Page 1 Contents Version 1.3 7/6/92 RACES BULLETINS-BY-TOPICS CONTENTS MANAGEMENT [MGT] AN OVERVIEW - PART 1 History of RACES One Definition of RACES Another Definition of RACES What Is RACES? Uses for RACES Who Activates RACES? Yes, Non-Hams Can Join Too! What is a RACES Station? Races & the Auxiliary Radio Service Illustrated Who Runs RACES? AN OVERVIEW - PART 2 Is RACES meant for just one department? Do Federal Agencies Have Races? Does RACES Provide Equipment for Radio Amateurs? Government Owned Ham Equipment Volunteers Must be Registered RACES? Who Needs it? What is It? Response Institute Summary Getting Bulletins to the Emergency Services Manager Simplex Frequency Plan Announced Obtaining Surplus Property for Local Government EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: WHAT TO EXPECT Disaster/Major Emergency-What to Expect [ By Chula Vista Police Lt: 70 possibilities based on actual experiences.] Real time experiences and observations in emergencies: [management, operations, training and plans/preparedness] Emergency Directors Perspectives (Loma Prieta Eq. Critique) MUTUAL AID Mutual Aid defined and how it applies to communications. Mutual Aid Communications Importance of the Communication Resources Order Communication Resources Order Form Essential Mutual Aid Records and Information MACS: MultiAgency Coordination System Responding to a Mutual Aid Mission (Responder Do's/Don'ts) ORGANIZATION -PART 1A Overview on Emergency Communications Organization. Overcoming Communication Problems Levels of RACES Operators in California Level 1 & 2 Volunteers RACES Activities Management Priorities What Should Amateurs Expect of Sponsoring Gov't Agencies? ORGANIZATION -PART 1B Establishing Awareness of and Confidence in RACES RACES ID Cards Flow of Communications: Agencies to State OES and back Recruiting Volunteers How to Find High Tech Support Communication Mission for Volunteers Getting Emergency Managers and Amateurs Together ORGANIZATION -PART 1C Races Management Problems,for Emergency Agency Managers Why Some Governments Won't Use Volunteers Volunteers 'Bill of Rights' How Does One Join RACES? Volunteers Defined Understanding Levels of Volunteer Responder Activity. POLICY MATTERS RACES Program Guidance Policy Policy on Volunteers Responding to Incidents Responders Deportment & Appearance OES Mission Statement Standards: Key Management, Operations Staff, Radio Officer Policy on Use of ID Card The RADIO OFFICER - The Key Element to Success PART 1A The Radio Officer: A Discussion and Perspectives All We Need is A Radio Officer? How Communication Volunteers Can be Utilized Radio Officers DATA Base: registrations, records/resources How To Help Your Radio Officer Radio Officers and the Need for Assistants The RADIO OFFICER - The Key Element to Success PART 1B Radio Officer Position Description Vital material for the Emergency Services Manager Responsibilities of a Local Jurisdiction Radio Officer OPERATIONS [OPS] ASPECTS OF OPERATIONS One-Hour Exercise Question "Organizing Packet Networks" - From a FEMA Workshop Proper Communication Channels HF Radio is very important Dispatching Responsers Out-of-Area INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM ICS Responders Checklist ICS Proper Radio Usage CDF&FP Glossary of ICS Terms IN TIME OF NEED The Amateur Radio Operator in Time of Need By Russell Bankson, N6GWL, CAP Pacific Region "Here We Are But Nobody Calls Us" - Solving this problem RACES Responders Check List RACES Proper Radio Usage How to make Accident Reports by Radio PREPAREDNESS FOR THE RESPONDERS FAMILY What comes First in an Emergency? Family Preparedness How to Be Winter Wise: Before, During, After Winter Storms Emergency Broadcast System Earthquake Preparedness for Home & Family The Emergency Broadcast System and Amateur Radio TECHNIQUES Emergency and Disaster Operating Techniques TRAINING Training for Level A Volunteers Operations Critique for Training Purposes Volunteers Responding to Incidents Policy Drill or Exercise REALITY, April Moell What is a Shadow, Bill Ozment Desirable Traits in a Volunteer Stress & Training caption: Falling Overboard WHAT to EXPECT in EMERGENCIES Are You Really Earthquake Free? Loma Prieta (Santa Cruz) OES Response Overview UL Flight 232 Lessons Extracts from Nebraska EC reports Communications Will Always Fail! [Crisis in Action!] OTHER TOPICS - MISCELLANEOUS [MIS] MISCELLANEOUS - PART 1 A review of the changes in RACES RACES Bulletins, How Transmitted RACES Bulletins/Index for Em. Managers, Responsers, Sysops CCDN & RACES Bulletins Excellent RACES Newsletter USAFR Rescue Station License for RACES New State Races Call Sign Welcoming Message to Stan Harter Copyright Permission regarding Bulletins A History of an OES Training Exercise MISCELLANEOUS - PART 2 Why Volunteers May be Refused What About Citizens Band? Call Waiting as a Communications Tool Tsunami Described Richter Scale (definition) Races Program Guidance Policy at OES Communication Auxiliary Described The Impact of Amateur Radio Operators on Highway Safety An overview of the Amateur Operator Training Writeups Wanted RACES Bulletin Numbering System Changed Thank You, Responders Earthquake Activity cause to review Dispatchers Congratulated PUBLIC RELATIONS/PRESS Public and Press Relations by Paul Girard Press response and the Incident Command System as in Loma Prieta Disaster PUBLIC SAFETY What is a Public Safety Communications System? Understanding Public Safety Dispatchers/TeleCommunicators RACES SURVEY, STATE WIDE THE EARTHQUAKE The California Quake -An Article by Robert Hoover TECHNICAL [TEC] ANTENNAS Antennas & slingshots High Freq. Ant. Survival Tip NVIS Antennas, 5 parts Antenna Safety: Raising Antennas Log Periodic Antenna at OES ATV - AMATEUR RADIO TELEVISION ATV In 4 Parts Microwave Van and ATV - RF2 ATV Antenna on Aircraft EQUIPMENT Equipment Liability Equipment for Emergency Responders EMP Devices, Provides 3 sources of data Portable Repeaters Rubber Duck Antennas Grounding System Photocopiers: Hazards Portable Radio Tip Portable Radio Batteries PACKET Packet Recommended for Every EOC Emergency Packet Communications Races Packet Radio Terminal Specification Packet Radio Demonstrations, in 4 parts TECHNICAL TIDBITS ALE, Automatic Link Establishment, A discussion Ferrite Beads and Radio Interference Notes: The printed version of this material differs in layout, but not in context. In it, occasional words may have been shifted to help the text conform to a two-column layout, but the essence is the same. Compiler: Cary Mangum, W6WWW, Chief Radio Officer, Auxiliary Radio Service, Telecommunications Division, Office of Emergency Services, State of California. Formatted for the RACES Bulletin Archive at UCSD.EDU by Steve Schindler, WD4MJJ, Brevard County, Florida RACES. Internet: steve@testeng.ksc.nasa.gov Internet: steve@testeng.ksc.nasa.gov