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Training Standards

11/10/2013

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Originally published by CA State ACS office, Nov 4, 1996, as EMC Bulletin 052

Query: “Are there any training standards for communications units that serve government?”

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What are the desirable traits for a Volunteer?

11/9/2013

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A management workshop, based on Harvard business school techniques, divided 110 people into eleven groups of ten people each. The groups were asked to list all of the attributes that came to mind. After a period of time they were told to stop writing lists and vote on their top eight. Then all eleven groups combined their results into the following top eight attributes:

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Too Much of a Good Thing?

10/17/2013

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​More than one professional in the field of Search and Rescue or Emergency Response Management has been known to say that “hams can be too much of a good thing.” What they refer to is the propensity of hams to respond en-mass to a call out without regard to their own skills, physical limitations, body condition, time commitment, and mental state.

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Why use Clear Text in an incident?

2/23/2013

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The “us and them” mentality of the Public Safety community has been in existence forever, or so it seems.

​The use of abbreviations, 10 Codes and other terms and jargon came into being as a sort of verbal shorthand for personnel to communicate over the radios.  Departments nationwide had 9-Codes, 10-Codes, 11-Codes, Q-Codes, numerical status codes, etc.

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Goodbye ECRV

2/21/2013

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​Today, the ARRL put out a news release stating that the American Red Cross was phasing out their Emergency Communications Response Vehicles.

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Why don't they call?

2/7/2013

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EMC053 - ACCEPTANCE TAKES TIME
Originally published, 11 Nov, 1996

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EMC035 – Convergent Volunteers

2/6/2013

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Originally published: July 8, 1996

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EMC002 - An Incident or Disaster?

10/25/2012

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EMC002 - An Incident or Disaster? Posted Spring 1996.

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EMC001 - Emergency Means What?

10/24/2012

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In the early 1950s, the California State Office of Emergency Services began issuing bulletins to assist agencies and radio operators to become more familiar with RACES. They were issued periodically until 1985, at which time they began to be issued weekly over voice and digital radio systems of Amateur Radio and in print. Originally intended for California, increased demand, and a 1988 request by the ARRL for national distribution, led to their eventual worldwide distribution. With the development of the Internet, demand for these materials soared, leading to their being put online on several FTP sites and a couple of websites, including mine.

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Volunteers: What "They" expect from "You."

10/24/2012

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This information is pulled from ACS Bulletin EMC061 “Command Bill of Rights,” originally released 16 Jan, 1997.

​While the presentation is old, the information is just as pertinent today as it was back in 1997.  As a volunteer, you need to keep the following information in mind.


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