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Bid : $RACESBUL.280
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.280 DATE: June 28, 1993
SUBJECT: OPS- Are YOU trained or untrained?
People sometimes get "fed up" with the idea of training.
"Who needs it", is the phrase I hear from time to time from those
outside of RACES. Well, we all benefit from it, but perhaps we
need to paint a clearer picture of why, and its benefits.
In a comment by David Fowler regarding Fire Service
response, the following appeared:
"I always want to know how a system is going to work under
operator stress. My experience shows me that people work best
under stress with those things they are most familiar with, and
will reject new procedures, systems, etc., that are introduced
during a stress period. Training is one way of making the
unfamiliar familiar."
Let's repeat his last statement: Training is one way of
making the unfamiliar familiar!
It reminds me of an incident message a few year back that
involved a person whose name was long and difficult to spell.
Let's say it was "Jwailicowski" for illustration and no offense
intended. Mr. J, lets call him, was an agency official, but
a responding volunteer didn't know him nor had he heard the name
before because he never really participated and attended
training. During an emergency a two minute message came in. This
particular volunteer spent four minutes getting the phonetic
spelling on the one word name when he should have taken ten
seconds. Had he belonged to the organization and attended its
training --- which included familiarity with personnel --- he
would have been familiar with Mr. J's name and could have simply
written it out correctly after only hearing the name once.
Instead, because of his lack of participation and training, he
tied up the net for an excruciating four minutes that drove
others to distraction.
Small potatoes? Well, maybe, but small potatoes grow into
big plants that send out runners and shoots into many areas. So
it is with lack of familiarization (training) of people,
procedures and systems. Attend ANY opportunity for
familiarization and orientation; you will never know what you
missed if you don't attend!!
/signed/ Cary Mangum, W6WWW, State Chief Radio Officer
Remember: Out of sight is out of mind.
EOM