On Thursday May 3 VECTOR members and Vancouver Fire & Rescue Services Fire
Prevention Officers will join other teams in Metro Vancouver and the mid-Island
region in activating emergency communications for Exercise SWEEPER 2018.
Exercise, Exercise, Exercise
This is the scenario for Exercise SWEEPER 2018
In the early morning hours on Thursday May 3 a supercooled Arctic front plows
headlong into a moisture-laden Pacific Ocean airstream directly over coastal
areas in Southwestern British Columbia. What would be just another rainy spring
morning has instead become an unprecedented ice storm - in May - with
movie-sized impacts the likes of which have never been seen here in Vancouver.
Where is The Rock when you need him?
Starting on Wednesday March 28 the regular VECTOR Wednesday Night
Net will feature a message passing practice component. Anyone in
range of our signal may participate.
From NBC’s Left Field:
Hawaii’s recent false nuclear missile alert showed us how reliant we are on cell phones and modern technology—and how unprepared we are if they become inaccessible. Continue reading (200 words)...
CBC Vancouver seismologist Johanna Wagstaffe produced in 2016 a multi-part radio series entitled Fault Lines. The program explores earthquake scenarios for British Columbia and will cause you to think hard about personal preparedness. Continue reading (200 words)...
VECTOR members will again participate in Winter Field Day. Held each year on the fourth full weekend of January (this year 27 & 28 January 2018) the purpose of Winter Field Day is to provide North American radio operators with an opportunity to exercise in less hospitable conditions than late June. Continue reading (200 words)...
On 6 December members of the Vancouver Emergency Community Telecommunications Organization met to hold the Annual General Meeting of the society. Continue reading (200 words)...
Posted: November 6, 2017
A notice has been sent to all VECTOR members and membership applicants of our 2017 Annual General Meeting. Continue reading (300 words)...
For 18 years VECTOR provided communications services for Celebration of Light (COL), Western Canada’s largest single public event. Thanks to input from our membership we’ve expanded our event coverage this year to include Canada Day Fireworks, Canada 150 Parade, Pride Parade and the Santa Claus Parade. Continue reading (200 words)...
June 2017
VECTOR heads to the field for our 18th Annual Field Day Exercise - 24 hours of operations starting 11:00am Saturday June 24 through 11:00am Sunday June 25. Continue reading (400 words)...
VECTOR will be one of the exhibitors at City of Vancouver’s Emergency Preparedness Week 2017 (EP Week) launch “In It Together” on Sunday May 7 at Telus World of Science at the east end of False Creek of Vancouver. Continue reading (400 words)...
