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- To : RACES @ ALLUS
- Msgid : $RACESBUL.191
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- 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.191 DATE: Oct. 14, 1991
- SUBJECT: MACS - Multi-Agency Coordination System
- We share the following with you for evaluation for possible
- use in your jurisdiction. Submitted by Derald Smith, Assistant
- Director, City of Stockton, California, Office of Emergency
- Services.
- The Multi-Agency Coordination System (MACS), an extension of
- the Incident Command System, streamlines procedures for
- coordinating mutual aid and allocating resources during
- emergencies when more than one agency or jurisdiction is involved
- in the response. The system has been adopted by the San Joaquin
- County Fire Chiefs and is under review by other probable users.
- RACES operators should note and remember the following new
- terminology already in use to denote response operating modes; in
- other words, the intensity of response. = W6HIR =
- MODE 1: A non-critical county-wide situation not requiring
- extended use of multi-agency resources. Emergency Operating
- Centers not on 24-hour operations. Normal communications
- sufficient.
- MODE 2: A period of heightened preparation, such as seasonal
- anticipation of fog, fires, peak high tides. In this mode, OES
- and its RACES will review procedures and equipment status. The
- RACES possibly on standby.
- MODE 3: Alert to an emergency or more serious potential
- requiring multi-agency response. EOC's partially activated and
- staffed; RACES alerted and selectively employed. = W6HIR =
- MODE 4: Signifies the existence of an all-out county effort
- requiring concerted multi-agency coordination. EOC's and the
- RACES fully activated.
- EOF
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