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BID : $RACESBUL.266
TO: ALL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES/OFFICES VIA THE ARS
INFO: ALL RACES OPERATORS IN CA (ALLCA: OFFICIAL)
ALL AMATEURS U.S. (@ USA: INFORMATION)
FROM: AUXILIARY RADIO SERVICE
CA STATE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES (W6HIR @ WA6NWE.CA)
2800 Meadowview Rd., Sacramento, CA 95832 (916)262-1603
Landline BBS (FIDO) open to all: (916) 262-1657
RACESBUL.266 DATE: March 22, 1993
SUBJECT: MGT - RACES CANNOT BE CONFINED TO ONE DEPARTMENT
A paragraph that appears in the new RACES plan format is
paraphrased directly from the FCC Rules and Regulations. It
states:
"RACES resources are considered a facility available to all
government services as required. Specific channels are not
assigned exclusively to any one service."
We bring this up because we hear, albeit infrequently, that
a RACES unit reportedly serves only one department in its juris-
diction. A RACES organization can be created only by the authori-
ty of a jurisdiction's civil defense or emergency management
director. That director may, in turn, delegate the day-to-day
management of the RACES to a department head within the same
jurisdiction.
By the same token, city civil defense or emergency manage-
ment officials may, by agreement, have the county organization
serve the needs of all jurisdictions therein. We encourage this
management approach wherever possible. It can make management and
utilization of a limited resource more effective.
A county RACES cannot, for example, simply serve one county
department. This is a violation of the FCC Rules and defeats the
intent of the RACES. If a county CD or emergency services admin-
istrator has delegated the RACES program to, say, the sheriff,
the RACES program must serve equally the needs of all county
departments --- not just the sheriff. If it fails to do so it
cannot be called the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service. It
may also run the risk of close scrutiny for the possible use of
Amateur Radifor business purposes.
---Stanly E. Harter,
Auxiliary Communications Service Coordinator
kh6gbx@wa6nwe.#nocal.ca.usa.na (916)262-1603
EOF