Local government can help its community members prepare to help themselves during natural disasters by creating the infrastructure for a community-wide GMRS radio system. So writes Dr. John Nestor, a retired education executive, Police Chief, EMS Chief, Emergency Management Coordinator, and Threat Assessment Team director. In his article, Hurricane Helene, Lahaina, Paradise had One Thing in Common: No organized General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS) Two-Way Radio Backup for Citizens, he discusses the value of communities developing a GMRS radio system as he is doing in his Ohio community. Click here to read the article.