The Newport Fire Department held a communication exercise on Saturday June 29th.  The objective was to see if it was possible to gather condition reports from citizens in several different locations and relay them back to the Fire Department using Amateur Radio.

Several NCRC members, in addition to other groups such as the Boys Scouts, participated.  There was a nice write-up about the event in the Newport Daily News, You can read the article here

Chief Dugan stated that “the exercise went well”.  Congratulations and thanks to all involved!