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- BID: $RACESBUL.232
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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.232 DATE: July 27, 1992
- SUBJECT: MGT: Administering the flow of responders
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- One vital task that befalls the telecommunications manager
- during an emergency is to screen the communications volunteers
- who respond; especially the intermittent flow of those that come
- out of the woodwork at such times. It's not that they're not
- wanted or needed, it's just that their usefulness may be other
- than what they expect, depending on various factors. During an
- emergency is NOT the time to train in such things as tactical
- calls, the agency structure, proper identification, prowords, net
- procedures, and other items learned only over time and practice.
- However one may view it, the pressures on the Radio Officer,
- staff, and operators can be far too great during an emergency
- situation to put up with untrained operators or a partially
- trained ego-centric know-it-all who inadvertently fouls up any
- situation however well meaning.
- Part of the value of training is that it alerts the manager
- to these types in advance so adjustments can be made (including
- specialized training) as appropriate. The aversion to training
- by many people is natural for several reasons. Perhaps another
- term should be used to emphasize that what is needed and benefi-
- cial is simulated emergency activity on an on-going basis. This
- insures that the practices and mindset so vital to emergency
- operations become second nature and automatic.
- That's the essential difference the Radio Officer or Emer-
- gency Coordinator looks for -- the operator whose participation
- and natural abilities are those that develop from actual partici-
- pation and time in service. ---Cary Mangum, W6WWW
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