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Subject: RB 314 Semantics 4/7
Bid: $RACESBUL.314
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.314 RELEASE DATE: February 21, 1994
Subject: MGT - Semantics 4/7 - Commun. Director & Radio Officer
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS. Until the mid-Seventies this was a
common title in government circles for the individual in charge
of public safety communications systems, operation, direction,
maintenance, procurement, planning and budgets. Then the title
began to shift to an entirely different occupation -- that of
public information and public affairs. Thus began the shift in
semantics from COMMUNICATIONS to TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
RADIO OFFICER. There has probably been less confusion over this
title than any other because it has been in the FCC Rules since
the 1950's. The Radio Officer is responsible to the civil defense
director for the RACES program. Some governments make a
distinction between a Radio Officer and a RACES Radio Officer. A
Radio Officer is also the RACES officer and is knowledgeable of
all the public safety communications systems in his or her
jurisdiction. The radio officer may indeed be employed to be in
charge of those systems. A RACES Radio Officer, on the other
hand, is responsible only for the RACES. We encourage the
recruitment and assignment of a full spectrum radio officer
whenever possible. To be effective, any radio officer must be
interested in far more than the four walls, the floor and the
ceiling of the Emergency Operations Center.
Series authored by Stanly E. Harter, originally titled "From My
Lookout". Edited for digital transmission. (Continued. Series of
7) eom.