History
1962 - A sick infant, a disabled car on a Chicago freeway, and a January blizzard prompted Henry B. (Pete) Kreer to envision using CB radio to get help in such emergencies. By April, REACT was founded, with Hallicrafter Radio as its first sponsor and Kreer as its Executive Director.
1967 - REACT approached FCC for a designated CB Emergency Channel.
1969 - REACT gained General Motors Research Labs as its new sponsor.
1970 - CB-9 was designated the 'Emergency and Travellers' Assistance Channel' by the FCC. The Ohio REACT Network was created. It worked with Ohio State Police to demonstrate how CB-9 could enhance highway safety. It later became the first REACT Council. REACT signed its first MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) with the American Red Cross.
1973 - REACT's Pete Kreer and Gerry Reese were interviewed on the NBC 'Today' show about the potential for highway safety of CB radio.
1975 - REACT became an Illinois not-for-profit corporation.
1976 - REACT held its first convention in Deerfield, IL. REACT participated in the White House Conference on CB Radio.
1977 - REACT launched its highway Safety Break program in co-operation with the American Trucking Associations. REACT developed the NEAR (National Emergency Aid Radio) safety program for the U.S. government.
1978 - REACT signed an MOU with Special Olympics.
1982 - REACT was honored with the first President's Volunteer Action Award
1984 - REACT assisted in introducing FRS (Family Radio Service).
1986 -'REACT Month' was observed for the first time.
1988 - REACT developed its 'Team Topics' newsletter for Teams. REACT introduced the CB-9 road sign to advise travellers of monitoring.
1991 - REACT published the first in a series of 'Team Training Modules' to advance its monitors' skills.
1993 - REACT agrees to Memorandum of Understandings with the American Red Cross, Salvataion Army and National Weather Service
1995 - REACT HQ established its first website on the internet. Rose City Windsor REACT, Ontario, launched the first REACT Team website. Several Teams responded to and assisted with the response to the bombing of the Alfred P Murrah Building (Oklahoma City Bombing)
1998 - REACT moved its Headquarters from Wichita, KS to the DC area.
2001 - Several Teams responded to and assisted with the response to the World Trade Center Attacks in NYC REACT agrees to Memorandum of Understanding with the American Radio Relay League
2002 - REACT assists with Olympic Torch Run REACT presented the first "Radio Hero Award" to an Indiana State Trooper
2010 - REACT moved its Headquarters from Suitland, MD to Dinwiddie, VA. REACT joins GERC - Global Emergency Radio Collaition as a Charter Member
2011 - REACT Announces 50th Anniversary Logo and 2012 Convention Site of Las Vegas Dallas County REACT hosts W1AW Site at HamCom in Texas REACT Teams involved in response to Hurricane Irene and Hurricane Lee
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