Bid: $RACESBUL.322
Subject: RB322 RACES in Action

TO:    ALL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES VIA AMATEUR RADIO
INFO:  ALL COMMUNICATIONS VOLUNTEERS IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE
INFO:  ALL AMATEURS U.S  (@USA: INFORMATION); CAP; MARS
FROM:  CA GOVERNORS OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES
       (W6SIG@WA6NWE.CA)            Ph: 916-262-1600
       2800 Meadowview Rd., Sacramento, CA  95832
       Landline BBS  Open to All: 916-262-1657
RACESBUL.322          RELEASE DATE: April 18, 1994

Subject: OPS - RACES in action - non emergency events

      Here are some of the events utilized in one area to help
citizens become familiar with RACES and to train RACES
participants:
     a. Westminister City RACES provided communications at the
Blessed Sacramento Church Festival, with RACES mutual aid
supplied by Orange County, and the cities of Cypress and
Huntington Beach. 25 operators participated in 200 person hours
over 3 days at a festival that drew over 25,000 people.
     b. County requested exclusive RACES at the Amateur Radio
booth at the County Fair for two days of first weekend. If not
granted, RACES members will still participate, but the Radio
Officers will not officially schedule member participation.
     c. Iranian Festival. We plan to setup communications posts
throughout the public park to provide the Iranians with an easy
means for reporting and finding lost children, as well as other
situtions. Because of the limited number of members who can
participate due to its being Easter Sunday, we will most likely
request mutual aid from City RACES groups.
     d. Duck & Cover Drill, April 5. This is a State OES drill,
at 10:30 a.m., probably on 7230 kHz. We will probably want to
activate on 2 meters or 6 meters, as well, to communicate with
City EOC's.
     e. Mass Casualty Drill, April 22.
     f. Earthquake Expo at Main Place Mall in Santa Ana. We will
work this event in shifts and invite City RACES groups to display
their promotional material as well.
     Those are just a few training venues for the RACES. eom

Footnote:
"One purpose of these bulletins is to assist the civil defense or
emergency management agency in the use of communications
volunteers as unpaid staff. Learning how to best use them can be
very beneficial. For more information call or write: Stan Harter
or Cary Mangum 916-262-1600; OES ACS Program, Telecommunications
Division, 2800 Meadowview Rd, Sacramento, Ca 95832."