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- Msgid : $RACESBUL.209
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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.209 DATE: Feb. 17, 1992
- SUBJECT: OPS Demobilization - Part 2/2
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- With the advent of mobile cellular telephone technology,
- many of the past uses of Amateur radio operators may be
- supplanted with cellular telephones operated by average citizens.
- In a disaster situation, cellular telephones can provide an
- expedient means of obtaining quick, reliable communication
- between two points, such as between a shelter and the local Red
- Cross chapter office. During the Bay Area earthquake in October
- of 1989, the Santa Clara Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross
- obtained the use of ten cellular telephones. Red Cross officials
- gave the telephones to their mobile feeding stations, mobile
- nursing stations, and to Red Cross staff vehicles. The use of
- cellular telephones in that situation made the use of Amateur
- Radio unnecessary and resources were utilized in other areas.
- One of the first areas to begin demobilization procedures is
- to inform Amateur radio Mutual Aid officials that their resources
- are no longer required and to thank them for their efforts. As
- these Mutual Aid resources are secured, the incident will wind
- down as amateurs begin to hear that the disaster situation is now
- under control. Mutual Aid resources should be the first released,
- with local communicators remaining to mop-up the operation.
- Briefings should indicate that outside assistance is no longer
- needed, and packet as well as voice modes should be utilized to
- help "get the word out".
- Initially, Amateur radio support of the incident may be on a
- 24 hour basis. As the situation begins to get under control, the
- need for all-night Amateur coverage will become less important.
- Securing nets at night and then starting them again in the
- morning will allow tired operators to rest between shifts and
- give Amateur officials time to review operations and better plan
- for the next day"s management. In most situations, shelters quiet
- down at night as people sleep and it becomes increasingly more
- difficult to conduct disaster operations at night.
- (To be continued)
- EOM
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