QRZ! Ham Radio 6/QRZ Ham Radio Callsign Database - Volume 6.iso/pc/files/races/racesbul.258

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TO:    ALL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES VIA AMATEUR RADIO
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]
       Landline BBS open to all: [phone]
RACESBUL.258                                DATE: Jan. 25, 1993
SUBJECT: MGT - The importance of planning - part 2/2

     Once the communications plan is developed, it must be given the
widest possible dissemination and tested for effectiveness through
drills and exercises. If it does not work well then it must be either
modified, or the users must be better trained and drilled, or a
combination of both must occur.
     It has been my experience that following most major inci-
dents there is a need to make adjustments to standard operating
procedures. Sometimes this means updating basic data or modifying
actual procedures. This is why SOP's should not be buried within
or threaded throughout any plan. A plan should be the basic
foundation and framework. The SOP's, operation manual, or similar
documents are the furnishings attached to a plan. This is why
well written plans and SOP's require frequent review, exercising,
and updating. Operations frequently fail or are considerably less
than optimum if this is not done. SOP's are best written by
people who have experience in carrying them out.
     A final word to tease the semanticists. Planning is plan-
ning, right? Then what, pray tell, is preplanning? Is this where
one contemplates to plan? Why not drop the "pre" and get right to
it!                      ---Stanly E. Harter, KH6GBX

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