This is clearly best done in advance of any incident where email communications will be required. A user is added to the whitelist automatically when mail is sent from a Winlink address to a standard email address. This means only users on the whitelist can send standard email into the system. More importantly, Winlink uses a 'whitelist' feature to eliminate spam. It does require that the RCCs and local jurisdictions develop an address book to be used during an event. This allows for a broader range of antennas (verticals work well for this) and propagation conditions. will all get the email to the destination. Winlink stations in California, Nevada, Canada, etc. There is no reason to contact the RCC stations directly because email can be sent into the system anywhere. It also allows for a wider variety of stations to be used. This requires no special equipment on the other end of the link. Winlink has the virtue of allowing a standard email to be sent. All of this information is made available to provide suggestions and the details are to be worked out between each jurisdiction and their corresponding RCC. Some alternatives are listed below and more details on these options will be provided as they're available. Since these RCCs are located in Eastern Washington (out of the impact area), the typical VHF/UHF communications will have little value.

For agencies not using RCCs for the exercise, there should be an effort to at least establish communications with the RCC to demonstrate that path can work. It can be assumed that any traffic normally directed at Camp Murray, will now go to the RCC for those participating. The kind and amount of radio traffic sent to/from the RCCs is not known at this time since the concept is new. It could be two weeks or it could be longer. The RCCs are expected to be stood up for the period of time it takes the SEOC at Camp Murray to become capable of handling the demand. T he Emergency Management Agencies (EMAs) have developed Regional Coordination Centers (RCCs) to augment the State EOC (SEOC) during a catastrophic disaster where the SEOC may not be fully functional. The Cascadia Rising exercise will test the concept of Regional Coordination Centers in a limited fashion (just two counties playing).

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