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- TO: ALL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES VIA AMATEUR RADIO
- 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)262-1600
- Landline BBS open to all: (916) 262-1657
- RACESBUL.251 DATE: Dec. 7, 1992
- SUBJECT: MGT - Comfort is a Radio Officer
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- Recently, a civil defense director appointed the county's
- first RACES Radio Officer. Addressing a local group of hams, he told
- of his great comfort in having a Radio Officer to whom he could
- turn to for communications in time of need.
- Previously, he'd thought a communications reserve, such as
- RACES and a Radio Officer, were not necessary or important. After
- a couple of "it can't happen here" experiences that presented the
- possibility that he might lose all local government
- communications with no backup, he changed his perspective to one
- of being highly supportive of a RACES program. His overall
- summary was: "I don't know WHO I need or WHAT I need to
- accomplish a solution in such events. With the Radio Officer I
- have the one person to go to in order to solve that situation."
- To this we add that the Radio Officer is also the sparkplug
- that keeps the interest going in the area; not necessarily by his
- or her own actions, but through the people selected for key
- positions on the Radio Officer's staff.
- In recent California statewide exercises, participation and
- mutual aid interest increased where Region Radio Officers made
- personal contacts with the county RACES Radio Officers, the
- county Emergency Coordinators, and the Department of Forestry
- Volunteers-in-Prevention ham radio coordinators in their State
- OES Region. A similar increase in interest most likely can apply
- on a local level as well. Your sincere interest and providing
- something important to do invites increased participation. This,
- in turn, tests hands-on-operations abilities and improves
- readiness for unexpected stress-creating emergencies.
- ---Cary Mangum, Chief State Radio Officer, W6WWW
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