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July "Junk" Journaling 2024

Writer: JOY A COLLURAJOY A COLLURA

-these images came on my timeline: last spot we saw 19 of the 20 GMHS and Eric Shane Marsh was above this area.

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Dallas Jenkins...I was one of the people who had tech issues on your tv series and went to FB to report it and all I said as I just did here and I was blocked from your FB abd tv show ???...I just feel it is important you know about technical difficulties... I'm so looking forward to watching this in November. I will post this on my online areas. Thank you for the Birthday wishes text I got from you today. Have a great Summer 2024.



Special HAPPY BDAY to YouTuber- "SS" ;)


my mother-in-law sang Happy Bday so beautifully

July 2: what we were watching on tv- some guy who does the Chosen studies:

worked on medical all day and night- great to hear about the news BD---BM...God is good all the time.










3: working on medical.


came on my timeline:




Happy Fourth of July: FJS-9am.


Worked on other areas the past 2 weeks- finally back to genealogy


Peeking into my FOURTH GREAT GRANDPA on my mother's father's side- Solomon E.:


Solomon D E.

1756–1844

BIRTH 04 SEP 1756 • Louisa, Louisa, Virginia, United States

DEATH 27 JAN 1844 • Clarke, Georgia, United States

this is my 4th great-grandfather:

until my printer ink arrives then back to medical---

My Fourth Great Grandpa was mentioned for his integrity in below image--- the way these locals have treated me and the fire folks on the aftermath of YHF 13' / DONNA GORDON vs YCSO for trying to learn why Tex and I almost died but "19" did and tell Donna's truth vs their rubbish --- all the back channel malarkey and brutally assaulting me...or hearing one rehash their dumb ass memories of the severe Spiritual Warfare we encountered through this all as they remember it as me but yet to keep me to "stay that course" labelled it Warfare at its highest---total joke--- it is absolutely ridiculous how times have changed for being TRUTH. How about the lady who told other ladies "I am afraid she records us"--- get real...I was recording that day the Airlines and had it right there for you all to see while you all gossiped and it caught one of you in back channel lies...I live in truth and if I wrong- I am okay to speak my flaws or make it right, none of us are perfect.


DJ Helm will enjoy the history of my family and maybe someday she can apologize for making me this likely target 2021-2022. ??? My Fourth Great Grandpa:

So, for I have documented proof I am "daughter to many Wars" --- a daughter who has been majorly disrespected on the aftermath of the YHF13'---


very LONG HISTORY of family in Law Enforcement yet what a joke of disrespect I got from YCSO folks after the YHF13'...I am fact checking this article and this photo: it says he was the first ever Police Justice of Montrose, CO:


His will:


family member's research:

So now that I have the family member's story above and got this document which is a copy of the lease--- now time to find additional documents to when our family actually owned parts of Manhattan and Central Park--- because that is significant history;


to say the least- right, DJ Helm...


She is a local and history researcher by the way and felt like she had to make me her target of lies she told like she never signed my book, but I showed the proof here that she did:


--- I wonder in all their digging on me ---how they can see... my roots make me the person I am ---


I honor all the people who came before me... (ok, except July 2021- that was something totally off character and some say "Spiritual Warfare" took place but all I know it shifted my whole outlook on life that moment- and by Summer 2022 I really never been the same after the brutal assault in Boise Idaho and December 2023, I was told from some on my medical team I have much deteriorated in my health progress--- but I do know this --- I keep at it -- may look like unrecognizable ??? but I know I am doing my best with what I have to work with )


So now I need to find out who made this typed copy--- I love typewriters so much. When I first got a job as a teen, it was the very first thing I bought I remember and the original black and white ChapStick. I bought a very old one (typewriter), but my grandmother "claimed" it as her own ??? Just how it worked in her home... if you even stay one day there- she liked to claim ownership ---


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Solomon E. Cemetery

Posted Jun 11, 2024 by Joy A Collura

Does anyone have information on who is buried in the Solomon E. cemetery outside of Athens, Ga........there are only two markers standing, yet info. in the library indicates there could be as many as twenty more persons buried there.....the two markers are for: Solomon E.( My Fourth Great Grandpa) who was a Revolutionary War veteran, born in Va. in 1756 and died in Clarke County in 1844..........his wife, Sarah, (My Fourth Great Grandma) may lie in an unmarked grave - there is also a marker for a Letitia Daily, born 1879 and died 1898...........any info. on this cemetery would be appreciated.


My fifth great grandpa:

July 5- offline- spent the day/night chilling with Jackson-

July 6:

Jackson left at 7:40am vs noon...I declined Ranch House Rest. - not really wanting locals to see me right now

July 7: Either YouTube or Channel 3 deleted the reply from above image---we ain't playing their online games...saved here and delete my comment there. Simple.

I (JOY A COLLURA) - eyewitness to a tragedy - support the efforts of AJ Johansson, a fire service professional with a passion for TAK, geospatial and mobile technologies.

Why TAK? Embracing TAK for Public Safety Roundtable


Friday, June 21, 2024

Recording link: Why TAK? Embracing TAK for Public Safety

Key Notes from Speakers

AJ Johansson

● I've been in the fire service for 30 years. I've seen tech and promises come and go, but

TAK keeps getting better and better.

● Why Tak?

○ Universal platform:

■ Not mission specific (so applicable from military to first responders)

■ Universal code base

■ Situational awareness

■ Targeting, location tracking, drawing, measuring, navigation, chat

○ Open foundation:

■ To build upon - symbology sets (functionality)

■ Over 100 plugins (plugin architecture)

■ Open for development


● There are other great softwares, too, which TAK can work side by side with

● If not TAK, then what?

Greg Albrecht

● Public Safety Technologist - TAK SME - EMT

○ Takes tech and solves problems for public safety + technical advising

○ TAK integration support

● TAK terms: (we’re just going to say TAK)

○ ATAK: Android Team Awareness Kit

○ WinTAK: Windows TAK

○ iTAK: iOS TAK

○ TPC: TAK Product Center

○ TAK Product: all of the above

● Situational awareness questions: what’s happening, what’s happened, what’s going to

happen next?

● Why TAK?

○ Reduce human factor errors

○ Align with National Defense Strategy

○ Move from GOTS to COTS

○ Solve one problem

○ Be the model of open source within the DoD

○ Neutral (start simple, get fancy)

○ Reduce TCO, increase ROI

○ Open source, removes data silos


● Challenges:

○ Spectrum

○ Context: don’t disrupt your flow!

○ LoS

○ Legacy

○ PNT: position, navigation, timing constraints

○ ISR: intelligence info

○ Speed

Paul Clifton

● Search and Rescue coordinator in Coconino County (Arizona)

○ Patrol, canines, drones, wildfires, evacuations

● Start small! Solve one problem at a time.

○ His department started without a TAK server and just used cell phone service

where they could get it.

○ Built on communications from there one step at a time

● TAK helps multiple operations happen at one time

● Using non-cell phone means of communication and transmitting data

○ Great for canyon country like Arizona

● Could track/see and message people not on the TAK platform

● The beauty of TAK: use whatever service fits your needs

● UAS integration (open source)

○ Challenge: getting it all together in one common operating picture but worth it for

the ability to take immediate action


● Think of your own use case

● Great for sharing information between different teams

Conversation:

Charlie T:

● Migrating from whiteboard to tablet—evaluation conversations: The questions are about

post-incident reporting capability in TAK.

● Greg: This is a gap. Can archive data but no front end to that - just stored in a database,

so you need a database person to help make sense of it

● AJ: It's not like a traditional CAD system, but it can query data, so there are ways to

work around it.

● Greg: The data is there, but how do we make it user-friendly and so that people can

access it easily and quickly? Use a hashtag to organize data.

Ken Renbehn

● I've been evaluating various software packages for incident management (Tablet

Command, Adashi, FDI), so TAK complements those tools but doesn’t replace them.

Tools should integrate with TAK to create common operating pictures.


● AJ: Runs TAK with Tablet Command since TAK doesn’t solve all use cases. How much

can you fit on one screen anyway?

Michael Nau:

● What's the experience like for sourcing and IDing vendors with subject matter expertise

who can help evaluate and source tools to use in the field?

● Paul: it varies - HyphaMESH Radio and GO TENNA, but it depends on your area. You

might want to use something like MESHtastic.

● AJ: Many other software requires the internet, but not TAK. There’s more than one right

way to do it - pick just one and understand the limitations.

Calgiere:

● How do you work with leadership and management within departments and

organizations to introduce TAK? What challenges did you experience in operationalizing

it? How do end users consume that and understand what it is?

● AJ: Meet them where they’re at: crawl, walk, run, fly approach. I started by keeping the

phone on the person and was exposed to all training videos. I asked if they thought I

could do these things, and the team said yes. Then it evolved - and included promotions.

● Greg: TAK helps you avoid dealing with the IT team since it’s just an app

● Paul: let people have their wins and build on those, so they understand the value of it.

Don’t ram it down anyone’s throat. Basic change management - target people with

influence

Colin Zapalac:

● EMC asked him to explore TAK—which manages all counties on the radio side—and is

looking to implement it for the fire season. Motorola is only offering integrations for

federal cases. It has decent cell coverage, and plugins are not a valid method.

● AJ: Are you using the bring your own devices method? (iTAK)

○ Colin: A mix, but everyone has country-issued devices

○ AJ: When those devices are ready to replace, buy an Android. If you can move

to Android, that’s the best bet to be able to do all of the things

○ Greg: If there's no frontline, then what?

○ AJ: GO TENNA could be a way

○ Paul: you can use commercial apps without service - so there are options


Graham Tait:

● Australia Fire Service - sees a real need for TAK. Hasn’t heard of this until recently but is

now looking into partnerships to utilize the mesh and support product offerings and

wants to work together

● AJ: using TAK in South Australia now

● Graham: still on a learning curve

Alex Gorsuch:


● Ascent Integrated Tech - aware of TAK for ~3 years and wanted to share stories from the

technologists' side that show the power of TAK:

○ Indianapolis FD training tower was doing training with RedLab, but their server

was out, so was able to get the TAK server to show what they needed

○ In Prague on Monday, doing a demo and presenting TAK, the big selling point

was a battle-tested and proven architecture for data sharing, data transmission,

and data display - this makes all of the difference and allows us to truly solve the

mission.

○ AJ: It is so nice to have the floor plans immediately; the instant access is

○ Greg: vendors who have integrated with TAK - looking at the legacy with first

responders so far: we have the de facto situational awareness standard today

with TAK. The person in the field knows what they need and can have the data in

their hands.

David Coggeshall:

● If you are interested in the indoor floorplan work we are doing, reach out to kevin

Dallas Simms:

● Seeing if TAK is a viable option for radio systems

● Greg: Yes. Constraint: if you don’t have positioning ready today, you must start with that.

If your responders have phones already, just use that

● Dallas: don’t want to track people off-duty

● Greg: during your shift, we need to, when you’re home, close the app and don’t be

tracked

Chief Z:

● We want integration and to track people on different platforms. Need real-time and

effective data and communications.

● AJ: We need to ID the key elements we can share across systems. We don’t have a

tech problem. We have a personal problem because people don’t want to share

Final Thoughts:

● AJ: be brave enough to suck at something new. Requires reps to master it just like the

first response.

● Paul: TAK is a silver bullet - the end user must only learn one device.

● Greg: Why didn’t I try it sooner? You’ll think that in a few months after you try it out!

Don’t wait for the tragedy to be the reason you switch.

Chat/Resources:

Ryan Cobb:

● Is there a way to integrate TAK into SARCOP? Where markers placed on the SARCOP

map will appear on TAK devices and vice versa.


○ AJ: @Ryan Cobb yes, we can; I have talked to FEMA, Paul Doherty, et al. They

know this can be done. Start asking why?

■ @Ryan Cobb, the difference between SARCOP and TAK is what @Paul

Clifton was talking about with networks. In SARCOP, you need internet,

not in TAK, and you can have accountability for users and SA in cell

phone-denied areas.


● Ryan: I know there is GRG for marking grids. Is there a plugin or update that will include

additional SAR search patterns?

○ AJ: A company in Canada has a very unique plugin email, and I can share more


Ken Renbehn:

● Civilian TAK seems to be readily adopted by specialty operations teams. However, it

seems harder to get a larger set of users in an agency to become competent TAK users.

Are there examples of big agencies embracing TAK and getting it into everyone's

hands? What is the secret of success?

○ Jaime Sedano at Hypha is the FIRST person who taught me about TAK in 2021.

There is so much synergy between mesh comms and TAK


Colin Zapalac:

● The Texas Department of Public Safety hosts a TAK server open to all public safety

agencies in Texas. They want it to be used more and would like to see TIFMAS adopt it.

● What MESH solutions are you all integrating right now for those of you using TAK? How

are they integrating? Are they native to the devices' networking interfaces or via plugins?

○ AJ: @Colin Zapalac, I am using Beartooth at Corona Fire. There are lots of

options with MANET/Mesh solutions. We just made a video with DoodleLabs,

which is on their YouTube channel.

■ Colin: I've actually got a meeting with DoodleLabs later today.

● AJ: Awesome


● Colin: @Dallas Sims, what radios did you just get? The City of Dallas is migrating to

NTIRN right?

○ Dallas: I am referring to Erath County. We are moving to LA Harris on the Hood

County regional network.

■ Colin: Gotcha. I haven’t had much experience with Lw/Harris, but I know

the LCRA tech...he may be familiar with pulling data out of radios.


Kenny:

● Is anyone rocking HaLow and/or Meshtastic as their telemetry radio?

● Are there any resources or connections to be made for hardware developers interested

in supporting the TAK ecosystem at scale?

AJ:

● This is huge! CAL TOPO <> TAK


Charlie T:

● Post-incident reporting capability in TAK?

○ Greg Boyd: WinTAK has TAK Replay. You can search the server for a time

during an event to replay, and you can speed up the video like a time lapse.


John Fuller:

● FYI, Adashi was just bought out. Got notice today. Not sure of its future.

● Is any City FD using TAK successfully and regularly? Our focus would be on Multiple

alarm, Hazmat, Tech rescue, UAS, and State team deployments (TIFMAS).-Texas

○ AJ: Yeah, we use it every day.

○ Colin: Wilco and Travis have accounts on DPS's server, but I don't know how

much they are using it. I don't think ATCEMS is using it, but I only get to hang out

with the Special Event dispatch team on an ATCEMS basis regularly.


David Coggeshall:

● Does anyone have knowledge of TAK being used in Active Shooter incidents?

○ David E: @David Coggeshall we are looking at the active shooting

incidents..there are a few pieces of active shooter that has to be worked out. a

big one is a floor plan of the location. and if they have locking mechanisms, so

that the responders have a way to access everything in that location. does that

help?

○ David C: DE - Please contact me, we are working on this at RedLab. David

Coggeshall 415 387-8760 ibcomm@aol.com


● Does anyone have knowledge of TAK being used in Active Shooter incidents?

○ Ryan Cobb: No real world uses that I know of, but we have been utilizing TAK

during ALERRT trainings. Overlaying school floorplans, CCPs, staging areas,

etc

○ AJ: @Ryan Cobb yup hopefully no real use cases ever again but yup we are

same all schools we have every floor plan in attack. Its tailor made for this

incident type.


Alex Gorsuh:

● Are there any great tak parties coming up sooner than CivTAK

People/LinkedIns:

● Kevin Sofen: Co-founder, Smart Firefighting

● AJ Johansson: TAK specialist

● Greg Albrecht: Public Safety Technologist, TAK SME & EMT

● Paul Clifton: Assistant SAR Coordinator, Deputy, UAS Program Manager, TAK SME

● Colin Zapalac: Western Region Radio System Manager

● Charlie Tidwell: Regional Account Manager at Ascent Integrated Tech

● Graham Tait: Pre-Sales Engineer & Mesh Solutions Lead at Hypha Ltd

● Alex Gorsuch: Co-founder and CTO at Ascent Integrated Tech


● Dallas Simms: Lieutenant at Dallas Fire Rescue

● Kim Zagaris/Chief Z: Senior Operations Advisor and Wildfire Policy and Technology at

Western Fire Chiefs Association


 

July 8:


head pains and draining areas on my body...wearing my ice gel packs all over my body and head

my eyes really feeling it this week that I really do not even want to have them open or closed due to pain.See:

July 9: working on Family Tree, play Scrabble, exercise, walk, swim. Seems the DG store is now open in Congress. John shopped there yesterday.


John's bday is this week and my mother sent him a cool wooden chess board so we can start playing on the board






in the next 2 pics is a copter that went over my area---under radar---how many this year is that??? I am noting it but also noting the odd amount of Arizona APS outages. ???



swam until electric came back on under tiny solar light:


microburst damage happened on property at this time:




electric back on:


 

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