MEET Your Neighbor West Program

A Talk by Skip Jirrels, CERT & MYNWC

Monday 6 PM • May 11th, 2026 

When the cell towers go down what do we do? FRS or Family Radio Service is a 2watt neighbor to neighbor level communication protocol. To compliment this low power and low range system the GMRS or 5-watt General Mobile Radio Service operators are needed nearby close to the FRS. That neighborhood/area GMRS operator can reach a ‘hub operator’, a 50-watt GMRS radio in the area to help solve problems or find info the neighborhood could not find on its own. Then that hub operator can reach other hub operators to find solutions across a wide area without connecting to the emergency level communications protocols that are a whole big discussion. Let’s talk.

Meet Your Neighbors West County — MYNWC — is a free neighborhood resilience program serving communities across west Sonoma County. Meet Your Neighbors West County — MYNWC — is a free neighborhood resilience program serving communities across west Sonoma County. They bring neighbors together through informal workshops and conversations, because we’ve found that when people know each other, they naturally look out for one another — especially when things get hard. A willingness to work together tends to emerge on its own from those connections, and the program details and inclusion of local lived experience help neighbors adapt the program to what they need.

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