State of California


Auxiliary Communications Service
Southern Region
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ACS Mission

General: The ACS mission is to serve its sponsoring governmental jurisdiction in support of any possible need relative to communications in an emergency. This means far more than being activated in sporadic emergencies. It includes day-to-day involvement in affairs of that agency. In effect, an ACS becomes an integrated aspect of the sponsoring agency staff, albeit unpaid.

Specific: For the State of California, the ACS unit of the California Emergency Management Agency (CalE*M*A) provides support for any possible communications need. In doing so, it uses a variety of professional unpaid (volunteer) skills, including administrative, technical, and operational, for emergency tactical, administrative, and logistical communications between the State and its agencies, its Regions, county and city governments, and neighboring state governments.

Specific mission assignments include on-going ACS bulletins, assistance to counties and cities in developing ACS units in their jurisdictions, coordination with other State agency ACS units, such as those in Caltrans and Health Services, and support of the State EOC.

OES Regional ACS units support needs of the Regional Operations Centers and communications Mutual Aid through the OES Region Communications Coordinators.


 

 


 


California OES Auxiliary Communications Service



Communicating with Southern Region ACS

Southern Region Communications Center/EOC (Los Alamitos): (562) 795-29ØØ
Operating Frequency During Activation (for contact with Operational Areas): 723Ø kHz (LSB)
State OES Warning Center: (916) 845-8911; 8ØØ-421-2921; warning_center@oes.ca.gov
Southern Region ACS Officer: Arnie Lewin, (call Warning Center to request page)
Southern Region Training Officers: Jim Bloomquist, N6UIE
Mutual Aid Region I ACS Officer: Jeremy Neal, KG6YGB
To be called by RACES Coordinators and Radio Officers in the following Operational Areas (Counties):
Los Angeles, Orange, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura
Mutual Aid Region VI ACS Officer: Chad Buchanan, N6NWZ, (call Warning Center to request page)
To be called by RACES Coordinators and Radio Officers in the following Operational Areas (Counties):
Imperial, Inyo, Mono, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego
Duty Officer Schedule (shift changes on Friday at 1700 hours):

(call Warning Center to request page)

January 15 - January 22, 2010 Jim Bloomquist
January 22 - January 29 Jim Bogdan
January 29 - February 5 Chad Buchanan
February 5 - February 12 Mark Hartman
Feburary 12 - February 19 Arnie Lewin
February 19 - February 26 Wayne Maynard
February 26 - March 5 Jeremy Neal
March 5 - March 12 Tim Peters
March 12 - March 19 Alex Pournelle
March 19 - March 26 Jim Walls
March 26 - April 2 Jim Bloomquist
April 2 - April 9 Jim Bogdan
April 9 - April 16 Chad Buchanan
April 16 - April 23 Mark Hartman
April 23 - April 30 Arnie Lewin
April 30 - May 7 Wayne Maynard
May 7 - May 14 Jeremy Neal
May 14 - May 21 Tim Peters
May 21 - May 28 Alex Pournelle
May 28 - June 4 Jim Walls
June 4 - June 11 Jim Bloomquist
June 11 - June 18 Jim Bogdan
June 18 - June 25 Chad Buchanan
June 25 - July 2 Mark Hartman
July 2 - July 9 Arnie Lewin
July 9 - July 16 Wayne Maynard
July 16 - July 23 Jeremy Neal
July 23 - July 30 Tim Peters
July 30 - August 6 Alex Pournelle
August 6 - August 13 Jim Walls
August 13 - August 20 Jim Bloomquist
August 20 - August 27 Jim Bogdan
August 27 - September 3 Chad Buchanan
September 3 - September 10 Mark Hartman
September 10 - September 17 Arnie Lewin
September 17 - September 24 Wayne Maynard
September 24 - October 1 Jeremy Neal
October 1 - October 8 Tim Peters
October 8 - October 15 Alex Pournelle
October 15 - October 22 Jim Walls
October 22 - October 29 Jim Bloomquist
October 29 - November 5 Jim Bogdan
November 5 - November 12 Chad Buchanan
November 12 - November 19 Mark Hartman
November 19 - November 26 Arnie Lewin
November 26 - December 3 Wayne Maynard
December 3 - December 10 Jeremy Neal
December 10 - December 17 Tim Peters
December 17 - December 24 Alex Pournelle
December 24 - December 31 Jim Walls
December 31 - January 7, 2011 Jim Bloomquist
January 7 - January 14 Jim Bogdan
January 14 - January 21 Chad Buchanan
January 21 - January 28 Mark Hartman

Current Activities and Future Events

Southern Region ACS Meeting: Monday, August 16, 2Ø1Ø, 193Ø hours, OES Southern Region Headquarters, Joint Forces Training Base, 4671 Liberty Ave., Los Alamitos.

Southern Region ACS Net:
Nearly every Monday at 183Ø hours. Contact Arnie Lewin (at) oes.ca.gov for frequency and PL information.


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Webmaster: Arnie Lewin, Southern Region ACS Officer, State of California OES