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Msgid: $RACESBUL.239
TO: ALL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES/OFFICES VIA THE ARS
INFO: ALL RACES OPERATORS IN CA (ALLCA: OFFICIAL)
ALL AMATEURS U.S. (@ USA: INFORMATION)
FROM: AUXILIARY RADIO SERVICE
CA STATE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES (W6HIR @ WA6NWE.CA)
2800 Meadowview Rd., Sacramento, CA 95832 (916)262-1603
Landline BBS (FIDO) open to all: (916) 262-1657
RACESBUL.239 DATE: Sep. 14, 1992
SUBJECT: MGT - Wild fire volunteers - Part 2/2
5. Assist CDF in communications during fire emergencies.
6. Inspect rural homes to advise homeowners of proper vegetative
clearance around structures and safe incinerator standards.
7. Inspect equipment such as chain saws, lawn mowers, and tractors to
see that they are equipped with legal spark arresters and in fire safe
conditions.
Volunteers may apply time spent working in the VIP program
toward experience needed to meet entrance requirements for future
forestry examinations. Citizens performing voluntary fire prevention
duties are covered with Workers Compensation Insurance.
Unreimbursed expenses incurred may be considered "contributions" for
Federal and State income tax purposes.
The VIP Amateur Radio program is an important program in
several of California's 22 Ranger Units. Some Amateur Radio operators
serve as "shadows" with battalion chiefs and fire information officers.
(See Bulletins 161, 164, and 208.) Many VIP communications
volunteers are in a RACES unit. The VIP can turn to the RACES for
mutual aid support and vice versa. The "radio officer" in a VIP unit is
called the "hamco" or ham coordinator. In some counties the county
RACES unit and the VIP communicators are one and the same. Both
activities have training requirements to assure safety, compliance with
the incident command system, (ICS), and commonality of operations
and performance.
---Stan Harter, KH6GBX
EOM