ARES Operations Support Plan

ARES Operations Support Plan
July 5, 2000

Event: MS-150 Bicycle Tour

Served Agency: MS Society; Denver area Ham Radio groups

Agency POC:

Location: This event is a bicycle ride which begins in Highlands Ranch, proceeds south through Colorado Springs to the Royal Gorge.

Date: July 8 & 9, 2000

Time: July 8: 0700 - 1800
July 9: 0500 - Noon

Mission Coordinator

N0WPA

1. Incident Objective(s)

Provide safety and emergency communications support for the the MS-150 bicycle tour.

2. Pre-Planning Meetings/Events

Coordination via EMail has been on-going for the past two months.

A Web site has been established to provide event info:

http://www.eoss.org/ms150/

3. Participating Amateur Radio Organizations

Pikes Peak Amateur Radio Emergency Service (PPARES)
Denver area amateur radio groups
Canon City amateur radio group

4. Assignment/Estimation of Resources.

a. Mission:

Maintain a net consisting of a net control station and a back-up NCS; staff rest stops and provide communications between tour officials along the route and to and between rest stops. Denver area hams are providing staffing for tour officials for the entire route; PPARES will maintain a net and staff rest stops while the tour is in our area.

b. Required Resources

(1) Estimated Staff Hours July 8 and 9:

Saturday: 76 Hours
Sunday: 82.5 Hours

(2) Estimated Number of Operators -

Saturday: 9 Operators
Sunday: 13 Operators

(3) Specialized Experience:

None required.

c. Scope of Operations/assignments -

The following locations and operators are assigned to support communication requirements:

Saturday: July 8th:

Support Operator Report
Location Call Name Location Time:

Mission Coord N0WPA White Whale / Colo College 0700
SAR Liaison N9HSW White Whale / Colo College 0700
NCS KC0HPX White Whale / Colo College 0700
Rest 5 K0HBZ USAFA Overlook # 2 0730
Rest 6 KB0LWE 10th AB Wg/ S. Gate Blvd 0800
Rest 7 KD6FLM Trailblazer Elementary 0830
Rest 8 K4ARM Church: 12455 Blk Forst Rd 0700
Finish Line TBD Cascade and Cache La Poudre 0900
Tour Official KC0GVH Cascade/ Cache La Poudre 0800

Sunday: July 9th:

Support Operator Report
Location Call Name Location Time:

Mission Coord N0WPA White Whale / Colo College 0500
SAR Liaison N9HSW White Whale / Colo College 0500
NCS KC0HPX White Whale / Colo College 0500
Start Line N0IER Cascade / Cache La Poudre 0500
Start Line KB0LWE Cascade / Cache La Poudre 0500
Rest 9 KE6ZOT Cimmaron Eastridge Park 0500
Rest 10 KBØTLS Widefield Park 0500
Rest 11 N0ABC Hwy 115/10.5 miles fr start 0500
Rest 12 K4ARM Hwy 115/18 miles fr start 0530
Rest 13 KØHBZ Hwy 115/26.8 miles fr start 0600
Finish Line K0TER Finish Line 1000
Finish Line N0OUD Finish Line 1100

5. Supporting Elements/frequencies

(a) Primary Net Operations: 146.970(-) repeater (100 Hz tone)
Secondary (Backup): 448.450(-) repeater (100 Hz tone)
Alternate (Sunday): 147.030(+) repeater (107.2 Hz tone)

(this repeater is located on Cheyenne Mt and should provide better coverage to stations along Hwy 115)

(b) Road/Traffic Routes:

The MS-150 Tour starts in Highlands Ranch on Saturday morning. The tour will enter our area of responsibility in Monument, along Hwy 105. The tour will proceed south along Old Denver Hwy to a bike path, to North Gate RD. A "century loop", an optional additional 25 mile 'loop' will proceed along a not clearly defined (on the map they gave me) route via Gleneagle Rd, Sun Hills Rd, Stella Dr, probably south on Roller Coaster Rd to Stagecoach Rd, to HWY 83, to Hodgen Rd. Thence east to Herring Rd, south to Shoup Rd, Shoup Rd west to Rest Stop #8 at the Black Forest Lutheran Church (corner of Shoup and Black Forest Rds). Continue east on Shoup Rd to Hwy 83, thence north to Northgate Rd, then west into the USAFA where it rejoins the 'regular' route. The regular route proceeds west on Northgate Rd into the USAFA to Rest Stop # 5, at the Overlook (overlooking the sports fields). From there, proceed around the back of the Academy on Academy Drive, then Pine Drive, then east on South Gate Blvd to Rest Stop # 6 located at the 10th Airbase Wing.

From this point, the map is unclear how, but the tour will get to Rockrimmon Blvd (perhaps via the Monument Valley Bike Trail?) then proceed West on Vindicator Dr to Centennial Blvd. South on Centennial, to Trailblazer Elementary School (Rest Stop #7), then continuing south on Centennial to 30th St; south on 30th to Mesa, south on Mesa to Uintah, east on Uintah to Cascade, and south on Cascade to the Finish Line at Colorado College.

Sunday, the route starts at Colorado College, Cascade and Cache La Poudre. A "Century Loop" proceeds east on Cache La Poudre, somehow gets to Palmer Park Blvd, Palmer Park east to its end at Rest Stop # 9, Cimarron Eastridge Park. Exit the Park on Constitution AV, east to Marksheffel Rd. Thence south on Marksheffel to Fontaine (south of the airport), west on Fontaine to Rest Stop #10, Widefield Park (corner of Fontaine and Drury LN. Then continue on Fontaine, west to US highway 85/87; south on 85/87 to Hwy 16- which becomes MacGrath into Ft Carson gate 20, once on Ft Carson, proceed along MacGrath to O'Connell St; turn left and had west out gate 2 to Hwy 115 and re-join the 'regular' route.

The 'regular' Sunday route proceeds south along Cascade, jumps over to Nevada somewhere before Las Vegas St., and continues south as Nevada becomes Hwy 115. Rest stops 11, 12, and 13 are located along Hwy 115 at 10.5, 18 and 26.8 miles (from the start line) respectively. At this time, I don't have more specific locations for these-- as they aren't cast in stone yet. Hopefully, the MS150 tour folks will have set up porta-potties the night before, so we can look for these to identify the rest stops. After the tour leaves Rest Stop 13, they move out of our jurisdiction. If they manage to get the same rest stops as last year, they will be:

Rest Stop 11: "The Bug" (Natural History Museum at Hwy 115 and Rock Creek Canyon Rd)

Rest Stop 12: Turkey Canyon Ranch.

Rest Stop 13: No info on this one yet.

(c) Operator Equipment Requirements:

(1) Water, water and plenty of water.

(2) Safety vest

(3) HT (2 Meter) with spare batteries, or 2M mobile.

(4) Radio programmed with operational frequencies

(5) Food

(6) Mag-mount (2 Meter) antenna

(7) External antenna (Rest Stops 12 and 13)

(8) ARES support plan

(9) Cables and connectors

(10) Maps (Springs and El Paso County, Fremont for Hwy 115 rest stops)

(11) (Optional) UHF radio/antenna/batteries

(d) NWS Forecasted Weather Conditions:

(1) Connect to N4TGO or WA0VTU for latest EMWIN NWS bulletins released by the Pueblo National Weather Service. (144.930 MHz). Current forecast is RECORD HEAT on Saturday, Hot on Sunday.

(2) During the event, NCS will provide WX reports if/as needed.

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N0WPA