State of California OES ACS Newsletter

February 17, 2003

Published weekly (except for vacations and emergencies) by the Auxiliary Communications Service, State of California Governor's Office of Emergency Services.

Articles in this Issue
Ham's assist with debris recovery
EMMCOM Bulletin # 381

Hams assist with debris recovery

The ARRL advises that ham radio volunteers are currently assiting state, local and federal agencies in the recovery of Columbia's debris. Due to the vast areas which must be searched, ham radio is sometimes the only reliable means of communication. Much of this communication is due to the local amatuer radio clubs repeaters.

In South Texas, there are requests for hams that are still needed to assist in the search effort - with an urgent need for operators in the San Augustine County, where substantial debris remains to be recovered. Local coordinators say two- to-four dozen operators are needed each day and they expect the need to continue for the next three weeks. Public service communication has been a traditional responsibility of the Amateur Radio Service since 1913. Today, disaster work is highly organized and implemented principally through a number of different ARRL groups including the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service, or R.A.C.E.S. - an organization of ham radio operators who volunteer their time and equipment to provide supplemental communication to local, county or state agencies during times of crisis or disaster.

EMC381 EMCOMM Officers Hdbk 15 Release 02/17/03
Series Recap, Credits, Acknowledgements and Thanks
As we close this series, here is a recap of the topics:
Book 1 EMC366 Index, Organization and Volunteer Rights
Book 2 EMC367 Responsibilities of an organizational volunteer
Book 3 EMC368 Unit Senior Officer responsibilities
Book 4 EMC369 Organizational management responsibilities
Book 5 EMC370 Organizational and personnel management
Book 6 EMC371 Training is most important for emergency comm.
Book 7 EMC372 Resource management
Book 8a EMC373 Mutual aid operations - part 1
Book 8b EMC374 Mutual aid operations - part 2
Book 9 EMC375 Exercise or incident operation mobilization and initial follow-up procedures
Book 10 EMC376 Incident information/working with the media
Book ll EMC377 Mutual Aid operations check list
Book 12 EMC378 Mutual aid, local government assistance and mutual assistance distinguished
Book 13 EMC379 Amateur radio emergency services & h&w traffic
Book 14 EMC380 Appendix with personnel demobilization critique
Book 15 EMC381 Recap, acknowledgements, credits & thanks.

End of Handbook Series of Bulletins, all of which which are in the following
Bulletins archives: ACS Web page FTP: ftp.ucsd.edu/emcomm or ftp.oes.ca.gov/ACS/EMCOMM
Landline BBS at 916-255-0798 (graphical & standard interface)

Credits
Authors, Collators,
Editors: Bill Pennington, WA6SLA and Cary Mangum, W6WWW;
With special thanks to Stan Harter, KH6GBX (now a silent key.)

We hope you find this material useful as well as interesting. Use it to develop your own custom manual or material. Improvements, modifications and rewrites are always interesting to receive.
Send to Bill_Pennington@oes.ca.gov or Cary_Mangum@oes.ca.gov

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We wish to thank the following amateurs whose advice, expertise and knowledge made this EMCOMM Officers Handbook a reality.

Les Ballinger, WA6EQQ
Brian Bennett, N6PAI
Noel Bertelson, KA7EZO
Tom Board, WB6HYH
Jim Buckman, N6HOS
Keith Crandall, K6QIF
Bob J. Fieldson, WB6WZA
Bob Friedman, KF6SVH
Ben Green, WD8CZP
Stan Harter, KH6GBX
Charlie Jakobs, KC6KLZ
John Kerncamp, WB4YJT
Bob Meyer, K6RTV
April Moell, WA6OPS
Bill Musladin, N6BTJ
Dave Tyler, N7DRT
Bill Osment, W6LSW
Jim Pearce, N6ESV
Maurice Picard, W6FQS
Jim Rominger, WA6NWE
Lee Rominger, KB6RIH
Reed Shackelford, W6TYW
Betsy Sheridan, N6NGA
Joe Sheridan, KB6JHS
Mark Spencer, WA8SME
John Webb, W7GE

And especially Gene Kingsbury/W8FKP Bill's first Elmer. Decades ago he insured that Bill understood everything about this 'avocation'. Somehow he knew just how to get a 16 year old mind to absorb all that technical stuff and at the same time made it fun. He sure did. 73 Gene, and tnx. Bill

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