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
Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES) 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.
Communicating with Southern Region ACS
Southern Region Communications Center/EOC
(Los Alamitos): (562) 795-2900 Operating Frequency During Activation (for contact with Operational Areas):
7235 kHz (LSB) State OES Warning Center: (916) 845-8911; 800-421-2921; warning_center@oes.ca.gov Southern Region ACS Officer:Arnie
Lewin, (call Warning Center to request page) Mutual Aid Region I ACS Officer: Gary Rotter, W6KS, (call Warning
Center to request page)
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)
February 27 - March 6, 2009
Jim Bogdan
March 6 - March 13
Chad Buchanan
March 13 - March 20
DeAngelo Fernandez
March 20 - March 27
Mark Hartman
March 27 - April 3
Arnie Lewin
April 3 - April 10
BB Odenthal
April 10 - April 17
Tim Peters
April 17 - April 24
Alex Pournelle
April 24 - May 1
Gary Rotter
May 1 - May 8
Jim Walls
May 8 - May 15
Jim Bogdan
May 15 - May 22
Chad Buchanan
May 22 - May 29
DeAngelo Fernandez
May 29 - June 5
Mark Hartman
June 5 - June12
Arnie Lewin
June 12 - June 19
BB Odenthal
June 19 - June 26
Tim Peters
June 26 - July 3
Alex Pournelle
July 3 - July 10
Gary Rotter
July 10 - July 17
Jim Walls
July 17 - July 24
Jim Bogdan
July 24 - July 31
Chad Buchanan
July 31 - August 7
DeAngelo Fernandez
August 7 - August 14
Mark Hartman
August 14 - August 21
Arnie Lewin
August 21- August 28
BB Odenthal
August 28 - September 4
Tim Peters
September 4 - September 11
Alex Pournelle
September 11- September 18
Gary Rotter
September 18 - September 25
Jim Walls
September 25 - October 2
Jim Bogdan
October 2 - October 9
Chad Buchanan
Ocktober 9 - October 16
DeAngelo Fernandez
October 16 - October 23
Mark Hartman
October 23 - October 30
Arnie Lewin
October 30 - November 6
BB Odenthal
November 6 - November 13
Tim Peters
November 13 - November 20
Alex Pournelle
November 20 - November 27
Gary Rotter
November 27 - December 4
Jim Walls
December 4 - December 11
Jim Bogdan
December 11 - December 18
Chad Buchanan
December 18 - December 25
DeAngelo Fernandez
December 25 - January 1, 2010
Mark Hartman
January 1 - January 8
Arnie Lewin
January 8 - January 15
BB Odenthal
January 15 - January 22
Tim Peters
January 22 - January 29
Alex Pournelle
January 29 - February 5
Gary Rotter
Current Activities and
Future Events
Southern Region ACS Meeting: Monday,
May 18, 2009, 1930 hours, OES Southern Region Headquarters, Joint Forces
Training Base, 4671 Liberty Ave., Los Alamitos.
Southern Region ACS Net: Nearly every Monday at 1830 hours. Contact
Arnie Lewin (at) oes.ca.gov for frequency and
PL information.
Webmaster:Arnie
Lewin, Southern Region ACS Officer, State of California OES
