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Blog · Preparedness · July 15, 2026

Fall Emcomm Drill Checklist for East Tennessee

Winter outages in East Tennessee often mean ice on antennas, frozen batteries, and repeaters on backup power — test before you need them.

30-minute fall drill

  1. Charge HTs and verify spare battery dates in kit maintenance.
  2. Key your primary repeater — confirm offset, tone, and audio in both directions.
  3. Walk your PACE plan with household or net members: who is Primary contact if cell fails?
  4. Export one practice packet from the incident workspace so close-out is not new in a real event.

Neighborhood scale: neighborhood prep guide. Property owners: PACE worksheet PDF.


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