California ACS

Auxiliary Communications Service
Southern Region

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 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)

March 28 - April 4, 2008	Jim Bogdan
April 4 - April 11	Chad Buchanan
April 11 - April 18	Mark Hartman
April 18 - April 25	Arnie Lewin
April 25 - May 2	Jeremy Neal
May 2 - May 9	BB Odenthal
May 9 - May 16	Willie Peloquin
May 16 - May 23	Tim Peters
May 23 - May 30	Alex Pournelle
May 30 - June 6	Gary Rotter
June 6 - June 13	Jim Walls
June 13 - June 20	Jim Bogdan
June 20 - June 27	Chad Buchanan
June 27 - July 4	Mark Hartman
July 4 - July 11	Arnie Lewin
July 11 - July 18	Jeremy Neal
July 18 - July 25	BB Odenthal
July 25 - August 1	Willie Peloquin
August 1 - August 8	Tim Peters
August 8 - August 15	Alex Pournelle
August 15 - August 22	Gary Rotter
August 22 - August 29	Jim Walls
August 29 - September 5	Jim Bogdan
September 5 - September 12	Chad Buchanan
September 12 - September 19	Mark Hartman
September 19 - September 26	Arnie Lewin
September 26 - October 3	Jeremy Neal
October 3 - October 10	BB Odenthal
October 10 - October 17	Willie Peloquin
October 17 - October 24	Tim Peters
October 24 - October 31	Alex Pournelle
October 31 - November 7	Gary Rotter
November 7 - November 14	Jim Walls
November 14 - November 21	Jim Bogdan
November 21 - November 28	Chad Buchanan
November 28 - December 5	Mark Hartman
December 5 - December 12	Arnie Lewin
December 12 - December 19	Jeremy Neal
December 19 - December 26	BB Odenthal
December 26 - January 2, 2009	Willie Peloquin
January 2 - January 9	Tim Peters
January 9 - January 16	Alex Pournelle
January 16 - January 23	Gary Rotter
January 23 - January 30	Jim Walls
January 30 - February 6	Jim Bogdan
February 6 - February 13	Chad Buchanan
February 13 - February 20	Mark Hartman
February 20 - February 27	Arnie Lewin

Current Activities and Future Events

Southern Region ACS Meeting: Monday, April 21, 2008, 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, for frequency and PL information.

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