut sharing photo of Baptists On Mission (NCBM) NC Baptist Men and Women’s Disaster Relief Ministry Trailer at a American Red Cross Kitchen  in Wilmington, North Carolina for Hurricane Florence Response.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut sharing photo of Baptists On Mission (NCBM) NC Baptist Men and Women’s Disaster Relief Ministry Trailer at a American Red Cross Kitchen  in Wilmington, North Carolina for Hurricane Florence Response.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut sharing photo of Baptists On Mission (NCBM) NC Baptist Men and Women’s Disaster Relief Ministry Trailer at a American Red Cross Kitchen  in Wilmington, North Carolina for Hurricane Florence Response.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut sharing photo of Baptists On Mission (NCBM) NC Baptist Men and Women’s Disaster Relief Recovery Unit  Trailer at a American Red Cross Kitchen  in Wilmington, North Carolina for Hurricane Florence Response.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in this nice article in The Ridgefield Press Newspaper Ridgefielder lends a helping hand to Florence victims

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut share Ridgefield Volunteer Joins Team of Florence Relief Responders He will be among the first volunteers heading south with the Red Cross to North Carolina as seen in Patch Media. I had did not know this was out in Social Media as I was traveling down there on this day September 11th 2018 for my first 2 week part of my deployment down there. I just like and enjoy helping others where I can just something that also my parents do as well something you're just brought up doing.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo with his Two of Shelter Staff Personal in my American Red Cross Deployment to North Carolina Hurricane Florence DR 711-19 September 11th 2018 through September 25th 2018 Deployed to Rocky Point N.C American Red Cross Shelter at Cape Fear Elementary then to our American Red Cross Shelter at Pender High School then my last American Red Cross Shelter at John T. Hoggard High School in Wilmington, North Carolina. My job included registering people and get them to the available cots in the Shelter as well as issuing Red Cross comfit kits and blankets. As well as unloading relief supplies trucked in MRE’s, cots and bottles of water, and make sure those in my care were looked after and helping folks off a US Coast Guard Helicopter and a US Army medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) Black Hawk helicopter in which brought in clintets to the shelters as road where flooded out. As I enjoy helping out others where I can. I apologies as my smartphone camera feature not the best need to upgrade my smartphone to take better pictures

 #WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who is a American Red Cross Volunteer in photo at the American Red Cross Staff Shelter at Saint James Baptist Church of Durham, North Carolina. We had stayed here until we got our deployment assignments to which American Red Cross Shelter that we would be working at. 

  #WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who is a American Red Cross Volunteer in photo with the American Red Cross Shelter Staff for the Shelter at Cape Fear Elementary School in Rocky Point, North Carolina 

 #WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who is a American Red Cross Volunteer  in photo with the American Red Cross Shelter Staff for the 7pm-7am shift in the shelter at Cape Fear Elementary School in Rocky Point, North Carolina 

 #WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who is a American Red Cross Volunteer sharing photo of my cot home at the American Red Cross shelter at Cape Fear Elementary School in Rocky Point, North Carolina

 #WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who is a American Red Cross Volunteer in photo with the  Cape Fear Elementary School Sign in Rocky Point, North Carolina

 #WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who is a American Red Cross Volunteer sharing photo of a United States Coast Guard Helicopter MH-65 Dolphin flying in clients to the Cape Fear Elementary School  in Rocky Point, North Carolina as the roads where all flooded out.

  #WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who is a American Red Cross Volunteer sharing photo of a United States Coast Guard Helicopter Sikorsky MH-60 Jayhawk flying in clients to the American Red Cross Shelter at Pender High School in Burgaw North Carolina as the roads where all flooded out.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who is a American Red Cross Volunteer sharing photo of a the Humane Society of Missouri Trailer at the American Red Cross Shelter at Pender High School in Burgaw North Carolina

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in this nice article in The Ridgefield Press Newspaper Ridgefielder lends a helping hand to Florence victims

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut share Ridgefield Volunteer Joins Team of Florence Relief Responders He will be among the first volunteers heading south with the Red Cross to North Carolina as seen in Patch Media. I had did not know this was out in Social Media as I was traveling down there on this day September 11th 2018 for my first 2 week part of my deployment down there. I just like and enjoy helping others where I can just something that also my parents do as well something you're just brought up doing.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo with his DST Disaster Services Technology Team. American Red Cross Deployment to Albany, Georgia Hurricane Michael DR 750-19 to work the American Red Cross DROHQ Disaster Relief Operation Headquarters with DST Disaster Services Technology Team for two weeks. October 22nd though November 4th 2018. While working American Red Cross DROHQ Disaster Relief Operation Headquarters I did TIMS CS Customer Service my job included providing computer, printer and cell phone troubleshooting. Also one of my jobs since I have my All-Hazards Communications Unit Leader (COML) Certification without my PTB completed was to lead a team tasked with doing communications equipment evaluation of the American Red Cross Emergency Response Vehicles before they left Operation at two different American Red Cross Kitchens. Such at Second Harvest of South Georgia in Thomasville, GA and also at the Morningside Baptist Church in Bainbridge, GA I would not have been able to deploy if a local animal hospital didn't offer to provide me with boarding for my dog for the two weeks. And also the support from the local animal shelter in which I volunteer at for my aging dog in which is like comfort therapy dog to me. Sometimes it takes volunteers to watch volunteers pets so they can be able to deploy and help out others. I have my Communications Unit Leader (COML), Communications Technician (COMT) and Auxiliary Emergency Communications (AUXCOMM), Certification(s) I also have The State Tactical On-Scene Channel System (STOCS) Train the Trainer Certificate, L950: NIMS ICS All-Hazards Position Specific Incident Commander,  L967: All-Hazards Position Specific Logistics Section Chief Certifications without my PTB completed.

It takes a army of volunteers from all over the country to come together to do their part with the American Red Cross to help others and with the support of people from all over the country to help complete the mission.

The certifications you see on this blog are some I can help out a many different areas cross-trained besides American Red Cross DST Disaster Services Technology Team IT Information Technology. 

I'm a member of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) and the IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) so I can help out with the The MOVE (Mobile Outreach VEhicle) truck. As The American Red Cross and The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) have a partnership. And the IEEE-USA and the American Red Cross have partnership as well. 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo with his DST Disaster Services Technology Team. American Red Cross DROHQ Disaster Relief Operation Headquarters American Red Cross Deployment to Albany, Georgia Hurricane Michael DR 750-19 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo with his DST Disaster Services Technology Team. American Red Cross DROHQ Disaster Relief Operation Headquarters American Red Cross Deployment to Albany, Georgia Hurricane Michael DR 750-19 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo with the Welcome to DR 750-19 (Old) Albany High School 801 W. Residence Ave Albany, GA 31701 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut American Red Cross Deployment to Albany, Georgia Hurricane Michael DR 750-19 in photo at American Red Cross DROHQ Disaster Relief Operation Headquarters American Red Cross Deployment to Albany, Georgia Hurricane Michael DR 750-19 at The (Old) Albany High School 801 W. Residence Ave Albany, GA 31701 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo while working TIMS CS Customer Service my job included providing computer, printer and cell phone troubleshooting and provide end-user assistance with the DST Disaster Services Technology Team. American Red Cross DROHQ Disaster Relief Operation Headquarters American Red Cross Deployment to Albany, Georgia Hurricane Michael DR 750-19 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut American Red Cross Deployment to Albany, Georgia Hurricane Michael DR 750-19 in photo at American Red Cross DROHQ Disaster Relief Operation Headquarters American Red Cross Deployment to Albany, Georgia Hurricane Michael DR 750-19 at The (Old) Albany High School 801 W. Residence Ave Albany, GA 31701 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut sharing photo some of our DST Disaster Services Technology Equipment. Doing a inventory on our equipment and checking to make sure all equipment accounted for at The American Red Cross DROHQ Disaster Relief Operation Headquarters American Red Cross Deployment to Albany, Georgia Hurricane Michael DR 750-19

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut sharing photo some of our DST Disaster Services Technology Equipment. Getting ready to ship equipment back to the warehouse once a inventory has been completed and the same equipment that was sent to us at The American Red Cross DROHQ Disaster Relief Operation Headquarters American Red Cross Deployment to Albany, Georgia Hurricane Michael DR 750-19 verified and checked.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo with one of our DST Disaster Services Technology  ViaSat SurfBeam 2 Pro Portable with a ViaSat Pro Portable Terminal set up as practice at the  The American Red Cross DROHQ Disaster Relief Operation Headquarters American Red Cross Deployment to Albany, Georgia Hurricane Michael DR 750-19

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo with our American Red Cross sign set up for photo(s) at the The American Red Cross DROHQ Disaster Relief Operation Headquarters American Red Cross Deployment to Albany, Georgia Hurricane Michael DR 750-19 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo meeting up with old friends from past deployments at the American Red Cross DROHQ Disaster Relief Operation Headquarters American Red Cross Deployment to Albany, Georgia Hurricane Michael DR 750-19 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo meeting up with old friends from past deployments at American Red Cross Deployment to Albany, Georgia Hurricane Michael DR 750-19 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut with the DST Disaster Services Technology Road Team at one our American Red Cross Kitchens at the Morningside Baptist Church in Bainbridge, GA tasked with leading a team tasked with doing communications equipment evaluation of the American Red Cross Emergency Response Vehicles (ERVs)

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut with the DST Disaster Services Technology Road Team at one our American Red Cross Kitchens at the Morningside Baptist Church in Bainbridge, GA  tasked with doing communications equipment evaluation of the American Red Cross Emergency Response Vehicles (ERVs). In photo shows a American Red Cross Emergency Response Vehicles (ERVs) with (SBDR) Southern Baptist Convention Disaster Relief Trucks. 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut with the DST Disaster Services Technology Road Team at one our American Red Cross Kitchens at the Morningside Baptist Church in Bainbridge, GA tasked with doing communications equipment evaluation of the American Red Cross Emergency Response Vehicles (ERVs). In photo shows a (SBDR) Southern Baptist Disaster Relief  Feeding Unit Trucks. 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut with the DST Disaster Services Technology Road Team at one our American Red Cross Kitchens at the Morningside Baptist Church in Bainbridge, GA. In photo with a (SBDR) Southern Baptist Disaster Relief Shower Unit from Jonesboro,Georgia . Appears the (SBDR) Southern Baptist Disaster Volunteers have their own army of volunteers. My first time seeing their operations and impressed by what I saw. 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut with the DST Disaster Services Technology Road Team at one our American Red Cross Kitchens at the Morningside Baptist Church in Bainbridge, GA. In photo with a (SBDR) Southern Baptist Disaster Incident Management Team Trailer (SBDR) Southern Baptist Disaster Volunteers have their own army of volunteers. My first time seeing their operations and impressed by what I saw. 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut with the DST Disaster Services Technology Road Team at one our American Red Cross Kitchens at the Morningside Baptist Church in Bainbridge, GA tasked with doing communications equipment evaluation of the American Red Cross Emergency Response Vehicles (ERVs)

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut with the DST Disaster Services Technology Road Team at one our American Red Cross Kitchens at the Morningside Baptist Church in Bainbridge, GA Photo of Sysco trailers. It takes a lot of volunteer team efforts to feed people from the American Red Cross and the (SBDR) Southern Baptist Disaster Relief coming together to help others out.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut with the DST Disaster Services Technology Road Team in photo at one our American Red Cross Kitchens at the Second Harvest of South Georgia in Thomasville, GA Regional Distribution Center Thomasville, GA tasked with doing communications equipment evaluation of the American Red Cross Emergency Response Vehicles (ERVs)

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo with one of our American Red Cross Emergency Response Vehicles (ERVs) at one our American Red Cross Kitchens at the Second Harvest of South Georgia in Thomasville, GA Regional Distribution Center Thomasville, GA tasked with doing communications equipment evaluation of the American Red Cross Emergency Response Vehicles (ERVs)

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut photo with our American Red Cross Emergency Response Vehicles (ERVs) at one our American Red Cross Kitchens at the Second Harvest of South Georgia in Thomasville, GA Regional Distribution Center Thomasville, GA 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut sharing his American Red Cross Kitchen Site Management Certification. I enjoy being cross-trained in as many areas as possible as one never knows when might to have to use. As this course does mention DST Disaster Services Technology.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut sharing his American Red Cross Kitchen Site Management Simulation Certification. I enjoy being cross-trained in as many areas as possible as one never knows when might to have to use. As this course does mention DST Disaster Services Technology.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut sharing his American Red Cross ERVs: Ready, Set, Roll Certification. I enjoy being cross-trained in as many areas as possible as one never knows when might to have to use. 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo with one of our American Red Cross Emergency Response Vehicles (ERVs) Donated by The Burger King Corporation at one our American Red Cross Kitchens at the Second Harvest of South Georgia in Thomasville, GA Regional Distribution Center Thomasville, GA tasked with doing communications equipment evaluation of the American Red Cross Emergency Response Vehicles (ERVs)

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut with the DST Disaster Services Technology Road Team in photo some of our DST Disaster Services Technology items needed to perform the communications equipment checks of our American Red Cross Emergency Response Vehicles (ERVs) at one our American Red Cross Kitchens at the Second Harvest of South Georgia in Thomasville, GA Regional Distribution Center Thomasville, GA

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut on Deployment with the American Red Cross to Albany, Georgia Hurricane Michael DR 750-19  in photo with a old tree was uprooted damaged by Hurricane Michael.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield,Connecticut wanted to share it was a privilege to be able to deploy out to American Red Cross Deployment to Chico, California DR 769-19 Camp Fire I was deployed November 28th 2018 through December 12th 2018 with the American Red Cross working the DROHQ Disaster Relief Operation Headquarters in the former Facebook Ops Center - Chico on 1000 Fortress; Chico, California with DST Disaster Services Technology Team. Apart of the response to the Paradise, California Fire. American Red Cross DR 769-19 Camp Fire. I have been working with our DST team here at the American Red Cross DROHQ Disaster Relief Operation Headquarters while working TIMS CS Customer Service my job included providing computer, printer and cell phone troubleshooting. My job included being apart of what I call a DST Disaster Services Technology Road Team to install equipment ( hotspots, printers and computers setting up the WiFi and pointing the equipment with IP addresses) and provide end-user assistance. So traveling to remote sites such as our American Red Cross shelters such as the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds in Chico, California. And equipment recovery and accountability at out Shelter at the Butte County Fairgrounds in Gridley, CA and it Oroville Church of the Nazarene in Oroville, CA. And supplying our American Red Cross FAC Family Assistance Center in a former Walgreens with a computer and printer I would not have been able to deploy if a local animal hospital didn't offer to provide  me with boarding for my dog for the two weeks. And also the support from the local animal shelter in which I volunteer at for my aging dog in which is like comfort therapy dog to me. As watching the news and social media sites about the devastation and destruction of the Camp Fire and wildfire that destroyed Paradise, California. You want to go and deploy and do what you can do to help. So I was all pack up to go but had to scramble to try and find away for my aging dog and cat to be taken care of for two weeks before I could sign up and be deployed with the American Red Cross Deployment to Chico, California DR 769-19 Camp Fire.

Sometimes it takes volunteers to watch volunteers pets so they can be able to deploy and help out others. Wish I could have spent more time out there but had to return due to nobody able to watch my two pets more than two weeks. As I found my niche my calling of helping folks with the American Red Cross DST Disaster Services Technology Team we help our American Red Cross staff with IT Information Technology and communication issues so they can do their jobs helping out others at DROHQ Disaster Relief Operation Headquarters and or at one of our many American Red Cross Shelters and or anywhere American Red Cross needed communications and  IT Information Technology.

I would like to redeploy back to California with the American Red Cross DST Disaster Services Technology Team for the Camp Fire Recovery but I do not have anyone able to watch my old dog and take care of my cat for another two weeks.

It takes a army of volunteers from all over the country to come together to do their part with the American Red Cross to help others and with the support of people from all over the country to help complete the mission.

The certifications you see on this blog are some I can help out a many different areas cross-trained besides American Red Cross DST Disaster Services Technology Team IT Information Technology. 

This would be my first deployment to help out in the response of a wildfire. Though some training with some members of The U.S. Coast Guard Incident Management Assistance Team. CG-IMAT and also the members of the FDNY IMT FDNY Incident Management Team. And to be taught by some members and former members of the FDNY IMT FDNY Incident Management Team, National Park Service Southwest Area Incident Management Team, U.S. Forest Service Fire Management Officer, and The Washington Interagency Incident Management Team 2 WA IMT-2 some of these instructors where with Wiland Associates, LLC  for 9 of my NIMS ICS All-Hazards Position Specific Courses. And would get familiar with the FIRESCOPE Field Operations Guide ICS 420-1 Incident Command System Publication, The National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) As used publications for my I-300 and I-400 class. And The U.S Coast Guard Incident Management Handbook (IMH) for my TEEX MGT-314 Enhanced All-Hazards Incident Management/Unified Command course.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share his U.S. Coast Guard Incident Management Assistance Team CG-IMAT  Patch

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share his FDNY IMT FDNY Incident Management Team Patch

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share the “New” Mobile Version of ICS 420-1 (FOG) The 2017 FIRESCOPE Field Operations Guide (FOG) Mobile App and The "New" FIRESCOPE Field Operations Guide ICS 420-1 Incident Command System Publication 2017 Edition

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share The Coast Guard Incident Management Handbook (IMH) and The Coast Guard Incident Management Handbook (IMH) Mobile Application Version

The United States Coast Guard does a excellent job with  it’s ICS forms and anything related to ICS that the USCG uses. If you look here at there USCG Content Preparedness Page  you see all the forms needed for that IAP and others as well a pdf of the The Coast Guard Incident Management Handbook (IMH-2014)  

The Operational Planning "P" The Operational Planning Process ICS Planning Cycle Video.  As seen in another spot in this blog page of mine. In a sense The TEEX MGT-314 Enhanced All-Hazards Incident Management/Unified Command Course you are doing what there doing in this video plus more.

FIRESCOPE Field Operations Guide ICS 420-1 Incident Command System Publication 2017 Edition

See below:

FIRESCOPE Field Operations Guide ICS 420-1 Incident Command System Publication 2017 Edition 

A older version can be seen here:

Please click on this to see a file or pdf of The December 2017 edition of the ICS 420-1 "Pocket Sized" Field Operations Guide (FOG)

Please click on this to see about FIRESCOPE (FIrefighting RESources of California Organized for Potential Emergencies)

We talk and discussed The History of ICS in which came from Firescope

(Firefighting Resources of California Organized for Potential Emergencies). 

Below are some links from articles I had come across about the above including the U.S Coast Guard ICS adoption and Homeland Security Presidential Directive-5 and NIMS (9/11) mentioned in one of the articles. 

From Firescope to NIMS How NIMS developed out of the earlier FIRESCOPE program 

Some Highlights of the Evolution of the Incident Command System As Developed by FIRESCOPE

In the same picture is The Coast Guard Incident Management Handbook (IMH-2014)

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer wanted to share he has successfully finished and completed The TEEX MGT-314 Enhanced All-Hazards Incident Management/Unified Command course held on March 7th-11th 2016 at the world-class National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center/Emergency Operations Training Center (NERRTC/EOTC) in College Station, Texas. #TEEX #EOTC #MGT-314 #ICS #NIMS #emergencymanagement #emergencymgmt #emergencyresponse #firstresponders #training #disaster

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer wanted to share his Enhanced All-Hazards Incident Management/Unified Command Certificate

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer L-950 All-Hazards Incident Commander (IC) NIMS ICS All-Hazards Incident Commander

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer L-965 All-Hazards Resources Unit Leader (RESL) NIMS ICS All-Hazards Resources Unit Leader

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer L-958 All-Hazards Operations Section Chief (OSC) NIMS ICS  All-Hazards Operations Section Chief 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer L-964 All-Hazards Situation Unit Leader (SITL) NIMS ICS All-Hazards Situation Unit Leader 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer L-962 All-Hazards Planning Section Chief (PSC) NIMS All-Hazards Planning Section Chief

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer L-967 All-Hazards Logistics Section Chief (LSC) NIMS ICS All-Hazards Logistics Section Chief

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer L-973 All-Hazards Finance/Administration Section Chief (FSC) NIMS ICS All-Hazards Finance/Administration Section Chief

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer L-971 All-Hazards Facilities Unit Leader (FACL) NIMS ICS All-Hazards Facilities Unit Leader 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer L-954 All-Hazards Safety Officer (SOFR) NIMS ICS All-Hazards Safety Officer

 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer wanted to share he has successfully completed The NIMS ICS All-Hazards Communications Unit Leader Course (E/L-0969)

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut Also a American Red Cross Volunteer wanted to share NYS DHSES New York State Division of Homeland Security And Emergency Services Certificate of Completion (ICS-300) I-300 Intermediate ICS For Expanding Incidents. 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut Also a American Red Cross Volunteer wanted to share (ICS-300) I-300 Intermediate ICS For Expanding Incidents at the Westchester County Department of Emergency Service in Valhalla, NY on October 17th 18th 19th 2012.

Was an experience as we had two great Instructor's Bob Panko and Rich Flanagan both had some great experiences in which they shared with the class. I would like to thank them both for a very good job in being our Instructor's . Bob Panko has his business called Risky Business Incident Management.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut Also a American Red Cross Volunteer wanted to share (ICS-400) I-400 ADVANCED ICS: ICS for Command and General Staff and Complex Incidents at The Putnam County Bureau of Emergency Services in Carmel, NY June 1st and 2nd 2013

We had used the FIRESCOPE Field Operations Guide ICS 420-1 Incident Command System Publication in our National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) I-300 Intermediate ICS For Expanding Incidents and National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) I-400 ADVANCED ICS: ICS for Command and General Staff and Complex Incidents as recommend and handed out so that the students can use it, the older version of this to the students.  (I-300 is now just ICS 300 and I-400 is now just ICS 400 you can read the history) also referenced used when taking all my NIMS ICS All-Hazards Position Specific Courses

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share his FEMA EMI Professional Development Series PDS in Emergency Management Certificate Of Achievement 18 April 2011

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share his FEMA Continuity of Operations Excellence Series—Level 1 (Professional Continuity Practitioner) certification 8th October 2014

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share he has successfully completed The NIMS ICS All-Hazards Communications Unit Leader Course (E/L-0969) that was held at Orange County Department Of Emergency Services, Goshen, New York. The Orange County Emergency Services Center Goshen, NY On July 12-14th 2016. Many thanks to Chris Carney Communications System Specialist Orange County Department of Emergency Services for hosting this event. All Many thanks to our two instructors Keith Victor of The Office of Emergency Communications (OEC) Interoperable Communications Technical Assistance Program (ICTAP)  and Toby Dusha NYS Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services NYS Office of Interoperable & Emergency Communications. And assisting Richard Claing CT IMT-3 And nice to have in our class Brett Chellis, Deputy Director of the Office of Interoperable and Emergency Communications and others from Connecticut like Town of Ridgefield Ed Briggs Director of Health and some folks from New Jersey.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share he has successfully completed The NIMS ICS All-Hazards Communications Unit Leader Course (E/L-0969) 

National All-Hazards Communications Unit Leader COML Mobilization Guide

DHS/OEC/ICTAP Communications Unit (COMU) Positions Description Recognized in the Incident Command System (ICS) Notice Amateur Radio Operators in the above chart. Amateur Radio Operators and AUXCOMM members support the COM-L as a Technical Specialist (THSP)

The ICS organizational chart with IC- Incident Commander LSC-Logistics Section Chief COML- Communications Unit Leader.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut wanted to share he has completed The NIMS ICS All-Hazards Incident Commander Course January 27th-31st 2014

 #WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut wanted to share he has completed The NIMS ICS All-Hazards Logistics Section Chief June 2nd-6th 2014

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share he has successfully completed The NIMS ICS All-Hazards Communications Unit Leader Course (E/L-0969) 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share that I recently completed the All-Hazards Communications Technician (COMT) Course in which held in Danbury, Connecticut March 26th-30th 2018.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share my All-Hazards Communications Technician (COMT) Course Certificate 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share his TRG-AUXCOMM: Auxiliary Emergency Communications Course Certificate. Auxiliary Emergency Communicator (AUXCOMM) – This unofficial ICS position supports the operational and technical aspects of the Auxiliary Communications Unit, maintains and/or operates the AUXCOMM network; the knowledge to perform this function applies to every AUXCOMM position. I had attended the DESPP Sponsored Auxiliary Emergency Communications AEC Workshop At the CT Fire Academy on May 3rd and May 4th 2014

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share his Connecticut, State Tactical On-Scene Channel System (STOCS) Train the Trainer Certificate

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut Also a American Red Cross Volunteer wanted to share my WA8UNS Connecticut ARES Amateur Radio Emergency Service 2007 Identification. CT REGION 5 Connecticut Amateur Radio Emergency Service (CT ARES) Radio Amateur Civil Emergency (RACES)

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share at the Jamboree-on-the-Air - Boy Scouts of America  The Jamboree-on-the-Air, or JOTA, taking place at the John Sherman Hoyt Scout Reservation in West Redding, Connecticut with the CARA Candlewood Amateur Radio Association where on hand with three stations. I believe that this was the first time doing this. And or Hoyt Scout Camp in West Redding, Connecticut. Taking place Saturday 18th 2014 for the 2014 Scatacook Fall Camporee Hoyt.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share Member of ARES Amateur Radio Emergency Service KX1EOC Danbury, Connecticut holding the CT REGION 5 Amateur Radio Emergency Service Group (ARES REGION 5) Amateur Radio Emergency Service ( SET ) Simulated Emergency Test 4 October 2008  State Of Connecticut CONNECTICUT SECTION - SIMULATED EMERGENCY TEST

 #WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share remembering the KR1COM Town of Ridgefield, CT Antenna Party 2007 Placing new antennas on the EOC Emergency Operations Center Ridgefield, Connecticut 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share remembering the KR1COM Town of Ridgefield, CT Antenna Party 2007 Placing new antennas on the EOC Emergency Operations Center Ridgefield, Connecticut 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share at KX1EOC Danbury,CT the above photo was taken on the day Simply Simplex test was done in ARRL QST Magazine March 2008, Vol. 92 Issue 3, p90 WA8UNS Mentioned

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share with Danbury Hospital Emergency Communications Amateur Radio-Ham Radio in Danbury, CT on September  2010

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share with the State of Connecticut Mass Decontamination Trailer number 13 when had visited Ridgefield, Connecticut about 2009  in which has the ICALL/ITAC-International Calling/ International Tactical radio’s

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share in photo with the State of Connecticut Mass Decontamination Trailer number 13 when had visited Ridgefield, Connecticut about 2009  in which has the ICALL/ITAC-International Calling/ International Tactical radio’s

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share at the controls of Ridgefield EOC Emergency Operations Center KR1COM Amateur Radio Ham Radio Station Amateur Radio Emergency Service Tropical Storm Irene Hurricane Irene Town Of Ridgefield, CT Wednesday August 31st 2011

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share The 2011 Halloween nor'easter, "Snowtober" and "Storm Alfred" Nor'easter Alfred Winter Snow Storm Alfred October 2011. At Ham Radio Station KR1COM at the Town Of Ridgefield, Connecticut EOC Emergency Operations Center 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share Hurricane Sandy 2012 "Superstorm Sandy” At Ham Radio Station KR1COM at the Town Of Ridgefield, Connecticut EOC Emergency Operations Center

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share CT REGION 5 Amateur Radio Emergency Service Group (ARES REGION 5) Amateur Radio Emergency Service ( SET ) Simulated Emergency Test Nov 9th 2013  State Of Connecticut CONNECTICUT SECTION - SIMULATED EMERGENCY TEST at EOC Emergency Operations Center KR1COM Amateur Radio Ham Radio Room

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share Connecticut REGION 5 Amateur Radio Emergency Service Group (ARES REGION 5) Informal 6 meter test Sunday, November 17,  2013 11:00 am CT Region 5 Connecticut in which doing a check-in on 53.020 simplex on the ICOM IC-7000. into a field station on Above All Road in Warren, Connecticut. 

 #WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share Connecticut REGION 5 Amateur Radio Emergency Service Group (ARES REGION 5) Amateur Radio Emergency Service ( SET ) Simulated Emergency Test Nov 9th 2013  State Of Connecticut CONNECTICUT SECTION - SIMULATED EMERGENCY TEST at EOC Emergency Operations Center KR1COM Amateur Radio Ham Radio Room

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share CT REGION 5 Amateur Radio Emergency Service Group (ARES REGION 5) Amateur Radio Emergency Service ( SET ) Simulated Emergency Test Nov 8th 2014  State Of Connecticut CONNECTICUT SECTION - SIMULATED EMERGENCY TEST at EOC Emergency Operations Center KR1COM Amateur Radio Ham Radio Room

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share CT REGION 5 Amateur Radio Emergency Service Group (ARES REGION 5) Amateur Radio Emergency Service ( SET ) Simulated Emergency Test Nov 14th 2015  State Of Connecticut CONNECTICUT SECTION - SIMULATED EMERGENCY TEST at EOC Emergency Operations Center KR1COM Amateur Radio Ham Radio Room

 #WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share he participated in Governor Malloy's The State Of Connecticut Emergency Planning and Preparedness Initiative (EPPI) on June 23rd 2014. Participating in the The State Of Connecticut Emergency Planning and Preparedness Initiative (EPPI) at The Town of Ridgefield, Connecticut EOC Emergency Operations Center for Communications support in keeping in contact with The Division of Homeland Security and Homeland Security of the Department of Public Safety (DEMHS) Region 5. 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share he participated in the Simplex Test on February 28th 2015 

 #WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share he was Net Control Radio Communications behind the scenes for The Run Like A Mother Event Sunday May 10th 2015

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share High Band Radio Test Friday October 2nd 2015 at 1000hrs at EOC Emergency Operations Center KR1COM Amateur Radio Ham Radio Room

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share he had just recently participated in Governor Malloy's The State Of Connecticut Emergency Planning and Preparedness Initiative (EPPI) October 21st 2015. This marks the 3rd year participating in the The State Of Connecticut Emergency Planning and Preparedness Initiative (EPPI) at The Town of Ridgefield, Connecticut EOC Emergency Operations Center for Communications support in keeping in contact with The Division of Homeland Security and Homeland Security of the Department of Public Safety (DEMHS) Region 5. By letting them know that we where receiving the injects and also participating in the exercise. This is also good to listen to see what other towns could be heard from Ridgefield, Connecticut during the exercise as well and keeping a note of it.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share he had just recently participated in Governor Malloy's The State Of Connecticut Emergency Planning and Preparedness Initiative (EPPI) October 29th and November 2nd 2016 This exercise had Simulated a Major Ice Storm Affecting the State. This marks the 4th year participating in the The State Of Connecticut Emergency Planning and Preparedness Initiative (EPPI) at The Town of Ridgefield, Connecticut EOC Emergency Operations Center for Communications support in keeping in contact with The Division of Homeland Security and Homeland Security of the Department of Public Safety (DEMHS) Region 5. By letting them know that we where receiving the injects and also participating in the exercise. This is also good to listen to see what other towns could be heard from Ridgefield, Connecticut during the exercise as well and keeping a note of it. 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer with the CT/RI Region want to share at KR1COM Ridgefield,CT for Connecticut Region 5 Amateur Radio Test August 4th 2018 Sponsored by the Connecticut Region 5 Regional Emergency Planning Team (REPT), ESF #2, ESF #5 and the Connecticut Region 5 Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ARES) CT REGION 5 Amateur Radio Emergency Service Group (ARES REGION 5) at EOC Emergency Operations Center KR1COM Amateur Radio Ham Radio Room

In above photo WA8UNS with NIGS and KC1JFQ and KB1OFQ took this photo

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share at KR1COM Ridgefield,CT for Connecticut Region 5 Amateur Radio Test August 5th 2017 Sponsored by the Connecticut Region 5 Regional Emergency Planning Team (REPT), ESF #2, ESF #5 and the Connecticut Region 5 Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ARES) CT REGION 5 Amateur Radio Emergency Service Group (ARES REGION 5) at EOC Emergency Operations Center KR1COM Amateur Radio Ham Radio Room

In above photo WA8UNS with W1SOP

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share at KR1COM Ridgefield,CT for Connecticut Region 5 Amateur Radio Test August 8th 2015 Sponsored by the Connecticut Region 5 Regional Emergency Planning Team (REPT), ESF #2, ESF #5 and the Connecticut Region 5 Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ARES) CT REGION 5 Amateur Radio Emergency Service Group (ARES REGION 5) at EOC Emergency Operations Center KR1COM Amateur Radio Ham Radio Room

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share at KR1COM Ridgefield,CT for Connecticut Region 5 Amateur Radio Test August 9th 2014 Sponsored by the Connecticut Region 5 Regional Emergency Planning Team (REPT), ESF #2, ESF #5 and the Connecticut Region 5 Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ARES) CT REGION 5 Amateur Radio Emergency Service Group (ARES REGION 5) at EOC Emergency Operations Center KR1COM Amateur Radio Ham Radio Room

 #WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share at KR1COM Ridgefield,CT for Connecticut Region 5 Amateur Radio Test August 3 2013 Sponsored by the Connecticut Region 5 Regional Emergency Planning Team (REPT), ESF #2, ESF #5 and the Connecticut Region 5 Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ARES) CT REGION 5 Amateur Radio Emergency Service Group (ARES REGION 5) at EOC Emergency Operations Center KR1COM Amateur Radio Ham Radio Room

I have my Communications Unit Leader (COML), Communications Technician (COMT) and Auxiliary Emergency Communications (AUXCOMM), Certification(s) I also have The State Tactical On-Scene Channel System (STOCS) Train the Trainer Certificate, L950: NIMS ICS All-Hazards Position Specific Incident Commander,  L967: All-Hazards Position Specific Logistics Section Chief Certifications without my PTB completed. Some photos of my deployment below. I guess when you had a very small part in the response to 9-11-01 that will always remain with you. I have had the honor to be taught by the best instructors from around the country sharing their real-world experiences with their class. In some of the training I have received from people that where there at Ground Zero WTC on 9/11 in which an honor to be taught by them. I’m glad to have made these accomplishments in my training which has been continuous, as it’s always evolving in Emergency Management. Some of my training might follow some of the recommendations from the 

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I'm a member of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) and the IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) so I can help out with the The MOVE (Mobile Outreach VEhicle) truck. As The American Red Cross and The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) have a partnership. And the IEEE-USA and the American Red Cross have partnership as well. 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo with American Red Cross DR 769-19 Orientation Welcome to Camp Fire Response first slide 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut sharing photo Chico, California DR 769-19 Camp Fire Thursday November 29th 2018 my first day at American Red Cross working the DROHQ Disaster Relief Operation Headquarters 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut sharing photo some nice DR 769-19 Camp Fire DST Disaster Services Technology Team art work.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo with the American Red Cross working the DROHQ Disaster Relief Operation Headquarters in the former Facebook Ops Center - Chico on 1000 Fortress; Chico, California DR 769-19 Camp Fire with DST Disaster Services Technology Team. 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo with a clue FACEBOOK AUTHORIZED WORKER USE ONLY Sticker that was on one of the doors there. 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo with a photo looking towards the Chico Municipal Airport from inside the former Facebook Ops Center and able to see one of the tents on the other side of the airport of the American Red Cross Village American Red Cross Staff Shelter was. DR 769-19 Camp Fire And where CalOES had Set Up Massive Operation To Provide Camp Fire Disaster Relief.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo with his DST Disaster Services Technology Team. American Red Cross Deployment to Chico, California DR 769-19 Camp Fire

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer with the DST team here at the American Red Cross DROHQ Disaster Relief Operation Headquarters DR 769-19 Camp Fire while working TIMS CS Customer Service my job included providing computer, printer and cell phone troubleshooting.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut showing a photo with his American Red Cross DROHQ Disaster Relief Operation Headquarters DR 769-19 Camp Fire DST Disaster Services Technology Team CS Customer Service Area. 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo working with our American Red Cross DROHQ Disaster Relief Operation Headquarters  DST Disaster Services Technology Equipment accountability and inventory and getting ready for some of the equipment to be sent back.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo with a Prescription Pets Therapy Dog Thanks for visiting us.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo with a Prescription Pets Therapy Dog Thanks for visiting us.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer sharing a photo of getting into the Holiday and Christmas spirit with our Christmas Tree with all the decorations at our  American Red Cross DR 769-19 Camp Fire working the DROHQ Disaster Relief Operation Headquarters 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer sharing a photo of a puzzle thank you so much card photo of a puzzle thank you so much card as cards like this one were distributed to the American Red Cross staff working the DROHQ Disaster Relief Operation Headquarters.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer sharing a photo of a puzzle thank you so much card photo of a puzzle thank you so much card as cards like this one were distributed to the American Red Cross staff working the DROHQ Disaster Relief Operation Headquarters. My puzzle thank you so much card was made by Olivia I'm not sure if these cards where made by Mrs. Nelson's Class Discovery Elementary School in Buffalo, MN But I guessing  they are. Many thanks to your students.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer sharing a photo of love and thanks hearts displayed on the wall of out  American Red Cross staff working the DROHQ Disaster Relief Operation Headquarters. DR 769-19 Camp Fire Made by Mrs. Nelson's Class Discovery Elementary School in Buffalo, MN November 2018.  Many thanks to your students.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer sharing a photo of the card by Made by Mrs. Nelson's Class Discovery Elementary School in Buffalo, MN November 2018.  Many thanks to your students. As displayed on the wall of out  American Red Cross staff working the DROHQ Disaster Relief Operation Headquarters. 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo  with the Fire Information board Public Information Map Camp Incident CA-BTU-016737 November 23-25 2018 Exported By IMT4 GIS at 11/22/2018 13:04  pointing to the location of Chico, California where our American Red Cross DROHQ Disaster Relief Operation Headquarters DR 769-19 Camp Fire was located. Fire Information board was posted at the American Red Cross Shelter at the Oroville Church of the Nazarene in Oroville, CA.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut sharing photo  with the Fire Information board Public Information Map Camp Incident CA-BTU-016737 November 23-25 2018 Exported By IMT4 GIS at 11/22/2018 13:04 Fire Information board was posted at the American Red Cross Shelter at the Oroville Church of the Nazarene in Oroville, CA.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut sharing photo  with the Fire Information board Public Information Map Camp Incident CA-BTU-016737 November 23-25 2018 Exported By IMT4 GIS at 11/22/2018 13:04 Fire Information board was posted at the American Red Cross Shelter at the Oroville Church of the Nazarene in Oroville, CA.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo at the Chico Municipal Airport Chico, California with two of what I believe are two air tankers Number 27 and 25 there at the Chico Municipal Airport. 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer with the DST Disaster Services Technology Road Team equipment recovery and accountability at our American Red Cross shelter at the Butte County Fairgrounds in Gridley, CA 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer with the DST Disaster Services Technology Road Team at the Farmer's Hall for equipment recovery and accountability at our American Red Cross shelter at the Butte County Fairgrounds in Gridley, CA 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer with the DST Disaster Services Technology Road Team Expo Hall for equipment recovery and accountability at American Red Cross shelter at the Butte County Fairgrounds in Gridley, CA 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer with the DST Disaster Services Technology Road Team sharing a photo of the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds in Chico, California. And how it was label to use as a American Red Cross shelter.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer with the DST Disaster Services Technology Road Team sharing a photo of some of our DST Disaster Services Technology equipment set up at our American Red Cross shelter at The Silver Dollar Fairgrounds in Chico, California. 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer with the DST Disaster Services Technology Road Team sharing a photo of some of our DST Disaster Services Technology equipment set up such as a Ubiquiti UniFi UAP-AC-LR UAP-AC-LR Wireless Access Points and also a Cradlepoint AER-2100 at our American Red Cross shelter at The Silver Dollar Fairgrounds in Chico, California. 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer with the DST Disaster Services Technology Road Team sharing a photo of some of our DST Disaster Services Technology equipment set up at our American Red Cross shelter at The Silver Dollar Fairgrounds in Chico, California. 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer with the DST Disaster Services Technology Road Team sharing got to meet up with a ITDRC Information Technology Disaster Resource Center Region 7 Director at our American Red Cross shelter at The Silver Dollar Fairgrounds in Chico, California. My first time hearing about them.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo with Gizmo here this afternoon for Monday December 10th 2018 at American Red Cross DROHQ in Chico California. DR 769-19 Camp Fire Today is my last official work day tomorrow Tuesday my day off and Wednesday start my travel back home in which is going to be a long day. Gizmo's calendar  changes for each new day while I have been here. Gizmo is a is a registered therapy dog and the world's tiniest K9 First Responder (www.k9fr.org). He is also hospice certified through VITAS Healthcare and is a reading assistance dog for Hartford Public Library. He is the first known Community Emergency Response Team Therapy K9. He also has his own FaceBook Page called Gizmo's Frens Gizmo's Frens - Home | Facebook as he and his handler Human Mom Jen our fren's.

 #WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut sharing photo of the American Humane Rescue Trailer at our American Red Cross shelter DR 769-19 Camp Fire at The Butte County Fairgrounds in Gridley, CA. 

 #WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut sharing photo Unclaimed Animals posting created by volunteer search sites for those caring for Camp Fire Animals. This information was posted at our American Red Cross shelters such as the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds in Chico, California. And hopes that all animals get reunited with their owners. I love animals and it was very difficult to see this as I know how I would feel being separated from my dog and cat and not knowing where they where.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut  photo Unclaimed Animals posting created by volunteer search sites for those caring for Camp Fire Animals. This information was posted at our American Red Cross shelters such as the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds in Chico, California. And hopes that all animals get reunited with their owners. I love animals and it was very difficult to see this as I know how I would feel being separated from my dog and cat and not knowing where they where. 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut sharing photo The North Valley Animal Disaster Group Sign as they where doing emergency sheltering of animals at the Chico Municipal Airport. I love animals and it was very difficult to see this as I know how I would feel being separated from my dog and cat and not knowing where they where. 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #ARC #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #Volunteer Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut sharing photo of A Verizon Response Team (VRT) Trailer in which had set up a Community Connection Center at our American Red Cross shelter at The Silver Dollar Fairgrounds in Chico, California DR 769-19 Camp Fire.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer wanted to share his American Red Cross DST Disaster Services Technology Certificates

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share his American Red Cross Disaster Services Technology Overview Workshop

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share his American Red Cross Disaster Services Technology Communications Workshop

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share his American Red Cross Disaster Services Technology Computer Operations Workshop

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share his American Red Cross Disaster Services Technology Customer Service Workshop

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share his American Red Cross Disaster Services Technology Networking Workshop

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share his American Red Cross Disaster Services Technology Information Management System

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share his American Red Cross Disaster Services Technology: The First 48 Hours of a DRO (Disaster Relief Operation)

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#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share his American Red Cross DCS GAP: Disaster Services Technology Communications Service Associate

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share his American Red Cross DCS GAP: Disaster Services Technology Networking Service Associate

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share his American Red Cross DCS GAP: Disaster Services Technology Customer Service Service Associate

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share his American Red Cross DCS GAP: Disaster Services Technology Computer Operations Service Associate

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share he has successfully completed The American Red Cross DST Disaster Services Technology Hands-On-Training that had taken place May 2018 Austin, Texas at the American Red Cross Disaster Services Maintenance Center.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share in photo at The American Red Cross DST Disaster Services Technology Hands-On-Training that had taken place May 2018 Austin, Texas at the American Red Cross Disaster Services Maintenance Center.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share in photo at The American Red Cross DST Disaster Services Technology Hands-On-Training that had taken place May 2018 Austin, Texas at the American Red Cross Disaster Services Maintenance Center.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share in photo at The American Red Cross DST Disaster Services Technology Hands-On-Training that had taken place May 2018 Austin, Texas at the American Red Cross Disaster Services Maintenance Center.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share in photo with Warren and David both in whom I had the honor with working with for the deployment DR 414-18 Hurricane Irma FL 2017 American Red Cross Hurricane Irma 2017. Photo taken at The American Red Cross DST Disaster Services Technology Hands-On-Training that had taken place May 2018 Austin, Texas at the American Red Cross Disaster Services Maintenance Center.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share the table 8 team photo at The American Red Cross DST Disaster Services Technology Hands-On-Training that had taken place May 2018 Austin, Texas at the American Red Cross Disaster Services Maintenance Center.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share in photo at The American Red Cross DST Disaster Services Technology Hands-On-Training that had taken place May 2018 Austin, Texas at the American Red Cross Disaster Services Maintenance Center. Thanks to Mary for taking these pictures of me.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share in photo at The American Red Cross DST Disaster Services Technology Hands-On-Training that had taken place May 2018 Austin, Texas at the American Red Cross Disaster Services Maintenance Center. Thanks to Mary for taking these pictures of me.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share in photo at The American Red Cross DST Disaster Services Technology Hands-On-Training that had taken place May 2018 Austin, Texas at the American Red Cross Disaster Services Maintenance Center.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share in photo at The American Red Cross DST Disaster Services Technology Hands-On-Training that had taken place May 2018 Austin, Texas at the American Red Cross Disaster Services Maintenance Center.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share in photo at The American Red Cross DST Disaster Services Technology Hands-On-Training that had taken place May 2018 Austin, Texas at the American Red Cross Disaster Services Maintenance Center.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share in photo Austin, Texas view from the hotel.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share trying to get people to sign up for American Red Cross Disaster Services Technology DST at our T5 Southbury CT monthly meeting at a job fair set up where folks come and sign up for more information about different areas one can volunteer with the American Red Cross.

If you might have intrest in American Red Cross DST Disaster Services Technology Please See for a Overview:  American Red Cross Welcome to Disaster Services Technology IN ONE SHOT

American Red Cross Disaster Services Technology Team DRO Table of Organization DST Chief > Communications Manager (CM) >Amateur Radio Liaison Associate 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer wanted to share Hurricanes Test Critical Communications A Mission Critical Communications Article. Mentions The Caribbean and also Florida in this article

WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share that I'm sharing the above article Hurricanes Test Critical Communications A Mission Critical Communications Article as I had worked my 2nd deployment with The American Red Cross Hurricane Irma 2017 with DROHQ DR 414-18 Hurricane Irma FL 2017 American Red Cross Hurricane Irma 2017. As a American Red Cross DST Disaster Services Technology Communications Service Associate.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer wanted to share

Hurricane Information Tips for Communicating in an Emergency 

"As I would like to take this time to mentioned that being able to do this two American Red Cross DR 414-18 Hurricane Irma FL 2017 National Deployments would not be possible without the support:  since I have two animals a dog and cat in whom need to be taken care of as I had written on my Facebook page: Many Thanks must go to my parents Chris and Frances in whom had watched my two kids of the four legged type. Without there help I would not have been able to leave Ridgefield, CT and be able to help others with the American Red Cross down there in Florida. As I have no wife and or girlfreind and or close freinds to have around to be able to watch and take care of my two kids of the four legged type."

I did things like setting up computers, fixing computer issues, IP issues as all and most of the computers to printers where all wireless,  you name it I did it just like MacGyver and or James Bond 007. :) Just made it happen with the knowledge I ready had plus also referencing the doc as well.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share in the above photo with Thomas and Warren and other DST American Red Cross DST Disaster Services Technology volunteers at the DROHQ at the first location in Orlando Florida.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share loading up the Van with equipment inside DROHQ Headquarters warehouse in Orlando Florida. Tim Forrest and myself had made several trips shuttling American Red Cross DST Disaster Services Technology equipment from DROHQ warehouse in Orlando Florida to what was to become our new DROHQ Headquarters located in Fort Myers Florida

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share At American Red Cross Lee County Chapter Fort Myers, FL. As reads on my FaceBook Page October 6th 2017: Just got here to do site survey for the new site coming for American Red Cross Disaster Headquarters not sure if where going to set up equipment this evening as will head back to Orlando tonight

American Red Cross "Through these doors pass the greatest volunteers in the world" a sign at the American Red Cross Lee County Chapter Fort Myers, FL.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share welcome to the American Red Cross DST Disaster Services Technology Communications Group office at our new  DROHQ Headquarters in Fort Myers, Florida at two office suites next to the At American Red Cross Lee County Chapter Fort Myers, Florida. Feeling proud to be able to show what I had did in pictures photos as this was my first time doing any of this. 

The above and only training I had for American Red Cross DST Disaster Services Technology Communications Service Associate. DST-CM-SA. And to my understand there is about 8 or 9 more course classes in the American Red Cross DST Disaster Services Technology Communications Group. So I had a lot of Just-In-Time Training at on a real American Red Cross Deployment.  But I ended up doing everything in American Red Cross DST Disaster Services Technology 

I did everything but Communications (Radio) as there was NO (Radio Communications) going on at the time so did Networking (computing), Computer Operations and Customer Service. 

I did things like setting up computers, fixing computer issues, IP issues as all and most of the computers to printers where all wireless,  you name it I did it just like MacGyver and or James Bond 007. :) Just made it happen with the knowledge I ready had plus also referencing the doc as well.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut American Red Cross DST Disaster Services Technology Communications Service Associate. DST-CM-SA. Using two ViaSat SurfBeam 2 Pro Portable with two ViaSat Pro Portable Terminals with a Ubiquiti US-24 Unifi Switch with a Ubiquiti Unifi Security Gateway Pro (USG-PRO-4) then we had used two UAP-AC-LR UAP-AC-LR Wireless Access Points 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share going through the ViaSat SurfBeam 2 Pro Portable with two ViaSat Pro Portable Terminals manual online as seen on the screen reads Appendix B Manually Entry the GPS Coordinates in Modem. 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share always travel with my Arizona Energy Herbal Tonic even on my 2nd deployment with The American Red Cross Hurricane Irma 2017. As if you look at all my photos on my blog you will always see a can. Arizona Beverage Company

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share in photo with Tim and Chuck ( from Logistics ) in which Tim and I had help Chuck set up all the tables and chairs before DROHQ staff had showed up to the new DROHQ Headquarters in Fort Myers, Florida 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share in photo with Tim  and Pam and Warren.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share in photo with Tim  and Thomas 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share in photo with Tim and Pam

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut American Red Cross DST Disaster Services Technology Communications Service Associate. DST-CM-SA. Setting up our DST Disaster Services Technology ViaSat SurfBeam 2 Pro Portable  on a nice hot Florida roof at our new American Red Cross DROHQ Headquarters located in Fort Myers Florida in which the Lee County Chapter American Red Cross was located

I found recently a ViaSat SurfBeam 2 Pro Portable Quick Start Guide

https://www.viasat.com/sites/default/files/media/documents/sb2pp_quickstart_guide_0.pdf

ViaSat Surfbeam Pro 2 Portable Documentation Downloads / Training

https://tacsatsupport.weebly.com/viasat-pro-2-portable-documents.html

As well as Cradlepoint

https://tacsatsupport.weebly.com/documents--firmware-downloads.html

Both found on the TacSat Networks Site.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut American Red Cross DST Disaster Services Technology Communications Service Associate. DST-CM-SA. Setting up our DST Disaster Services Technology VSAT system with with Thomas  teaching me on the job training doing it and also (missing from picture) Tim  on a nice hot Florida roof at our new American Red Cross DROHQ Headquarters located in Fort Myers Florida in which the Lee County Chapter American Red Cross is located. This set-up was done on October 7th 2017

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut American Red Cross DST Disaster Services Technology Communications Service Associate. DST-CM-SA. Setting up our DST Disaster Services Technology Using two ViaSat SurfBeam 2 Pro Portable with two ViaSat Pro Portable Terminals on a nice hot Florida roof at our new American Red Cross DROHQ Headquarters located in Fort Myers Florida in which the Lee County Chapter American Red Cross is located. This set-up was done on October 7th 2017

Using two ViaSat SurfBeam 2 Pro Portable with two ViaSat Pro Portable Terminals with a Ubiquiti US-24 Unifi Switch with a Ubiquiti Unifi Security Gateway Pro (USG-PRO-4) then we had used two UAP-AC-LR UAP-AC-LR Wireless Access Points 

Please see video's on ViaSat SurfBeam 2 Pro Portable Hands-On and also ViaSat Pro Portable Ka-band Broadband Terminal Setup. 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut American Red Cross DST Disaster Services Technology Communications Service Associate. DST-CM-SA. Checking various ViaSat SurfBeam Software functions such as ViaSat System Status, Setup, Network and Administration. 

Using a Ubiquiti US-24 Unifi Switch with a Ubiquiti Unifi Security Gateway Pro (USG-PRO-4) then we had used two UAP-AC-LR UAP-AC-LR Wireless Access Points

UniFi Security Gateway Pro Quick Start Guide - Ubiquiti Networks https://dl.ubnt.com/guides/UniFi/USG-PRO-4_QSG.pdf

Using RJ45 connectors with a RJ45 crimper

Using two ViaSat SurfBeam 2 Pro Portable with two ViaSat Pro Portable Terminals with a Ubiquiti US-24 Unifi Switch with a Ubiquiti Unifi Security Gateway Pro (USG-PRO-4) then we had used two UAP-AC-LR UAP-AC-LR Wireless Access Points 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share Tim and I connecting the cable to the the UAP-AC-LR UAP-AC-LR Wireless Access Points .

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share installing the cable in the ceilings to connect the UAP-AC-LR UAP-AC-LR Wireless Access Points so that the new DROHQ Headquarters in Fort Myers, Florida would be all set up for the American Red Cross volunteers could get wireless internet on their workstation computers when they transferred moved in from DROHQ Headquarters in Orlando Florida

Using two ViaSat SurfBeam 2 Pro Portable with two ViaSat Pro Portable Terminals with a Ubiquiti US-24 Unifi Switch with a Ubiquiti Unifi Security Gateway Pro (USG-PRO-4) then we had used two UAP-AC-LR UAP-AC-LR Wireless Access Points 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share Using two ViaSat SurfBeam 2 Pro Portable with two ViaSat Pro Portable Terminals with a Ubiquiti US-24 Unifi Switch with a Ubiquiti Unifi Security Gateway Pro (USG-PRO-4) then we had used two UAP-AC-LR UAP-AC-LR Wireless Access Points October 8th 2017. As written on my Facebook Page Welcome to our server and ViaSat Modem so then we connect folks in there different sections with WIFI to be able to do there functions. Here at what will become our new American Red Cross Headquarters. 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share On my Facebook page on at Lee County American Red Cross on October 7 2017  Fort Myers, FL  As I had wrote A hard day of work today setting up for the move of the American Red Cross Disaster Headquarters no lunch and no dinner as of 6:46 pm here clothes are all sweated up to learn a few minutes ago moving down here tomorrow to pre set up all communications for headquarters staff before arriving early next week so will be stationed here at Ft Myers

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share using Burlap FABRIC using with yarn string  to lift up the heavy Pea Gravel Bags to the roof to hold down the two ViaSat SurfBeam 2 Pro Portable with two ViaSat Pro Portable Terminals. Tim  became MacGyver coming up with this idea.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut American Red Cross DST Disaster Services Technology Communications Service Associate. Wanted to share our two ViaSat SurfBeam 2 Pro Portable with two ViaSat Pro Portable Terminals on a nice hot Florida roof at our new American Red Cross DROHQ Headquarters was located in Fort Myers Florida in which the Lee County Chapter American Red Cross is located.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share Our equipment that we used two ViaSat SurfBeam 2 Pro Portable with two ViaSat Pro Portable Terminals with a Ubiquiti US-24 Unifi Switch with a Ubiquiti Unifi Security Gateway Pro (USG-PRO-4) then we had used two UAP-AC-LR UAP-AC-LR Wireless Access Points October 8th 2017. As written on my Facebook Page Welcome to our server and ViaSat Modem so then we connect folks in there different sections with WIFI to be able to do there functions. Here at what will become our new American Red Cross Headquarters. 

Tim had named our two man team the Secret Squirrel team as Tim and I where once again tasked to set up equipment this time at The American Red Cross Southwest Florida  Chapter in Sarasota, FL 34232 as we where originally task from DROHQ was first located in Orlando, Florida to set up all communications for the new DROHQ at Fort Myers, Florida

Gear loaded up in the van for the Secret Squirrel team tasked to set up equipment this time at The American Red Cross Southwest Florida Chapter in Sarasota, FL 34232 from our DROHQ in  Fort Myers, Florida 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share always travel with my Arizona Energy Herbal Tonic even on my 2nd deployment with The American Red Cross Hurricane Irma 2017. As if you look at all my photos on my blog you will always see a can. Arizona Beverage Company

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share a displaced cat that was at our hotel that we stayed at in Fort Myers, Florida. The effects of Hurricane Irma FL 2017. 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share he Just got back on September 20th 2017 of my first National Deployment with the American Red Cross since this was my first National Deployment my American Red Cross Volunteer Connection Profile Information did not include all my FEMA and Department Of Homeland Security Certifications as well as my other certifications. Red Cross  DR 414-18 Hurricane Irma FL 2017 American Red Cross Red Cross Strong Hurricane Irma 2017 Hurricane Irma Shelter Locations: Ave Maria University (AMU) At the Tom Golisano Field House where road out the eye of Hurricane Irma We where right in the path, 20 miles from the eye of the hurricane but also a tornado touch down less than a hundred yards away from the shelter. 1st Shelter Location - Immokalee High School on September 11th 2017 had met the Governor Rick Scott State of Florida in which waiting so see the video that Jesse Romimora Creative Director Communications Office of Governor Rick Scott might have got me shaking the hands of Governor Rick Scott. Also other shelter locations Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle School - North Fort Myers Recreation Center  It was great to be working with the officers from the Lee County Sheriff's Office Florida as well as the staff from the Lee County Emergency Medical Services EMS Thomas Quick Kimball Territory 5 American Red Cross Connecticut/RI Ridgefield, CT Fairfield County Fairfield County, CT Connecticut #redcrossstrong #volunteersrule #americanredcross #WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #deployment #AmericanRedCross #hurricaneirma2017 #hurricaneirma

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share he Just got back on October 20th 2017 in which I had started on October 3rd 2017. American Red Cross DR 414-18 Hurricane Irma FL 2017 American Red Cross This being my second National Deployment with the American Red Cross but my first as a American Red Cross DST Disaster Services Technology Communications Service Associate. DST-CM-SA. Setting up our DST Disaster Services Technology VSAT system on a nice hot Florida roof at our new American Red Cross DROHQ Headquarters located in Fort Myers Florida in which the Lee County Chapter American Red Cross was located this was done before the two office suites where days before occupied by the DROHQ Staff. DROHQ was moved from it’s first location in Orlando Florida. I was fortunate to meet up with one of my Joel Barlow High School Redding Connecticut Class of 1989 Alumni while in Florida during this deployment on my day off in Naples Florida and had also traveled to Marco Island Flordia as well.

As I have also will be writting here on my blog is:

DROHQ DR 414-18 Hurricane Irma FL 2017 American Red Cross Hurricane Irma 2017 . This was my 2nd deployment with The American Red Cross Hurricane Irma 2017. This time I was with DROHQ DR 414-18 Hurricane Irma FL 2017 as DST/CM/SA from October 2nd through October 21st 2017. DROHQ was first located in Orlando, Florida and then I was one to two others from DST tasked to set up all communications for the new DROHQ at Fort Myers, Florida. I could not stay to the end of this DROHQ DR 414-18 Hurricane Irma FL 2017 deployment as I had to rest and get ready for a already scheduled DHS FEMA course class at The Center for Domestic Preparedness for ARIO Advanced Radiological Incident Operations. ARIO PER- 905 that was held on October 29th through November 4th. 2017. So I got one week off in between being deployed with the American Red Cross and taking the Advanced Radiological Incident Operations. ARIO PER- 905 Course. Prior to that I had two weeks off before doing this 2nd deployment in which got back from that on September 20th 2017 in which I had started on September 5th 2017. After the The Center for Domestic Preparedness for ARIO Advanced Radiological Incident Operations. ARIO PER- 905 that was held on October 29th through November 4th. 2017 I only had so much sleep before tasked with the communications for the New York Road Runners' (NYRR) TCS New York City Marathon November 5th 2017 as Ham Radio Operator, Amateur Radio Mile Marker 23 in front of 1184 Fifth Ave. Mount Sinai Hospital, Maybe next year in 2018 I will some how be able to compete in this Marathon. yep maybe it's about time I run in the NYC Marathon for 2018 after 7 years of volunteering for it. Hard part is just getting into it and to see about training for it. Would be nice to do if my legs etc up to it

This my first National Deployment with the American Red Cross since I have two animals a dog and cat in whom need to be taken care of as I had written on my Facebook page: Many Thanks must go to my parents Chris and Frances Kimball in whom had watched my two kids of the four legged type. Without there help I would not have been able to leave Ridgefield, CT and be able to help others with the American Red Cross down there in Florida. As I have no wife and or girlfreind and or close freinds to have around to be able to watch and take care of my two kids of the four legged type.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share at Ave Maria University (AMU) At the Tom Golisano Field House where road out the eye of Hurricane Irma 1st Shelter Location We where right in the path, 20 miles from the eye of the hurricane but also a tornado touch down less than a hundred yards away from the shelter with the American Red Cross DR 414-18 Hurricane Irma FL 2017. I was doing Sheltering and Feeding.

 #WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share at Ave Maria University (AMU) At the Tom Golisano Field House where road out the eye of Hurricane Irma 1st Shelter Location with the American Red Cross DR 414-18 Hurricane Irma FL 2017. I was doing Sheltering and Feeding. The Florida National Guard bottled waters and boxes of MREs, or military meals-ready-to -eat.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share on September 8th 2017 A group photo of our American Red Cross Shelter staff volunteers at Ave Maria University (AMU) At the Tom Golisano Field House where road out the eye of Hurricane Irma 1st Shelter Location with the American Red Cross DR 414-18 Hurricane Irma FL 2017. 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share at Ave Maria University (AMU) At the Tom Golisano Field House where road out the eye of Hurricane Irma 1st Shelter Location We where right in the path, 20 miles from the eye of the hurricane but also a tornado touch down less than a hundred yards away from the shelter.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer wanted to share his Tornado Awareness (AWR-326) Certificate

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share at Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle School in Ft Myers, Florida 2st Shelter Location with the American Red Cross DR 414-18 Hurricane Irma FL 2017. I was doing Sheltering and Feeding.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share cooking some eggs with friend Jay at Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle School in Ft Myers, Florida 2st Shelter Location with the American Red Cross DR 414-18 Hurricane Irma FL 2017. I was doing Sheltering and Feeding.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share at Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle School in Ft Myers, Florida 2st Shelter Location with the American Red Cross DR 414-18 Hurricane Irma FL 2017. I was doing Sheltering and Feeding.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share Walton County Emergency Management from Walton County, Florida personal had showed up at our shelter.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share had set up a POD Point of Distribution of bottles of water and also ice at Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle School in Ft Myers, Florida 2st Shelter Location with the American Red Cross DR 414-18 Hurricane Irma FL 2017. I was doing Sheltering and Feeding.

Point of Distribution Field Operations Guide

Point of Distribution Manual

View in FEMA Multimedia Library

Facilitator Manual to Accompany IS-26 Guide to Points of Distribution

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer wanted to share his IS-26 Guide to Points of Distribution Certificate

FEMA Emergency Management Institute (EMI) Independent Study Course IS-26: Guide to Points of Distribution

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share was tasked with setting up a American Red Cross Shelter at Dunbar High School is a school located in Fort Myers, Florida but  the project lasted about 30 minutes and never was officially opened with the American Red Cross DR 414-18 Hurricane Irma FL 2017. I was doing Sheltering and Feeding.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share at Immokalee High School in Immokalee, Florida on September 11th 2017 had met the Governor Rick Scott State of Florida in which waiting so see the video that Jesse Romimora Creative Director Communications Office of Governor Rick Scott might have got me shaking the hands of Governor Rick Scott. 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share at Immokalee High School in Immokalee, Florida on September 12th 2017 A group photo of our American Red Cross Shelter staff volunteers  with the American Red Cross DR 414-18 Hurricane Irma FL 2017. 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share at North Fort Myers Recreation Center 3rd Shelter Location with the American Red Cross DR 414-18 Hurricane Irma FL 2017. I was doing Sheltering and Feeding.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share at North Fort Myers Recreation Center 3rd Shelter Location with the American Red Cross DR 414-18 Hurricane Irma FL 2017. I was doing Sheltering and Feeding.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share in the photo with a great group of people with officers from the Lee County Sheriff's Office Florida as well as the staff from the Lee County Emergency Medical Services EMS 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share in the photo with a Duracell employee who came in his Duracell PowerForward Ready-Relief-Restore Truck Number 1 in which came and donated batteries to the North Fort Myers Recreation Center Shelter with the American Red Cross DR 414-18 Hurricane Irma FL 2017. Where I was doing Sheltering and Feeding. Duracell based out of Bethel, Connecticut not far from Ridgefield, Connecticut.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share he Just got back on September 20th 2017 in which I had started on September 5th 2017. This being my first National Deployment with the American Red Cross since this was my first National Deployment American Red Cross DR 414-18 Hurricane Irma FL 2017 American Red Cross Red Cross Strong Hurricane Irma 2017 Hurricane Irma Shelter Locations: Ave Maria University (AMU) At the Tom Golisano Field House where road out the eye of Hurricane Irma 1st Shelter Location - Immokalee High School on September 11th 2017 had meet the Governor Rick Scott State of Florida. Also other shelter locations Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle School - North Fort Myers Recreation Center It was great to be working with the officers from the Lee County Sheriff's Office Florida as well as Lee County Emergency Medical Services EMS and also the Collier County Sheriff’s Office. I was fortunate to meet up with one of my Joel Barlow High School Redding Connecticut Class of 1989 Alumni while in Florida during this deployment on my day off on Marco Island, Florida. Thomas Quick Kimball Territory 5 American Red Cross Connecticut/RI Ridgefield, CT Fairfield County Fairfield County, CT Connecticut My first time I was working in MC-SH-SA Mass Care Shelter Service Associate #WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut #deployment #AmericanRedCross #hurricaneirma2017 #hurricaneirma

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share WA8UNS New York City Marathon NYC Marathon Communications Team 2009 Mile Marker 24

WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share New York Road Runners' (NYRR) TCS New York City Marathon November 1st 2015 as Ham Radio Operator, Amateur Radio.

WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share New York Road Runners' (NYRR) TCS New York City Marathon November 6th 2015 as Ham Radio Operator, Amateur Radio.

WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share New York Road Runners' (NYRR) TCS New York City Marathon November 5th 2017 as Ham Radio Operator, Amateur Radio Mile Marker 23 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer wanted to share I was a former member of Fire-Police at Ridgefield Volunteer Fire Department RVFD Fire-Police March 2012 – July 2014 (2 years 5 months). Also at the time a member of The Putnam-Northern Westchester Fire Police Association I did a medical resignation due to my achilles partial tear in July 2014 as per regulations. As I had torn my achilles in 2013 in training for the 2013 Marine Corps Marathon. Finally after seeing a different doctor I had surgery on my right achilles July 2014. Since my surgery in which there is one or two permanent stitches.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer wanted to share my start of my journey then to be with the member of Fire-Police at Ridgefield Volunteer Fire Department RVFD Fire-Police March 2012 – July 2014 (2 years 5 months). In photo in 2011 as a probationary as I had six months needed to learn and pass the test in the The Firefighter's Handbook: Essentials of Firefighting and Emergency Response.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer wanted to share his Putnam County Office Of the Sheriff Certificate of Completion the Fire Police Seminar 30th April 2014. 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo I had torn my achilles in 2013 in training for the 2013 Marine Corps Marathon. Finally after seeing a different doctor I had surgery on my right achilles July 2014. Since my surgery in which there is one or two permanent stitches. So I would have to teach myself to be able to run again as well to teach myself how to swim again after being out for about 2 years. 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo I had torn my achilles in 2013 in training for the 2013 Marine Corps Marathon. Finally after seeing a different doctor I had surgery on my right achilles July 2014. Since my surgery in which there is one or two permanent stitches.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut sharing photo I had torn my achilles in 2013 in training for the 2013 Marine Corps Marathon. As I was training for my 5th Marine Corps Marathon as I have already done Marine Corps Marathon 1992 Marine Corps Marathon 1993 Marine Corps Marathon 1994 and  Marine Corps Marathon 2006

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut sharing in photo doing the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington DC  in 2006. Running this event with Team USAA in which I am a USAA Quarter Century Member. Love doing this event and running in the Washington DC area. I would like to maybe run this in 2019to earn my Marine Corps Marathon 5+ group when you have run in 5 or more Marine Corps Marathons. Why is running in the Washington DC area ? I used to live in Bowie, Maryland 1969-1971 when my father was working at the National Security Agency with the US Army Security Agency Support Group at Fort George G. Meade, Md. Currently training for the 2019 New York City Marathon. So my funding for Marathon Racing is not good. So not sure how I would be able to afford also doing the 2019 Marine Corps Marathon.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo in A newspaper article on the Wolfpit Running Club  Wolfpitters run in close-knit circle April 7th 1992 Thomas Q Kimball in the center with the Brooks T-Shirt also in photo is fellow Wolfpit Running Club member John Dugdale and Kathy Barry who I still see working out all the time.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut  sharing  photo of his Wolfpit Running Club 1989 Ridgefield Half Marathon Shirt 

Since The activation Task Force Liberty, the New York Guard Component of the 42nd Joint Task Force Rainbow Hope activated for Operation World Trade Center. And leaving with New York Guard with Honorable Discharge July 31 2003. In some of the training I have received from people that where there at Ground Zero WTC on 9/11 in which an honor to be taught by them. I’m glad to have made these accomplishments in my training which has been continuous, as it’s always evolving in Emergency Management. Some of my training might follow some of the recommendations from the 

EXCERPTED RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE MCKINSEY REPORT

“Create dedicated, ongoing training programs for FDNY chiefs so that they are proficient in using ICS principles during large and complex incidents involving terrorism, chemical, biological and radiological materials, and attacks to critical infrastructure.”

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer wanted to share a photo taken by a fellow New York Guard member at Camp Smith Training Site HHC, Army Division after being Promoted Staff Sergeant E-6 15 March 2003 

 #WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer wanted to share his time with The New York Guard State Volunteer Force At Camp Smith Training Site HHC, Army Division Enlisted in the New York Guard 29 April 2000 ETS April 2003 and Promoted Staff Sergeant E-6 15 March 2003 with a Honorable Discharge July 31 2003 Rank Grade SSG/E6 NYG World Trade Center Incident

#nyguard #newyorkguard #campsmith @newyorkguard

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer wanted to share The New York Guard MP Detachment  Securing Camp Smith Training Site Pre New York Army National Guard MP Shack at Camp Smith Training Site Cortlandt Manor near Peekskill, NY, after 9/11 WTC Incident

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer wanted to share The New York Guard MP Detachment  Securing Camp Smith Training Site Pre New York Army National Guard MP Shack at Camp Smith Training Site Cortlandt Manor near Peekskill, NY, after 9/11 WTC Incident

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer wanted to share a Certificate of Special Recognition The New York Guard Operation World Trade Center at Camp Smith Training Site apart of The New York Guard  MP Detachment 

 #WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer wanted to share I had just found this below in a storage 42nd Joint Task Force Rainbow Hope Joint Task Force 42 Rainbow Hope An Open Letter to JTF 42 Service Members Brigadier General Joseph J Taluto Joint Task Force Commander

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer wanted to share Synopsis of NYG ARDIV Duty Assignments, Task Force New York City and Task Force Liberty, 9/11/01 to 1/10/02 as seen in The Guardian Issue # 02-1 June 2002 

At the time of The New York Guard activation Task Force Liberty, the New York Guard Component of the 42nd Joint Task Force Rainbow Hope activated for Operation World Trade Center. At Camp Smith Training Site we were at Threatcon Charlie FPCON CHARLIE  apart of The New York Guard  MP Detachment we where unarmed while working there at Camp Smith Training Site  Cortlandt Manor near Peekskill, NY, New York Guard Awards and Decorations include: New York State Defense of Liberty Medal 15 September 2002, as well as the New York Guard Commander’s Citation 15 August 2000

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer wanted to share From my old historical file:  Military Police Unit Headquarters New York Guard Army Division Camp Smith Newsletter 29 June 00

Under #6 Training A self study book is a available to all MP’s on responding to terrorism. 

The book FEMA/USFA/NFA-ERT:SS June 1999

Emergency Response To Terrorism Self-Study U.S Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs-Bureau of Justice Assistance Federal Emergency Management Agency United States Fire Administration-National Fire Academy

Please see link below:

 The book FEMA/USFA/NFA-ERT:SS June 1999 Emergency Response To Terrorism Self-Study 

As seen in Fire Engineering: first responders' first line of defense in terrorism responses by Sam Hansen and Alan Veasey. This article mentions how The federal Emergency Response to Terrorism Job Aid, which is intended to be used with the Department of Transportation (DOT) Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG)

Please click here to see 

first responders' first line of defense in terrorism responses by Sam Hansen and Alan Veasey

Please click here to see 

Emergency Response to Terrorism Job Aid  Edition 1.0. 

Please click here to see 

Emergency Response to Terrorism: Job Aid - Edition 2.0

Please click here to see 

2016 Emergency Response Guidebook  

Please see link below to read article written by Kenneth O. Burris Jr. as appeared in Fire Engineering 10/01/2000

EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO TERRORISM: TRAINING COURSES

Please see link below:

Introduction to Emergency Response to Terrorism (Q0890)

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer wanted to share From my old historical file:  Military Police Unit Headquarters 

New York Guard Army Division Camp Smith Newsletter 1 April 00

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer wanted to share Under #5 Training Up date on Peace Officer Training, will be held at Camp Smith on 29 & 30 April, 6 May, 20 & 21 May. 1 April 00

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer wanted to share Thomas in photo with the two New York Guard Peace Officer Training Instructors.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer wanted to share New York Guard State Volunteer Force At Camp Smith Training Site Building 504 Peace Officer Training Group Photo. The training was April 29th and 30th and May 6th, 20th and 21st 2000 Thomas is in photo last row on the side of entry to building. Also in photo back row is friend Paul Garre also from Connecticut.

Then it was a must to get and have for the class and or course was the Penal Law and Criminal Procedure Law of the State of New York. For the New York Guard for the Peace Officer Training for the Military Police Unit Headquarters New York Guard.

One of my old Force Protection New York Guard Military Police "OF THE TROOPS FOR THE TROOPS" t-shirt.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer wanted to share from my old historical file:

NYSG-COS (3025) Members Of The New York Guard

World Trade Center (9*11) Survey Operation Trade Center and Operation Airport Security Member Survey-State of New York

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer wanted to share The New York Guard MP Detachment  Securing Camp Smith Training Site Pre New York Army National Guard MP Shack at Camp Smith Training Site Cortlandt Manor near Peekskill, NY, after 9/11 WTC Incident

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer wanted to share The New York Guard MP Detachment  Securing Camp Smith Training Site Pre New York Army National Guard MP Shack at Camp Smith Training Site Cortlandt Manor near Peekskill, NY, after 9/11 WTC Incident

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer wanted to share New York Guard Military Police Checkpoint Terrorist Alert Threatcon Charlie The New York Guard MP Detachment  Securing Camp Smith Training Site at Camp Smith Training Site Cortlandt Manor near Peekskill, NY, after 9/11 WTC Incident

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer wanted to share New York Guard Military Police Checkpoint Terrorist Alert Threatcon Charlie The New York Guard MP Detachment  Securing Camp Smith Training Site at Camp Smith Training Site Cortlandt Manor near Peekskill, NY, after 9/11 WTC Incident

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer wanted to share night time operations The New York Guard MP Detachment  Securing Camp Smith Training Site at Camp Smith Training Site Cortlandt Manor near Peekskill, NY, after 9/11 WTC Incident

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer wanted to share night time operations The New York Guard MP Detachment  Securing Camp Smith Training Site at Camp Smith Training Site Cortlandt Manor near Peekskill, NY, after 9/11 WTC Incident

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer wanted to share night time operations The New York Guard MP Detachment  Securing Camp Smith Training Site at Camp Smith Training Site Cortlandt Manor near Peekskill, NY, after 9/11 WTC Incident

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer wanted to share in photo with New York State Police trooper Kevin Reppenhagen Camp Smith Training Site Cortlandt Manor near Peekskill, NY, after 9/11 WTC Incident 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer wanted to share The New York Guard The New York Guard Military Police Station Provost Marshal Building 85 Camp Smith Training Site Cortlandt Manor near Peekskill, NY,  after 9/11 WTC Incident

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer wanted to share The New York Guard Military Police Vehicle Camp Smith Training Site Cortlandt Manor near Peekskill, NY,  after 9/11 WTC Incident

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer wanted to share with a New York Guard State Volunteer Force At Camp Smith Training Site NYG World Trade Center Incident Duty Group Photo. 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer wanted to share with a small group of The New York Guard MP Detachment was sent to do some NYG World Trade Center Incident Duty at the New York Army National Guard and the Westchester County Police Academy in Valhalla, NY 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share former member of Civil Air Patrol United States Air Force Auxiliary, The Connecticut Wing Civil Air Patrol 399th Composite Squadron (NER-CT-042) Photo 1988 I am a former member of Civil Air Patrol United States Air Force Auxiliary, The Connecticut Wing Civil Air Patrol 399th Composite Squadron (NER-CT-042)  In which I had started in 1988 I had left in 2012. I did have breaks in service.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share Former Civil Air Patrol United States Air Force Auxiliary member Second Lieutenant Thomas Kimball  doing some communications at the 399th Composite Squadron (NER-CT-042) 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share Former Civil Air Patrol United States Air Force Auxiliary member Second Lieutenant Thomas Kimball  doing some communications at the 399th Composite Squadron (NER-CT-042) 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share former member of Civil Air Patrol United States Air Force Auxiliary, The Connecticut Wing Civil Air Patrol 399th Composite Squadron (NER-CT-042) National Headquarters Civil Air Patrol Certificate of Completion Master Level Communicator 1st April 2011 Online Course

While in the Civil Air Patrol United States Air Force Auxiliary I had the Duty Position Communications Officer then also Assistant Communications Officer as had both the ACUT Advance Communications User Training 05 February 2011 and the BCUT Basic Communications User Training 23 October 2010

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer wanted to share when I was a former 2nd Lt with the Civil Air Patrol United States Air Force Auxiliary, The Connecticut Wing Civil Air Patrol 399th Composite Squadron (NER-CT-042)  taking part in The Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers Tunnel to Towers 5K Run & Walk events and then providing crowd control I believe this was 2010

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer wanted to share when I was a former 2nd with the Civil Air Patrol United States Air Force Auxiliary, The Connecticut Wing Civil Air Patrol 399th Composite Squadron (NER-CT-042) with Boss George Siller at one of The Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers Tunnel to Towers 5K Run & Walk events that The Connecticut Wing Civil Air Patrol 399th Composite Squadron (NER-CT-042) would help with.

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut who also is a American Red Cross Volunteer wanted to share when I was a former  2nd Lt with the Civil Air Patrol United States Air Force Auxiliary, The Connecticut Wing Civil Air Patrol 399th Composite Squadron (NER-CT-042) Civil Air Patrol providing crowd control at one of The Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers Tunnel to Towers 5K Run & Walk events Date might be 2010 2011 ? 

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share that I was a student at the International School of Paris ISP High School from 1984 1985 1986

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share that I was a student at the International School of Paris ISP High School from 1984 1985 1986

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share his International School of Paris ISP High School Jacket from 1984 1985 1986 About International School of Paris via Wikipedia

 #WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share that I was also a member Transatlantic Council  Troop 112 Boy Scouts of America out of the American Embassy In Paris, France from 1985-1986

#WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut wanted to share his old info Sheet Wednesday October 23rd 1985 that I was also a member Transatlantic Council  Troop 112 Boy Scouts of America out of the American Embassy In Paris, France from 1985-1986

 #WA8UNS @WA8UNS #ThomasQuickKimball #ThomasKimball #ridgefieldct #Ridgefield @ridgefield in #FairfieldCounty #FairfieldCountyCT #CT #Connecticut Thomas Q Kimball of Ridgefield, Connecticut in photo Boy Scout Troop 15 Redding, Connecticut 1982 back then as a Boy Scout would also do camping at the Hoyt Scout Camp in West Redding, Connecticut