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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 (W6SIG @ WA6NWE.CA)
- 2800 Meadowview Rd., Sacramento, CA 95832 (916)262-1600
- Landline BBS open to all: (916) 262-1657
- RACESBUL.300 DATE: Nov 15, l995
- SUBJECT: OPS - STRIKE TEAMS - Part 2/2
- Our Strike Team is comprised of RACES personnel who have
- taken extra steps to maximize their abilities and skills. What
- extra steps? Fireground safety, public safety radio operation and
- agency orientation are a few of the topics covered in training.
- Personnel must have served in RACES for at least a year, and be
- licensed as Technician or higher for a similar period. They must
- show a willingness and ability to serve as a RACES person before
- serving on the Strike Team. Membership in the Strike Team is by
- no means automatic. It requires a special level of participation,
- and members must have shown that they can meet this demand before
- they are accepted.
- Strike Team members are normally assigned to other RACES
- functions, including operation of stations, EOCs and the
- Communications Center. If you belong to a Strike Team you will
- still be expected to attend the drills, training and activities
- that are part of your normal RACES assignment as well. In the
- process, you will be confident that no matter what may happen,
- you will be called!
- End of extract from an article by Ted Benson, WA6BEJ, Deputy
- RACES Radio Officer/Mobile Operations. published in vol. 1, issue
- 2, TAC ONE, THE OFFICIAL VOICE OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY RACES. Ted's
- article began with the perspective that "we face a new set of
- disasters and emergencies for which we must plan. Forest fires,
- civil disturbances, and downed aircraft are but a few of modern
- challenges RACES must face. With these new challenges come new
- techniques, of which the Strike Team is perhaps the newest of
- these techniques."
- EOM
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- message origination stn: W6WWW@KD6XZ.#NOCAL.USA.NA
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