The TRA was founded, quite by fate, as a result of a typhoon night 10 years ago. A group of ham radio operators received a distress call. A pregnant woman, alone at home, was about to give birth. She summoned up her strength and, using her ham radio, sent a distress call out.
台北市救難協會緣起於十年前的一個颱風夜，一群熱愛無線電的香腸族，收到一通求救訊號﹘﹘一位單獨在家的孕婦即將臨盆，她擠出一絲力量，利用家裡的無線電裝置向空中的香腸族打出求救訊號，就是這個訊號開啟了這群香腸族義勇救難的序幕，並促成台北市救難協會的誕生。