The Comm Room
  • Home
    • About Me
    • Personal Website
  • Amateur Radio
    • SkyWarn >
      • What is SkyWarn?
      • Getting Started
      • What Do I Report?
      • Severe WX Reporting
      • Spotter Safety
      • Overpass Safety?
      • SkyWarn in Arizona
    • Public Service & Events >
      • 10 Ways to Optimize Your Effectiveness
      • Are You Making a Difference?
    • ARES Information >
      • ARES Net
      • Prowords
    • Emergency Communications >
      • Emergency & Disaster Radio Operating Procedures
      • ECom Do's & Don'ts
      • Emergency Management Cycle
    • Training
    • EMCOMM Bulletins >
      • RACES >
        • 1995-96
        • 1996
    • Virtual QSL Wall
  • Incident Command
    • DHS Position Paper on NIMS & the ICS
  • Emergency Preparedness
    • Emergency First Aid >
      • First Aid for Pets
    • Planning For Pets
  • Social Media
    • Social Media vs Ham Radio
  • Links & Awards
    • SkyWarn Links
    • Public Service Links
    • ECom Links
    • ICS/NIMS Links
    • Emergency Prep. Links
    • Training Links
  • Radio Logs
    • Contest Log
  • Photos

2002-03 EmComm Bulletins

TO: Emergency Communications Units - Information Bulletin
TO: Emergency Management Agencies via Internet and Radio
FROM: Auxiliary Communications Service (ACS) of the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services

Back

EMC387  OES ACS Field Units 6/6

3/31/2003

0 Comments

 
How ACS personnel are informed of the status of the units the Field Teams actively support is an interesting process.

The Telecommunications Section of the Operations Support Branch at State OES has an action-response position to handle requests for OES communications resources or assistance, whether from Federal, State or local government, via the mutual aid system.

That position is the Telecommunications Duty Officer (TDO). One of the duties is a daily report of the active status of certain assets. The following is an example. Comm 60 is the mobile Hub.

Read More
0 Comments

EMC386  OES ACS Field Units 5/6

3/24/2003

0 Comments

 
Bulletin 384 described the communications vans supported by the ACS Field Teams.

Bulletin 385 described four mobile earth stations, a mobile earth station hub and VHF and UHF radio caches for law enforcement and fire response mutual aid.

This bulletin describes additional State OES rolling assets.

Read More
0 Comments

EMC385  OES ACS Field Units 4/6

3/17/2003

0 Comments

 
Bulletin 384 described some emergency support resources that the ACS program personnel deploy and support under designated circumstances with the supervision of the Telecommunications Coordinators.

Bulletin 383 covered some personnel and historical aspects.

Bulletin 382 briefly touched on the State OES earth-station program (OASIS or Operational Area Satellite Information System) and its 4 trailer-mounted earth stations.

Read More
0 Comments

EMC384  OES ACS Field Units 3/6

3/10/2003

0 Comments

 
Bulletins 382 and 383 described some of the background and history of the State OES ACS Field Teams. Now for some detail on the communications resources they help deploy and support.

Three OES Mobile Communications Units are ICS Type 1 Units, and are configured to support all types of Emergency Management communications operations. These 2-wheel drive units are built on 1-ton van chassis, and are equipped with a 25'-30' pneumatic mast to support antennas.

Read More
0 Comments

EMC383  OES ACS Field Units 2/6

3/3/2003

0 Comments

 
For the licensed FCC Amateur Radio Operators that make up most EMCOMM Units, the idea of supplying telephone service may seen 'off key' or contrary to what they want to do. Yet, as a matter of fact, units like the State OES ACS field teams are made up predominantly of FCC Amateur License holders - probably 90-95%. And this is typical of RACES units which serve governments that also have field transportable units.

Perhaps one has to experience the results of providing effective communications, albeit telephone over the satellite link or microwave, before one really grasps the significance of, and reward, of doing just that.

Read More
0 Comments

EMC382  OES ACS Field Units 1/6

2/24/2003

0 Comments

 
State OES, California, has developed Auxiliary Communications Service (ACS) Field Teams to assist in the deployment of OES assets. These include it¹s trailer-mounted transportable earth stations and Mobile Communications Units (Comm Vans).

The genesis for the field teams occurred in the early l990's when a volunteer obtained and donated a used TV crew truck to State OES. He and several other volunteers prepared it for microwave and telephone. One memorable use of that Comm Van was the Oakland Fire Storm which burned out the phone lines. The field team put the Comm Van on the hills, made a line-of-sight microwave link to the Oakland-Bay Bridge Toll Plaza. There the received microwave signal was connected to the telephone system. That provided access to telephone lines at the Command Post for the Incident Commander.

Read More
0 Comments

    Categories

    All
    A Calm Quiet Morning
    Community Based Solution
    County Unit Activity
    Emcomm Officers Handbook
    EMSA Exercise - Training
    Eoc Comm Task Check List
    Eoc Training
    Fema Necn In Action
    Ics In Action
    Ics Summary
    Local Eoc
    More On Ics
    Oes Acs Field Units
    Opportunity For Amateurs
    Preparedness Followup
    Remember EDIS?
    Responders Fire Safety
    Road To Preparedness
    Self Activation?
    Shares In Review
    Sonoma County Acs
    State Oes Evolution
    Training Ideas 02
    Why Volunteers Quit

    Archives

    March 2003
    February 2003
    January 2003
    December 2002
    November 2002
    October 2002
    September 2002
    August 2002
    July 2002
    June 2002
    May 2002
    April 2002
    March 2002
    February 2002
    January 2002

    ACS Bulletins

    The Bulletins are addressed to the Emergency Management Agency (with sub-addresses to others) with the intent that the Radio Officer, ACS Coordinator or other unit participant will deliver them to the agency coordinator, and discuss their topics.

    RSS Feed

Search This Site:



© Copyright 2009-2022, David M. French.

All original content by David M French is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Other names, titles, and images are registered trademarks of their respective companies or organizations. All rights reserved.
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.