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Preparing for Emergencies
Emergency Communication
To ensure that local units of the Church are prepared to maintain communications during emergencies, Church leaders should:
| • | Call an emergency communications specialist, where circumstances warrant.
| | • | Set up and maintain means of emergency communication that will enable leaders within the ward or stake to communicate with each other and to communicate, as needed, with others outside the ward or stake. This communication system should periodically be tested for effectiveness.
| | • | Ensure that the stake has the ability to contact the nearest bishops’ storehouse. Generally, amateur radio is the best alternative when telephone service is not available. Stakes are not encouraged to purchase their own radios, but they should attempt to identify members who own and are licensed to operate amateur radio equipment.
| | • | Prepare a list of telephone numbers that might be needed.
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For questions about procedures for amateur radio equipment use or frequencies, contact your local bishops'storehouse or Emergency Response Communications at 1-801-240-3870 or 1-801-240-3544.
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