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- Msgid : $RACESBUL.226
-
- 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.226 DATE: June 15, 1992
- SUBJECT: MGT: Activation of a RACES unit. Part 2/3
-
- Once activation is authorized, it should be properly announced as
- to beginning and ending. This can be complex for the person who
- is both the ARRL Emergency Coordinator (EC) and the local govern-
- ment's RACES Radio Officer, for it should be clear which unit is
- in activation. For example: On an official activity a RACES
- person begins at 0800 and ends at 1122; his or her ARES activity
- starts at 1123 and ends at 2100. Disaster Service Worker
- protection ends with the closure of the RACES activity at 1122
- and all members are entitled to know precisely when that occurs,
- even though they may choose to continue to participate on an
- unprotected basis thereafter by their freedom of choice.
-
- There are literally hundreds of opportunities to activate a RACES
- unit other than the perceived 'big ones'. Some of the activities
- where RACES personnel can be utilized include the following:
-
- - Meetings, training, weekly nets, administrative, and other work
- at the EOC, office, or elsewhere; including installation and work
- parties.
- - Holiday/special event traffic reports. Communications for gov-
- ernment during races, parades, marathons, fairs, and other public
- events.
- - Hospital nets.
- - Radio link between the EOC or Incident Command and the primary
- Emergency Broadcast System station(s).
- (To be continued)
- EOM
-