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- INFO: ALL RACES OPERATORS IN CA (ALLCA: OFFICIAL)
- ALL AMATEURS U.S. (@ USA: INFORMATION)
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- RACESBUL.294 DATE: Oct. 4, 1993
- SUBJECT: MISC - Responders and their vehicles - Part 1/4
- Q. I want to be a regular communications volunteer in government
- service. What kind of vehicle should I have?
- A. This has no simple answer. It depends on (1) whether or not
- you are a responder, (2) what your role is, (3) your local
- climate and terrain, (4) what local authorities use, and (5) the
- importance of your completing vehicular access to the incident.
- Let's take these one at a time:
- (1) A responder in this discussion is one who uses his or her
- vehicle as a part of the emergency work in the field. In other
- words, the necessity to get to each incident with the necessary
- two-way radio communications and possible use of the mobile
- communications for brief or extended periods of time during the
- incident. Some of us need communications only while responding TO
- an incident. For others, the communications is an emergency
- resource required AT the incident.
- Transportation for a non-responder, such as to and from work,
- is not so critical. If a person is expected to report to work on
- a call out, it is reasonable to expect that the transportation
- should not break down en route. Whereas a bicycle or motorcycle
- might be adequate for this purpose, they would not be appropriate
- for responding into the field on incidents.
- It is apparent that a major change in a personally owned
- vehicle may be required to satisfactorily and appropriately
- perform field response. It invariably requires additional
- expenses. The spirit may be willing but the pocketbook may not.
- Many new response personnel ride along with someone else when
- they are first getting started. From this start one can determine
- (a) if this is what they want to do with the rest of their spare
- time life and (b) if they can afford it.
- (Continued in Part 2 of 4 parts)
- EOM
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