WICEN - Wireless Institute Civil Emergency Network
CCARC  WICEN
North West Tasmania 

What is the CCARC WICEN - North West Tasmania group trying to achieve?

Currently we provide safety communcations and competitor tracking for local community events such as Equine endurance rides.
The club is aiming to expand that role in the future.

Here are some photos from our activities. Endurance ride
WICEN   SOUTH

About WICEN

In Australia WICEN (pronounced "wye-sen"), the Wireless Institute Civil Emergency  Network. Wicen is organised by state and region,  with  autonomous bodies in each state linked to that jurisdiction's disaster plan.
In most states, WICEN is organized by a committee  of the  WIA state organization, but in New South Wales and Victoria, WICEN is separately incorporated. WICEN has been activated for various emergencies,  notably in recent years the Black Saturday bushfires on 7 February 2009 in Victoria. In NSW, WICEN is an accredited squad of the NSW Volunteer Rescue Association.


WICEN has teams of trained operators available at short notice, ready to provide emergency communications support. These teams can access a state-wide network of VHF and UHF repeaters, and where necessary, can rapidly move portable repeaters to the emergency location. WICEN's long range capability is superb, with access to numerous allocations in the high frequency bands. WICEN is particularly adept at providing interservice links where these do not otherwise exist.

WICEN Training

Amateur operators with WICEN for instance regularly engage in training exercises, and provide communication for public events such as car rallies, the great Victorian Bike Ride, the Red Cross Murray River and Hawkesbury River Canoe Marathons and similar activities around all Australian regions.

WICEN is always looking for new members.




Safety checkpoint in operation
 

Wicen motto - like a beacon in the night



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