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Bid : $RACESBUL.293
TO: ALL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES VIA AMATEUR RADIO
INFO: ALL RACES OPERATORS IN CA (ALLCA: OFFICIAL)
ALL AMATEURS U.S. (@ USA: INFORMATION)
FROM: CA STATE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES
(KH6GBX @ WA6NWE.CA)
2800 Meadowview Rd., Sacramento, CA 95832
(916)262-1600
Landline BBS open to all: (916) 262-1657
RACESBUL.293 DATE: September 27, 1993
SUBJECT: MGT: The mission of the RACES
The mission of the RACES is basically to provide needed
communications in emergencies for the government that sponsors
the RACES unit. Its communications are governmental in nature,
that is between government units and not third party health and
welfare messages --- although it may be used for liaison from
government to non-government disaster relief organizations.
Communication links for RACES varies with the jurisdiction.
A State RACES unit has four network levels of support: State to
Federal; State to other states; State to its own agencies and
departments; and State to counties.
A county RACES has three network levels: county to state,
county to city, county to its own units; and possibly a fourth:
county to county.
City network levels are: city to county, inter-departmental
and possibly inter-city.
These networks are specified in the jurisdiction's RACES
plan, which emphasizes the importance of having the plan in
advance of an emergency.
In serving its mission, RACES resources are available to all
departments or agencies of that jurisdiction; i.e., state, county
or city. For example, the State department of transportation has
a RACES unit as does Health Services and each of six State OES
Regions, all coordinated by the State Office of Emergency
Services. However, there is only one RACES plan (and hence,
program) for the State, coordinated by the State RACES
Coordinator with administration and liaison delegated to the
Chief Radio Officer. In a similar manner each jurisdiction can
administer its RACES program.
EOM