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- From : K6QIF @ WA6NWE.#NOCAL.CA.USA
- To : RACES @ ALLCA
- Date : 910428/1851
- Msgid : B+ 25646@WA6NWE, 5674@AA4RE $RACESBUL.167
- Subject : RACESBUL.167
- Path : N6QMY!N6IYA!KA6FUB!WA6RDH!WA6NWE
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- TO: ALL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES/OFFICES VIA THE ARS
- 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)427-4281
- RACESBUL.167 DATE: April 29, 1991
- SUBJECT: Equipment for emergency responders - Part 1
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- (About the author: Les Ballinger, WA6EQQ, is a veteran emergency
- services responder in planning, setting up, and operating temp-
- orary communications in the field for emergency services,
- forestry, the Red Cross and other agencies. He is a recognized
- expert in field response and all facets of Amateur Radio commun-
- ications. He is employed by the California Department of Trans-
- portation and is the State OES HQ Auxiliary Radio Services
- station manager. ---KH6GBX)
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- There are some items that should be carried in the field or out
- to a highway if an incident takes place and we are called out to
- provide communications. There are certain items that need to be
- carried at all times on one's person and other items that should
- be immediately available.
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- Our state safety orders require anyone working on or near a
- highway wear a safety vest, hard hat, safety glasses, and
- shoes or boots of sturdy design. The footwear should have
- traction type soles for solid footing on slick, uneven surfaces
- such as mud, snow, grass, and pine needles. One trade name, for
- example, is "Vibram", sometimes called "waffle stompers".
-
- (To be continued)
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- EOM
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