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- Bid: $RACESBUL.324
- Subject : RACES Bulletin #324
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- TO: ALL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES VIA AMATEUR RADIO
- INFO ALL COMMUNICATIONS VOLUNTEERS IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE
- INFO: ALL AMATEURS U.S (@USA: INFORMATION), CAP, MARS
- FROM: CA GOVERNORS OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES
- (W6SIG@WA6NWE.CA) Ph: 916-262-1600
- 2800 Meadowview Rd., Sacramento, CA 95832
- Landline BBS Open to All: 916-262-1657
- RACESBUL.324 RELEASE DATE: May 2, 1994
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- Subject: OPS - Responding to a Call-Out
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- "...I might be willing to respond on something like the
- Northridge quake, where there is no damage in my area. However I
- am not about to leave my home unprotected, without gas,
- electricity, water or telephone if there is looting and civil
- unrest and the police are stretched so thin that they cannot
- adequately cope."
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- Comments: In an emergency, our first concern is rightly
- that of our family or other personal priority. There are and can
- be instances where it is inappropriate to respond to any aspect
- of a call-out. There are those, however, who have prepared their
- families in what to do and how to cope so that they can respond
- to a duty station and stay as long as needed (with adequate rest
- periods inter-spersed as appropriate.) Such people will
- literally go around almost any barrier to respond to the local
- need if that is expected of them and they have been trained for
- that response level. Essentially it depends on our personal
- situation, perspective and preparedness; physical as well as
- mental. It's our choice!
- It may not be possible to make preparations for every
- eventuality, but it starts with our personal view point. There
- is no "right" or "wrong" perspective or reaction. Each must
- chose. Experience does show that there are those whose
- dedication is at such a level that the concerns expressed are
- transcended by their own choice. It depends on ones personal
- priorities. There are instances of response in face of total
- personal loss, as well as all conditions in between. Again: it's
- your choice. Whatever you chose is right for you.
- EOM
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