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- Subject: RB315 Semantics - Telecommunicators
- Bid: $RACESBUL.315
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- TO: ALL ES, CD, AND PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTORS VIA AMATEUR RADIO
- INFO: ALL RACES OPERATORS IN CALIFORNIA
- INFO: ALL AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS
- FROM: CA STATE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES
- (W6SIG@WA6NWE.CA) Ph: 916-262-1600
- 2800 MEADOWVIEW RD., SACRAMENTO, CA 95832
- LANDLINE BBS OPEN TO ALL 916-262-1657
- RACESBUL.315 RELEASE DATE: February 28, 1994
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- Subject: MGT - Semantics - Telecommunicator (5 of 7 parts)
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- TELECOMMUNICATOR is a more professional title adopted an
- increasing number of jurisdictions for what they used to call
- DISPATCHERS. They operate the public safety communications
- centers public safety answering points for Nine-One-One. They
- should be made aware periodically of your jurisdiction's RACES
- program and how Amateur Radio phone patches work.
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- RACES: The Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service. The RACES is a
- program established by any jurisdiction's civil defense official
- by appointing a radio officer, preparing a RACES Plan, and
- training and utilizing Amateur Radio operators. The latter are
- screened for loyalty and reliability prior to taking and signing
- an oath. The RACES is not a condition; it is a program and unit
- of local government providing public safety communications. Thus
- the RACES is not a club, association, or self-governing body.
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- (Series authored by Stanly E. Harter, originally titled "From My
- Lookout". Edited for digital transmission. Continued.)
-