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- Msgid : $RACESBUL.203
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- 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 (916)427-4281
- RACESBUL.203 DATE: Jan. 6, 1992
- SUBJECT: MIS: Fire training
- Nine members of the City of Barstow (CA) RACES provided
- communications support to augment fire department communications
- during a fire control training class.
- This function, which served as a drill for our organization,
- was held in Barstow with several local and military fire
- departments participating. Seven condemned houses were used for
- fire control training and subsequently burned to the ground.
- Through this drill our RACES group was provided with valuable
- hands on, realistic training, the quality of which exceeded
- anything we could have ever learned in a classroom setting.
- The RACES provided support communications between the incident
- commander, logistics, safety, operations, and each training site
- during the exercise.
- It isn't often that we have the opportunity to participate in
- hands-on training, and we feel it gave us experience which will
- enable us to be better prepared to serve and interact with
- agencies requiring our resources should a large scale emergency
- occur. -- Fred Williamson, KK6FL, Chief Radio Officer, City of
- Barstow, California
- EOF
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