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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. (AT USA: INFORMATION)
- FROM: CA STATE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES (W6HIR AT WA6NWE.CA)
- 2800 Meadowview Rd., Sacramento, CA 95832 (916)427-4281
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- RACESBUL.216 DATE: Apr. 6, 1992
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- SUBJECT: MGT Keys to successful operations
- [Submitted by Richard Ferguson, Assistant Emergency Coordinator,
- Boulder, Colorado. KA0DXM @ WA8ZIA.#NECO.CO.USA.NA]
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- Here are three keys to successful emergency operations:
- 1. Adequate training for emergency operations. This would
- include good procedures developed through practice.
- 2. A good working relationship with the served agencies.
- If the hams do not have a close working relationship
- before the emergency, they will either not be utilized
- at all during the emergency, or utilized poorly.
- Perhaps the best reason for a focused group rather than
- an umbrella group is that a dedicated group is what the
- served agencies generally want! They are the
- "customer" for the ham radio emergency service and they
- need to be satisfied.
- 3. Good coordination between the ham groups. If each ham
- group acts like its own kingdom, not deigning to speak
- to other ham groups, the emergency response will not be
- coordinated well. One key aspect of most agencies is a
- lack of shared frequencies; that is, one emergency
- agency may not be able to talk to another emergency
- agency. The hams need to be able, if needed, to
- provide the communications "glue" between many
- different agencies, governmental and non-governmental.
- Politics on the part of the hams or the agencies, often
- stand in the way of essential cooperation.
- EOM
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