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- Bid : $RACESBUL.293
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- TO: ALL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES VIA AMATEUR RADIO
- INFO: ALL RACES OPERATORS IN CA (ALLCA: OFFICIAL)
- ALL AMATEURS U.S. (@ USA: INFORMATION)
- FROM: CA STATE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES
- (KH6GBX @ WA6NWE.CA)
- 2800 Meadowview Rd., Sacramento, CA 95832
- (916)262-1600
- Landline BBS open to all: (916) 262-1657
- RACESBUL.293 DATE: September 27, 1993
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- SUBJECT: MGT: The mission of the RACES
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- The mission of the RACES is basically to provide needed
- communications in emergencies for the government that sponsors
- the RACES unit. Its communications are governmental in nature,
- that is between government units and not third party health and
- welfare messages --- although it may be used for liaison from
- government to non-government disaster relief organizations.
- Communication links for RACES varies with the jurisdiction.
- A State RACES unit has four network levels of support: State to
- Federal; State to other states; State to its own agencies and
- departments; and State to counties.
- A county RACES has three network levels: county to state,
- county to city, county to its own units; and possibly a fourth:
- county to county.
- City network levels are: city to county, inter-departmental
- and possibly inter-city.
- These networks are specified in the jurisdiction's RACES
- plan, which emphasizes the importance of having the plan in
- advance of an emergency.
- In serving its mission, RACES resources are available to all
- departments or agencies of that jurisdiction; i.e., state, county
- or city. For example, the State department of transportation has
- a RACES unit as does Health Services and each of six State OES
- Regions, all coordinated by the State Office of Emergency
- Services. However, there is only one RACES plan (and hence,
- program) for the State, coordinated by the State RACES
- Coordinator with administration and liaison delegated to the
- Chief Radio Officer. In a similar manner each jurisdiction can
- administer its RACES program.
- EOM
-