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- INFO: ALL RACES OPERATORS IN CA (ALLCA: OFFICIAL)
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- FROM: CA STATE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES (W6HIR @ WA6NWE.CA)
- 2800 Meadowview Rd., Sacramento, CA 95832 (916)427-4281
- RACESBUL.188 DATE: September 23, 1991
- SUBJECT: DRILL OR EXERCISE REALITY, Part 1/3
- The following was written by April Moell, WA6OPS, long
- experienced in medical and disaster emergencies. She gives
- you, both government and volunteers alike, advice from the
- perspective of the served agency. I have paraphrased her
- original memo to hospital disaster responders to apply to
- communications responders in virtually any incident.
- --- S. E. Harter, KH6GBX
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- DRILL OR EXERCISE REALITY
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- 1. It will never be what you expect.
- 2. Go prepared for anything. You never know where you might be
- operating, or for how long, or under what circumstances. You
- could be at the command post in a basement or in the field. Your
- fellow ham may drop his or her handie-talkie coming into the
- building.
- 3. Introduce yourself to the person in charge of your area.
- Don't be afraid to ask who is in charge if you aren't sure. You
- need to quickly brief that person as to your capabilities. Let
- them know to where you can provide them radio links. Do not
- assume that they know what you can do.
- 4. Just like we have many hams each year that are new to the
- drills or are in a different hospital (or EOC) than before, the
- hospital (or EOC) are usually in the same situation. They may
- have brought in staff from other shifts or locations to learn
- about the disaster plan. New administration staff may be getting
- their feet wet for the first time as the person in charge of the
- command post. In many cases it may be the first time they have
- seen a ham in their incident command post -- at best, in some
- exercise a year or so ago. In other words, DON'T ASSUME THEY WILL
- THINK YOU ARE WONDERFUL AND IMMEDIATELY KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH YOU.
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- EOM
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