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- Msgid: $RACESBUL.239
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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: AUXILIARY RADIO SERVICE
- CA STATE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES (W6HIR @ WA6NWE.CA)
- 2800 Meadowview Rd., Sacramento, CA 95832 (916)262-1603
- Landline BBS (FIDO) open to all: (916) 262-1657
- RACESBUL.239 DATE: Sep. 14, 1992
- SUBJECT: MGT - Wild fire volunteers - Part 2/2
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- 5. Assist CDF in communications during fire emergencies.
- 6. Inspect rural homes to advise homeowners of proper vegetative
- clearance around structures and safe incinerator standards.
- 7. Inspect equipment such as chain saws, lawn mowers, and tractors to
- see that they are equipped with legal spark arresters and in fire safe
- conditions.
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- Volunteers may apply time spent working in the VIP program
- toward experience needed to meet entrance requirements for future
- forestry examinations. Citizens performing voluntary fire prevention
- duties are covered with Workers Compensation Insurance.
- Unreimbursed expenses incurred may be considered "contributions" for
- Federal and State income tax purposes.
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- The VIP Amateur Radio program is an important program in
- several of California's 22 Ranger Units. Some Amateur Radio operators
- serve as "shadows" with battalion chiefs and fire information officers.
- (See Bulletins 161, 164, and 208.) Many VIP communications
- volunteers are in a RACES unit. The VIP can turn to the RACES for
- mutual aid support and vice versa. The "radio officer" in a VIP unit is
- called the "hamco" or ham coordinator. In some counties the county
- RACES unit and the VIP communicators are one and the same. Both
- activities have training requirements to assure safety, compliance with
- the incident command system, (ICS), and commonality of operations
- and performance.
- ---Stan Harter, KH6GBX
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- EOM
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