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Bid : $RACESBUL.249
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.249 DATE: Nov. 23, 1992
SUBJECT: MGT - Why not multiple RACES membership?
QUESTION: Why can't I have multiple RACES membership? In
other words, why shouldn't I belong to two or more different RACES?
REPLY: One of the most common complaints from emergency
management officials is that some volunteers are enrolled with a
county civil defense or emergency services agency and also enrolled
in a comparable city agency. In an emergency callout the county
and the city government may find that the volunteers they each
thought they had are one and the same. It understandably upsets
the government officials so affected to be told by these volunteers,
"Sorry, I have just been called out by someone else." This may
cause governments to say, "Make up your mind. It's one or the other.
Please return your ID card to all but the one you choose to serve and
be counted upon." In other words it's like being a reserve deputy
sheriff or volunteer firefighter --- you can be one in only one
department. We feel it's the same with deputy communicators --
be it called the RACES, the Auxiliary Radio Service, or whatever.
Volunteers and paid responders in California work within a
highly developed mutual aid system. This enables properly trained
and registered volunteers to serve wherever they are needed. Please
understand this: it does not reduce the opportunities to serve and
respond by being registered in just one government. We realize that
many states and counties do not employ this mutual aid concept, so
these comments reflect the practices of and recommendations for
those that do.
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