How often do you hear this instant response when tasking someone in an emergency assignment?: "Sure, where do I go and when?"
We take a different look at a topic first covered in 1994.
How often do you hear this instant response when tasking someone in an emergency assignment?: "Sure, where do I go and when?"
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There are emergency service units, such as the ARES, which do limit the participants to those only with an Amateur Radio license, and that is their prerogative. However, the RACES and other EMCOM units, such as the Auxiliary Communications Service (ACS), do not have that restriction. The exception is where misinformation has lead to direct intent to restrict the RACES to Amateur Radio operators. Such
Query: Doesn't the word Amateur in Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services (RACES) mean the service is limited to licensed Amateurs?.
Query: "What type of COMMUNICATION emergency would be declared for the activation of the RACES (Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service)?"
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I said "remaining" because government service is not everyone's cup of tea. This is why we deal with individuals and never clubs, associations, or other groups. There is no room among the unpaid professionals for loners, egos, and non-conformists. Some feel it's not
4 part series by Stanly Harter, CA ACS Program manager.
Question: Who's in charge during a major incident or disaster? System Transparency is like the deadly cobra snake - well hidden in the proverbial wicker basket - ever ready to raise its head and strike us when it is mistreated.
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Hundreds of instances occur in EVERY EMERGENCY where "old fashioned radio" assists countless jurisdictions. Fire, law, water and road departments, helicopter searches, search and rescue teams, just to name a few, get their information and handle their command and |
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