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Msgid : $RACESBUL.231
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.231 DATE: July 20, 1992
SUBJECT: MGT: Too much of a good thing
More than one professional in the field of Search and Rescue
or Emergency Response Management has been known to say that
"hams can be too much of a good thing." What they refer to is
the propensity of hams to respond en masse to a callout without
regard to their own skills, physical limitations, body
condition, time commitment, and mental state. Over time, these
professionals, often "hams" themselves, reach a state where they
decline to again issue a callout or utilize other hams in their
operations. In essence, they've been "burned" once too often by
the untrained and unskilled responders who think just because
they hold an Amateur Radio license they are natural emergency
operators.
Their experience proves that merely holding a "ham" license
does not an emergency responder make. It takes effort, study
and training to be a good emergency responder. Search and
Rescue teams know that because of their endless training and
drills. They welcome with open arms seriously interested Radio
Amateurs who have the self-discipline to undergo rigorous
training similar to theirs and the committment to stay with the
program.
Think about it. What kind of a potential responder are
you? Are you in the small, but elite, fraternity of those highly
trained and dedicated? Or are you in a larger group of those
with a little training, a little knowledge and fluctuating
interest? Or are you in the largest group that has no training,
no knowledge of emergency communications, but feel you can help
just because you have an Amateur Radio license? Which of these
three groups would you like to have assisting if YOUR family's
life and well being were at stake? ---Cary Mangum, W6WWW
EOM