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Bid : $RACESBUL.251
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 (W6HIR @ WA6NWE.CA)
2800 Meadowview Rd., Sacramento, CA 95832 (916)262-1600
Landline BBS open to all: (916) 262-1657
RACESBUL.251 DATE: Dec. 7, 1992
SUBJECT: MGT - Comfort is a Radio Officer
Recently, a civil defense director appointed the county's
first RACES Radio Officer. Addressing a local group of hams, he told
of his great comfort in having a Radio Officer to whom he could
turn to for communications in time of need.
Previously, he'd thought a communications reserve, such as
RACES and a Radio Officer, were not necessary or important. After
a couple of "it can't happen here" experiences that presented the
possibility that he might lose all local government
communications with no backup, he changed his perspective to one
of being highly supportive of a RACES program. His overall
summary was: "I don't know WHO I need or WHAT I need to
accomplish a solution in such events. With the Radio Officer I
have the one person to go to in order to solve that situation."
To this we add that the Radio Officer is also the sparkplug
that keeps the interest going in the area; not necessarily by his
or her own actions, but through the people selected for key
positions on the Radio Officer's staff.
In recent California statewide exercises, participation and
mutual aid interest increased where Region Radio Officers made
personal contacts with the county RACES Radio Officers, the
county Emergency Coordinators, and the Department of Forestry
Volunteers-in-Prevention ham radio coordinators in their State
OES Region. A similar increase in interest most likely can apply
on a local level as well. Your sincere interest and providing
something important to do invites increased participation. This,
in turn, tests hands-on-operations abilities and improves
readiness for unexpected stress-creating emergencies.
---Cary Mangum, Chief State Radio Officer, W6WWW
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