3 on the 3s for 3 part 2

3 on the 3s for 3 part 2

Earlier, in the post on 3 on the 3s for 3 we discussed check in times aka monitoring times…. On some things and in some situations this may need to be varied a bit. Let us say that your out of area contact person for the family has only the one phone line and you have 4 people in your family or group who are separated from each other. – You ALL can not be on the same line at the same time can you? NO, of course not!

So what do you do?

For your family Comms plan to work for this situation you would have to make use of an offset plan. In an offset Comms plan you would assign a number to each person [or group leader]. In this case Dad would be number 1 so he would call Aunt Betty at NOON on the hour as in the basic plan. Mom would be assigned the number 2 and she would check in at the hour PLUS 15 minutes as an example a quarter past NOON or 1215. The first born would be assigned the number 3, so their check in time would the hour PLUS 30 –so a half past NOON or 1230. The second born would be assigned the number 4 so that their check in time would be ¾ past NOON or 1245. Part of the report would include up dating each member of the other member’s status until they are all reunited.

At the next check in block the Dad [or person number 1] would get a report on everyone else.

Up to now the information on this post would be for right away and perhaps several days depending on the situation how long it takes to get everyone together again. After everyone is gathered you could slack off on checking in with the out of area contact person. You may want to dwindle down to daily contacts which should be coordinated with your out of area contact person.

During ‘normal’ times you would most likely have a routine time frame to contact people. As an example I talk with our main contact person at least every other week. Basically whatever works with you group is fine as long as everyone has a copy of the plan and has accepted and agreed to it ahead of time.

A friend likes to go solo camping and his wife worries about him- a LOT. For them he has invested in a SPOT transmitter. He sends a message to his wife twice a day giving his GPS position and saying that he is OK. The device sends it as a text to his wife’s phone and e-mail. If memory serves me they can be set to notify up to 10 people at the same time. The device can also be set to send his GPS at set times during the day which would make it easier for Search and Rescue to locate him. In the event of him getting hurt and needing help sooner than the check in tomes he can push another button which sends a general distress message to his contacts AND the authorities. The way that he makes use of this is in my opinion the best choice of all of the systems currently available.

Others that I know just use their cell phones and text messages and at specified times they climb to a point where they get cell signals and down load the texts. While they are out roughing it their contact person has a grid map of the area they are going to operate in with their general location noted with vehicle info noted so that the Sherriff can be dispatched to locate them if they are needed at home urgently.

What ideas do you and your group have which you think could improve upon this Comms check in plan? Please share the ideas with us so that everyone can learn and improve their plans.

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