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?”

​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.