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Msgid: $RACESBUL.222
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 (916)427-4281
RACESBUL.222 DATE: May 18, 1992
CATEGORY: MGT
SUBJECT: So you want to equip an EOC?
If you are starting from scratch in utilizing communications
volunteers in an EOC or office, funds can be hard to come by.
In such cases, the funds may have to come in segments, rather
than all at once. Many EOC Amateur Radio communications have
begun with the installation of only antennas and coaxial
fittings. This simple, but critical step, allows the Amateurs
to bring in their own radios and computers and setting up for any
emergency or exercise. Time consuming, but it is a way many
agencies have begun. It does have its drawbacks in late arrivals
and no shows. The next step should then be implemented --
installing the necessary agency owned equipment permanently.
Then the operators need only to report for duty. The equipment
is already there and ready to operate.
Scheduling of operators and assignments is a task for the
Radio Officer to delegate to the operations assistant, although
in a small organization the Radio Officer may have to do this
activity. The Radio Officer need only bring in the people with
operational skills, not be an operator. In fact, the indication
of a good manager is the ability to stand back and manage and
assist without getting bogged down in doing other people's work.
Properly staffed and trained, volunteers should be able to
function with or without their leader. This requires depth in
personnel and skills, of course. The capable leader (i.e., Radio
Officer) does not try to do everything. Instead he or she brings
out the unique talent in others and fits them into those places
where their services are useful to the agency and meaningful to
the volunteers themselves. It's a win-win situation all the way
around.
---Stan Harter, KH6GBX
EOM