Bid: $RACESBUL.331
Subject: RB331 Successful Units 1/3


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RB 331 MGT Successful RACES Units 1/3
RELEASE DATE:   June 20, 1994

Successful RACES units display or have the following
characteristics and attributes:

1. Administration of the program by staff oriented to management,
not technical work.

2. Active involvement of the program participants in the on-going
week-by-week, or day-to-day, life and affairs of the agency.

3. Careful selection of the Radio Officer for skills of
management and vision as to the utilization and capabilities of
the program.

4. Acquiring the special know-how that enhances the use of a
volunteer program.

5. Asking for help, whether in procuring the right Radio Officer,
preparation of written position descriptions or general statement
of standards and expectations for participants.

6. Requiring ongoing training and participation in emergency
services nets using agency facilities for operator
familiarization and equipment testing; such as the State OES
nets.

7. Expecting program participants to equal or excel over that of
paid staff.

8. Realization of the importance of a communications reserve
under agency direction. A constant complaint from those involved
in emergency response is that "communications always fail" when
least expected, and when least prepared for that happenstance.

9. Activating a portion of the emergency communications unit
personnel at anytime that paid staff is involved with a potential
or exiting emergency.

10.  Train participants not to mention government frequencies
on-the-air as they may be confidential. Instead refer to the
channel number if required to change the frequency. Also train to
refrain from making comments on-the-air pertaining to public
safety such as police or fire communications overheard on
scanning monitor receivers.

Suggested by an article in the County of Orange RACES
publication, "NetControl".