[SBE16-Seattle] Travel Alert for Washington Broadcast Engineers During COVID-19!

[John Mackey]

While you would think that the Governor's message/words and application of
common sense would allow broadcasters thru.  But common sense can't always
be relied upon. I think it would be wise to be prepared to have to display
credentials incase of an especially strict person wanting to apply what
they think is best.

On the other hand,,,, one time nearly 20 years ago I was responding to the
transmitter site of an AM radio station in Oregon and the Oregon National
Guard had the area shut down with a curfew and not allowing traffic in
because of a recent flood.  I told the Guardsman why I was there and my
need to go past his otherwise closed checkpoint and showed him my US Navy
Reserve ID card.  He took one brief look at the Navy ID card and said
"that's good enough for me" and yelled to his co-worker "let this guy thru
he is Navy in civilian clothing and authorized to be in the area"!  I said
"thank you" and drove thru!

I *ALWAYS* carry my military ID with me - that experience is one of the
reasons!  (Also works good for getting free snacks/meals at the USO Club in
airports!)




On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 9:55 PM ceradio via SBE16-Seattle <
sbe16-seattle at sea.sbe16.org> wrote:

>
>  I saw the governor's news conference about this,, he specifically stated
> that the media was critical in helping get information out to the public.
>  I  can't believe that they would stop the media if you have a business
> card and/or some sort of identification,  at least i would hope not.
>
> Dave Ratener
>
>
> Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Lowell Kiesow via SBE16-Seattle <sbe16-seattle at sea.sbe16.org>
> Date: 3/24/20 9:38 PM (GMT-08:00)
> To: Jim Dalke <jim at dalke.com>
> Cc: SBE Chapter 16 Members and Others <sbe16-seattle at sea.sbe16.org>
> Subject: Re: [SBE16-Seattle] Travel Alert for Washington Broadcast
> Engineers During COVID-19!
>
> The BRE program is fantastic, but it isn't applicable in the present
> situation.  All media staff, including engineers, studio operations, and
> journalists, are classified as essential workers in the governor's order.
> See pages 8-9 in the link below.
> Essential workers
> <https://1y4yclbm79aqghpm1xoezrdw-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/FINAL-WA-Essential-Critical-Infrastructure-Workers-03.23.2020.pdf>
>
> On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 8:44 PM Jim Dalke via SBE16-Seattle <
> sbe16-seattle at sea.sbe16.org> wrote:
>
>> [image: A picture containing person, car, man, standing Description
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>>
>> Governor Jay Inslee has issued a “Stay Home – Stay Healthy” order for
>> Washington state and travel restrictions are in place.
>>
>> The First Informer legislation passed by the Washington legislature was
>> designed to permit engineers to access broadcast studio and transmitter
>> facilities during emergency situations like this.
>>
>> Broadcast engineers should have certain documents with them anytime they
>> are traveling to and from their studio and transmitter facilities under the
>> current restrictions.
>>
>> 1. Valid drivers license
>>
>> 2. Employee identification card, company business card or letter of
>> authorization from employer.
>>
>> 3. Business Re-Entry (BRE) Registration card issued to employer.
>>
>> 4. Current CISA letter of authorization for access for provider of
>> emergency communications.
>>
>> 4. Current CISA letter of authorization for emergency generator fuel for
>> provider of emergency communications.
>>
>> For more information: www.sbe16.org
>>
>>
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