On behalf of myself and the Core Group of the Lockwood Neighborhood Radio Watch, I would like to thank Bobbie at WRVZ726 for taking control of the situation on August 25, 2024 and serving as Net Controller for Repeater #2 in response to the Oak Fire in Fiddletown. I understand she reported every 15 minutes, keeping people appraised of reports from the fire, and continued this until the fire was under control. As Jackie said, “It was a great exercise in what happens and how we communicate.”

We’ve been fortunate over the last couple years to not have the big emergency we always plan for, but it is good to know LNRW has members like Bobbie that are ready to step and do the job that needs to be done.