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- Page 1 Contents Version 1.3 7/6/92
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- Subject: RACES BULLETINS-BY-TOPICS CONTENTS
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- MANAGEMENT [MGT]
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- AN OVERVIEW - PART 1
- History of RACES
- One Definition of RACES
- Another Definition of RACES
- What Is RACES?
- Uses for RACES
- Who Activates RACES?
- Yes, Non-Hams Can Join Too!
- What is a RACES Station?
- Races & the Auxiliary Radio Service Illustrated
- Who Runs RACES?
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- AN OVERVIEW - PART 2
- Is RACES meant for just one department?
- Do Federal Agencies Have Races?
- Does RACES Provide Equipment for Radio Amateurs?
- Government Owned Ham Equipment
- Volunteers Must be Registered
- RACES? Who Needs it? What is It?
- Response Institute Summary
- Getting Bulletins to the Emergency Services Manager
- Simplex Frequency Plan Announced
- Obtaining Surplus Property for Local Government
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- EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: WHAT TO EXPECT
- Disaster/Major Emergency-What to Expect [ By Chula Vista
- Police Lt: 70 possibilities based on actual experiences.]
- Real time experiences and observations in emergencies:
- [management, operations, training and
- plans/preparedness] Emergency Directors
- Perspectives (Loma Prieta Eq. Critique)
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- MUTUAL AID
- Mutual Aid defined and how it applies to communications.
- Mutual Aid Communications
- Importance of the Communication Resources Order
- Communication Resources Order Form
- Essential Mutual Aid Records and Information
- MACS: MultiAgency Coordination System
- Responding to a Mutual Aid Mission (Responder Do's/Don'ts)
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- ORGANIZATION -PART 1A
- Overview on Emergency Communications Organization.
- Overcoming Communication Problems
- Levels of RACES Operators in California
- Level 1 & 2 Volunteers
- RACES Activities
- Management Priorities
- What Should Amateurs Expect of Sponsoring Gov't Agencies?
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- ORGANIZATION -PART 1B
- Establishing Awareness of and Confidence in RACES
- RACES ID Cards
- Flow of Communications: Agencies to State OES and back
- Recruiting Volunteers
- How to Find High Tech Support
- Communication Mission for Volunteers
- Getting Emergency Managers and Amateurs Together
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- ORGANIZATION -PART 1C
- Races Management Problems,for Emergency Agency Managers
- Why Some Governments Won't Use Volunteers
- Volunteers 'Bill of Rights'
- How Does One Join RACES?
- Volunteers Defined
- Understanding Levels of Volunteer Responder Activity.
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- POLICY MATTERS
- RACES Program Guidance Policy
- Policy on Volunteers Responding to Incidents
- Responders Deportment & Appearance
- OES Mission Statement
- Standards: Key Management, Operations Staff, Radio Officer
- Policy on Use of ID Card
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- The RADIO OFFICER - The Key Element to Success
- PART 1A
- The Radio Officer: A Discussion and Perspectives
- All We Need is A Radio Officer?
- How Communication Volunteers Can be Utilized
- Radio Officers DATA Base: registrations, records/resources
- How To Help Your Radio Officer
- Radio Officers and the Need for Assistants
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- The RADIO OFFICER - The Key Element to Success
- PART 1B
- Radio Officer Position Description
- Vital material for the Emergency Services Manager
- Responsibilities of a Local Jurisdiction Radio Officer
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- OPERATIONS [OPS]
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- ASPECTS OF OPERATIONS
- One-Hour Exercise Question
- "Organizing Packet Networks" - From a FEMA Workshop
- Proper Communication Channels
- HF Radio is very important
- Dispatching Responsers Out-of-Area
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- INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM
- ICS Responders Checklist
- ICS Proper Radio Usage
- CDF&FP Glossary of ICS Terms
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- IN TIME OF NEED
- The Amateur Radio Operator in Time of Need
- By Russell Bankson, N6GWL, CAP Pacific Region
- "Here We Are But Nobody Calls Us" - Solving this problem
- RACES Responders Check List
- RACES Proper Radio Usage
- How to make Accident Reports by Radio
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- PREPAREDNESS FOR THE RESPONDERS FAMILY
- What comes First in an Emergency?
- Family Preparedness
- How to Be Winter Wise: Before, During, After Winter Storms
- Emergency Broadcast System
- Earthquake Preparedness for Home & Family
- The Emergency Broadcast System and Amateur Radio
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- TECHNIQUES
- Emergency and Disaster Operating Techniques
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- TRAINING
- Training for Level A Volunteers
- Operations Critique for Training Purposes
- Volunteers Responding to Incidents Policy
- Drill or Exercise REALITY, April Moell
- What is a Shadow, Bill Ozment
- Desirable Traits in a Volunteer
- Stress & Training caption: Falling Overboard
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- WHAT to EXPECT in EMERGENCIES
- Are You Really Earthquake Free?
- Loma Prieta (Santa Cruz) OES Response Overview
- UL Flight 232 Lessons Extracts from Nebraska EC reports
- Communications Will Always Fail! [Crisis in Action!]
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- OTHER TOPICS - MISCELLANEOUS [MIS]
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- MISCELLANEOUS - PART 1
- A review of the changes in RACES
- RACES Bulletins, How Transmitted
- RACES Bulletins/Index for Em. Managers, Responsers, Sysops
- CCDN & RACES Bulletins
- Excellent RACES Newsletter
- USAFR Rescue
- Station License for RACES
- New State Races Call Sign
- Welcoming Message to Stan Harter
- Copyright Permission regarding Bulletins
- A History of an OES Training Exercise
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- MISCELLANEOUS - PART 2
- Why Volunteers May be Refused
- What About Citizens Band?
- Call Waiting as a Communications Tool
- Tsunami Described
- Richter Scale (definition)
- Races Program Guidance Policy at OES
- Communication Auxiliary Described
- The Impact of Amateur Radio Operators on Highway Safety
- An overview of the Amateur Operator
- Training Writeups Wanted
- RACES Bulletin Numbering System Changed
- Thank You, Responders
- Earthquake Activity cause to review
- Dispatchers Congratulated
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- PUBLIC RELATIONS/PRESS
- Public and Press Relations by Paul Girard Press response
- and the Incident Command System as in Loma Prieta Disaster
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- PUBLIC SAFETY
- What is a Public Safety Communications System?
- Understanding Public Safety Dispatchers/TeleCommunicators
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- RACES SURVEY, STATE WIDE
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- THE EARTHQUAKE
- The California Quake -An Article by Robert Hoover
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- TECHNICAL [TEC]
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- ANTENNAS
- Antennas & slingshots
- High Freq. Ant. Survival Tip
- NVIS Antennas, 5 parts
- Antenna Safety: Raising Antennas
- Log Periodic Antenna at OES
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- ATV - AMATEUR RADIO TELEVISION
- ATV In 4 Parts
- Microwave Van and ATV - RF2
- ATV Antenna on Aircraft
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- EQUIPMENT
- Equipment Liability
- Equipment for Emergency Responders
- EMP Devices, Provides 3 sources of data
- Portable Repeaters
- Rubber Duck Antennas
- Grounding System
- Photocopiers: Hazards
- Portable Radio Tip
- Portable Radio Batteries
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- PACKET
- Packet Recommended for Every EOC
- Emergency Packet Communications
- Races Packet Radio Terminal Specification
- Packet Radio Demonstrations, in 4 parts
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- TECHNICAL TIDBITS
- ALE, Automatic Link Establishment, A discussion
- Ferrite Beads and Radio Interference
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- Notes:
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- The printed version of this material differs in layout, but not in
- context. In it, occasional words may have been shifted to help the
- text conform to a two-column layout, but the essence is the same.
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- Compiler:
- Cary Mangum, W6WWW, Chief Radio Officer, Auxiliary Radio Service,
- Telecommunications Division, Office of Emergency Services,
- State of California.
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- Formatted for the RACES Bulletin Archive at UCSD.EDU by Steve
- Schindler, WD4MJJ, Brevard County, Florida RACES.
- Internet: steve@testeng.ksc.nasa.gov
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