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Internet Message Format | 1994-11-13 | 1KB

From    : W6HIR @ WA6NWE.#NOCAL.CA.USA
Msgid   : $RACESBUL.170


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.170                                 DATE: May 20, 1991
SUBJECT:   "Falling Overboard"  Part 2/5

However, in the aftermath of a recent urban wildfire where the
emergency response phase of the operation spanned only three
hours, we found ourselves short of trained emergency responders.
You notice that I said trained emergency responders. The
wildfire was terrible, scary, and burned more people out of their
homes than any other fire in the United States except the 1906
San Francisco fire. But it was only one canyon. It was only one
day. Essentially, the emergency response was over in three hours.
The mop-up took days and recovery is still going on. But as a
disaster it was a short-lived event. Even so, we were running out
of trained emergency communicators.

(To be continued)

EOM