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- Msgid: $RACESBUL.222
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- TO: ALL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES/OFFICES VIA THE ARS
- INFO: ALL RACES OPERATORS IN CA (ALLCA: OFFICIAL)
- ALL AMATEURS U.S. (@ USA: INFORMATION)
- FROM: CA STATE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES (W6HIR @ WA6NWE.CA)
- 2800 Meadowview Rd., Sacramento, CA 95832 (916)427-4281
- RACESBUL.222 DATE: May 18, 1992
- CATEGORY: MGT
- SUBJECT: So you want to equip an EOC?
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- If you are starting from scratch in utilizing communications
- volunteers in an EOC or office, funds can be hard to come by.
- In such cases, the funds may have to come in segments, rather
- than all at once. Many EOC Amateur Radio communications have
- begun with the installation of only antennas and coaxial
- fittings. This simple, but critical step, allows the Amateurs
- to bring in their own radios and computers and setting up for any
- emergency or exercise. Time consuming, but it is a way many
- agencies have begun. It does have its drawbacks in late arrivals
- and no shows. The next step should then be implemented --
- installing the necessary agency owned equipment permanently.
- Then the operators need only to report for duty. The equipment
- is already there and ready to operate.
- Scheduling of operators and assignments is a task for the
- Radio Officer to delegate to the operations assistant, although
- in a small organization the Radio Officer may have to do this
- activity. The Radio Officer need only bring in the people with
- operational skills, not be an operator. In fact, the indication
- of a good manager is the ability to stand back and manage and
- assist without getting bogged down in doing other people's work.
- Properly staffed and trained, volunteers should be able to
- function with or without their leader. This requires depth in
- personnel and skills, of course. The capable leader (i.e., Radio
- Officer) does not try to do everything. Instead he or she brings
- out the unique talent in others and fits them into those places
- where their services are useful to the agency and meaningful to
- the volunteers themselves. It's a win-win situation all the way
- around.
- ---Stan Harter, KH6GBX
- EOM
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