QRZ! Ham Radio 4/QRZ Ham Radio Callsign Database - Volume 4.iso/files/races/racesbul.168

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From    : W6HIR @ WA6NWE.#NOCAL.CA.USA
To      : RACES @ ALLCA
Msgid   : $RACESBUL.168


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  [phone]
RACESBUL.168                                   DATE: May 6, 1991
SUBJECT:   COMM RESOURCES ORDER FORM

Reference Bulletins 146 and 147 on this subject, the use of this
form perhaps needs clarification after reading the following in
an Amateur Radio club monthly publication:  "Ye editor begs to
differ in one respect. In the fire, my ARES jacket and hat and
Sheriff's ID card passed me through all roadblocks. There wasn't
time for the nicety of getting such a form nor handing it to a
roadblock official to read!  Bulletin 147 lists 25 items of The
Form, most of which it seems would become outdated at the first
shift of resources and far better covered by training,
experience and Net Control! Oh well."

We agree with what that newsletter editor had to say because he
is correct when viewed from a strictly local perspective. Note
that he mentioned the use of a Sheriff's ID card and not a non-
government ID card. Good!  The purpose of the communications
resources order form is when resources are brought in under the
mutual aid system where fire suppression, law enforcement, comm-
unications and other resources may be traveling hundreds of
miles. It is not intended, of course, for local incidents.  We
regret any confusion that this form may have created.

EOM