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- RACESBUL.281 DATE: July 5, 1993
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- SUBJECT: OPS - Communications Shortfall - Part 1/2
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- From an article by Mike Guerin, Assistant Director, OES
- Emergency Operations and Training in the December Utility Policy
- Committee publication "Update":
- "As one looks back over the list of recent emergencies ---
- the Lake Shasta hazardous materials incident, Interstate 5
- multiple collisions, East Bay firestorm, Southern California
- flooding, Landers and Big Bear earthquakes, Humboldt earthquake,
- Los Angeles civil unrest --- several key issues appear each time
- . . . Communications remains the most frequently noted deficiency
- in after-action reports. Emergency Management personnel from
- every level and discipline complain that it is difficult to
- communicate among and between various jurisdictions and
- specialties. While some mechanisms have long been in place to
- deal with these problems, many have been slow to recognize the
- value of these systems. In other cases, public safety and
- emergency management need to work even more closely together to
- define solutions to communication problems. Cross-band,
- cross-discipline and cross-level (local, state, federal)
- capability must be increased. Following closely on track with
- each of these is the need to better coordinate and integrate the
- work of each discipline. Whether law enforcement, fire service,
- emergency medical, public works or utilities, each has its own
- expertise, capability and in most every case has met each
- challenge that has come along. Where problems occur is frequently
- near the "margins" between disciplines. Each needs to work more
- closely with others. Where this has occurred, response, recovery
- and preparation have been enhanced."
- (Continued in Part 2 of 2 parts)
- EOM
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