Mission Statement
- Primary: Provide Amateur Radio communications to our served agencies when all other electronic mechanisms fail. Our primary served agency is the Fort Bend County office of Homeland Security & Emergency Management. We also serve several hospitals and municipalities in Fort Bend County. Amateur Radio communications can be internal to Fort Bend County or between the Fort Bend, another county, or the State of Texas.
- Secondary: Provides Amateur Radio communication among EMROG Skywarn storm spotters, the National Weather Service in League City, the Fort Bend Office of Emergency Management, or by telephone relay the Fort Bend Sheriff’s Department.
Requirements
To join the Emergency Management Radio Operators Group (EMROG), visit the FBC EMROG Credentialing Requirements page.
The group’s intake email is FBCEMROG@gmail.com. Email is checked several time a week, but not daily.
Net Operations
A weekly net is held every Monday Night at 7:30 PM, except for the Third Monday of each month. More information can be found on the FBC EMROG Net Operations page. This net is often cancelled on holidays or other special occassions.
Fort Bend Office of Emergency Managements sponsors three repeaters for emergency service use:
- 2 Meter Vocal (primary): 145.490 MHz,PL=123.0 Hz, Negative Offset
- 2 Meter Digital: 145.050 MHz (KD5HAL-5 and KD5HAL-10)
- 70cm Vocal: 444.525 MHZ, PL=123.0 Hz, Positive Offset
Schedule Activities
- EMROG Training Nets: Monday Night at 7:30 PM (except for Third Monday): 145.490 MHz, negative offset, PL 123.0 Hz.
- EMROG Physical Meeting (The Eye-Ball) at EOC: Third Monday of each month (usually): 7:30 PM at the Fort Bend Office of Emergency Management; 307 Fort Street, Richmond, TX. Talk in on 145.49 repeater (repeater information above).
- January 16th, 2017: CANCELLED MLK, County Holliday
- February 20th, 2017: Eyeball Meeting, 7:30pm, Enter West Door (3rd Street between Fort and Austin Streets)
- March 20th, 2017: Eyeball Meeting, 7:30pm, Enter West Door (3rd Street between Fort and Austin Streets)
- April 17th, 2017: Eyeball Meeting, 7:30pm, Enter West Door (3rd Street between Fort and Austin Streets)
- May 15th, 2017: Eyeball Meeting, 7:30pm, Enter West Door (3rd Street between Fort and Austin Streets)
- June 19th, 2017: Eyeball Meeting, 7:30pm, Enter West Door (3rd Street between Fort and Austin Streets)
- July 17th, 2017: Eyeball Meeting, 7:30pm, Enter West Door (3rd Street between Fort and Austin Streets)
- August 21st, 2017: Eyeball Meeting, 7:30pm, Enter West Door (3rd Street between Fort and Austin Streets)
- September 18th, 2017: Eyeball Meeting, 7:30pm, Enter West Door (3rd Street between Fort and Austin Streets)
- October 16th, 2017: Eyeball Meeting, 7:30pm, Enter West Door (3rd Street between Fort and Austin Streets)
- November 20th, 2017: Eyeball Meeting, 7:30pm, Enter West Door (3rd Street between Fort and Austin Streets)
- December 18th, 2017: CANCELLED, Christmas
- EMROG Work Days: These are used to maintain and improve Amateur Radio Communication infrastructure. They are usually scheduled for the first Saturday following the “Eye-Ball” meeting (Third-Monday).
- January 21st, 2017: CANCELLED
- February 25th, 2017: CANCELLED
- March 25th, 2017: Saturday 8:00am – Noon, Enter West Door (3rd Street between Fort and Austin Streets)
- April 22nd, 2017: Saturday 8:00am – Noon, Enter West Door (3rd Street between Fort and Austin Streets)
- May 20th, 2017: Saturday 8:00am – Noon, Enter West Door (3rd Street between Fort and Austin Streets)
- June 24th, 2017: Saturday 8:00am – Noon, Enter West Door (3rd Street between Fort and Austin Streets)
- July 22nd, 2017: Saturday 8:00am – Noon, Enter West Door (3rd Street between Fort and Austin Streets)
- August 26th, 2017: Saturday 8:00am – Noon, Enter West Door (3rd Street between Fort and Austin Streets)
- September 23rd, 2017: Saturday 8:00am – Noon, Enter West Door (3rd Street between Fort and Austin Streets)
- October 21st, 2017: Saturday 8:00am – Noon, Enter West Door (3rd Street between Fort and Austin Streets)
- November 25th, 2017: Saturday 8:00am – Noon, Enter West Door (3rd Street between Fort and Austin Streets)
- December 23rd, 2017: CANCELLED
About Skywarn
Skywarn in Fort Bend County is a cooperative among the office of Homeland Security & Emergency Management (HS&EM), National Weather Service (NWS). For more information, visit the FBC EMROG SKYWARN page.
Member Log-In Links
Useful Web Information Links
FEMA ICS Forms
National Weather
- Atlantic Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook
- National SKYWARN Home Page
- NWS: Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service
Local Weather
- NWS Houston/Galveston Fire Weather Page
- NWS Fort Bend County TX: Watches, Warnings, Advisories
- NWS Harris County TX: Watches, Warnings, Advisories
- NWS Storm Prediction Center
- City of Sugar Land: Interactive Rainfall Map
- Harris County Rain Gauge System
- USGS Texas Stream Flow Data by County
- USGS Texas Stream Flow Data by River
- Texas Parks & Wildlife River Flow Gauges, Brazos River
- Texas Forest Service Fire Activity
Amateur Radio
- Space Weather: NOAA WSA-Enlil Solar Wind Prediction
- RMS Station Up Times (South Texas)
- Houston Area Amateur License Training
- Anderson Power Pole Connector Construction
- Harris County ARES
- SE Texas Public Service Events
- Homeland Security:National Protection Framework