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Blue Angel is a 9m 1964 SB3 Bedford House bus within which we wander around New Zealand, often with the New Zealand Motor Caravan Association.

• Mangaweka - July 2004
• Rotorua - September 2004
• Bainesse - December 2004
• Wings over the Wairarapa - January 2005
• Expedition North in 2006

The Emergency Management Information COMmunication System was written in 1994 to solve a problem being experienced by Wellington Emergency Management. The existing process for communication between the Wellington Emergency management Office (WEMO) and the suburban, volunteer centres relied on voice over radio. This system was taking considerable time to pass messages and required a dedicated operator to be monitoring the radio constantly. It became obvious that a different approach, which did not require constant supervision and could use the single radio channel more affectively was required. WEMO had very little money available for this at the time and so I (Peter) offered to write a system based on a simple star topology and Amateur Packet Radio (AX.25) Terminal Node Controllers (TNCs). This became EMIComS and is now in use in Wellington and a number of other places around the country.

The latest version (fully Y2K Compliant) is EMIComS ver 1.05 available as a self-expanding zip file for download should anyone want to use it.

PLEASE NOTE:

This software comes as-is-where-is with no implied or explicit warrantees or assurances as to reliability, capability or appropriateness for any purpose of any kind