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From    : W6HIR @ WA6NWE.#NOCAL.CA.USA
To      : RACES @ ALLUS
Msgid   : $RACESBUL.178



TO:    ALL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES/OFFICES VIA THE ARS
INFO:  ALL RACES OPERATORS IN CA (ALLCA: OFFICIAL)
       ALL AMATEURS U.S.         (@ USA: INFORMATION)
FROM:  CA STATE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES (W6HIR @ WA6NWE.CA)
       2800 Meadowview Rd., Sacramento, CA  95832  [phone]
RACESBUL.178                                 DATE:  July 15, 1991
SUBJECT: Why volunteers may refused

   In your briefings for potential volunteers, several local
government officials have brought up the following points on why
the services of volunteers may be refused. It is only fair that
potential volunteers understand the following items, if
applicable, in advance:
   1.  A designated government department, agency, or
organization is usually the primary response and responsible
agency. Volunteers, therefore, must be either members of that
government organization or have an agreement with that agency.
   2.  Volunteers offering to help during or after the incident
are usually too late. Governments who use volunteers prefer to
orient and train them in advance. The volunteers then know in
advance where to go and what to do.
   Those are the two most common inputs we receive from
government agencies. We are not talking about the one time
volunteer, of course, but those who participate in frequent
incidents and other activities of their government. We urge any
volunteer to associate yourself with that government agency or
organization that has an OFFICIAL response responsibility.

EOM