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Msgid: $RACESBUL.225
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.225 DATE: June 8, 1992
SUBJECT: MGT: Activation of a RACES unit. Part 1/3
Justifiably, agency officials react with strident alarm if RACES
people are called out without jurisdictional authority, or if
non-RACES operators (for example, ARES-only members not co-
registered in a RACES unit) are called out in a RACES situation.
Of even deeper concern by agency officials is the Radio Officer
who can't discern one from the other, and confuses the call-up,
causing embarrassment to an official or the jurisdiction; exceed-
ing authority or creating liability problems for administrators.
Once 'burned', such officials can become reluctant or refuse to
utilize the unit again.
RACES activation is based on specified authority of the local
jurisdiction. This should be spelled out in a written RACES plan
for each jurisdiction. The Radio Officer should ascertain that
the plan is active, current and approved, as well as reading the
activation language provisions. A time-tested RACES plan is the
model Santa Luisa Plan. Sending a draft of your plan to State
OES HQ for review, prior to filing the final signed-off plan,
helps assure that the activation authority is clear and concise.
(To be continued)
EOM