How can I find out about Amateur Radio communications support for our sister hospital, which is not in Orange County?
Throughout the USA, there are only a small number of Amateur Radio groups like HDSCS, dedicated to support of hospitals. In most other places, hospital communications would be provided by ham groups that also support city and county government as well as other agencies such as Red Cross. You will have to do a little research to find out how ham operators are organized in your area. The best source of information about Amateur Radio emergency communications activities at the local level is the Field Organization of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL). There are 71 administrative sections in the ARRL Field Organization. Many sections consist of entire states, but highly-populated states have more than one section. Each section is headed by an elected Section Manager whose primary job is to recruit volunteer hams to serve in critical program areas such as emergency communications. The ARRL Web site has the national list of Section Managers with phone numbers and e-mail addresses.
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