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HOW TO GET IN TOUCH WITH BEARS .....
BEARS email address: BEARS@BurbankCDV.org
NEXT BEARS MEETING -- VISITORS WELCOME!
When: Wednesday February 11, 2009 at 7:00 pm
Where: Burbank Fire Training Center
1845 N. Ontario St.
Burbank, CA
(1/2 block north of corner of Victory & Ontario;
Ontario is between N. Hollywood Way & Buena Vista)
Subject: Message handling training and drill.
Net Control training and drill.
NEXT BEARS NET -- VISITOR CHECK-INS WELCOME!
When: Monday January 26, 2009 at 1900 hours
Freq: 446.860 MHz (KC6LOL/R), PL 123.0 Hz, negative offset
Operator: Rick Penner W6RJP
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M E S S A G E S F O L L O W
For Week of 1/19/2009:
((1)) LOS ANGELES COUNTYWIDE Disaster Communications Service (DCS)
((2)) DCS DISTRICT 12 - CRESCENTA VALLEY SHERIFF'S STATION
((3)) LOCAL (BURBANK) BEARS
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((1)) LOS ANGELES COUNTYWIDE Disaster Communications Service
(DCS) MESSAGES FOR WEEK OF 1/19/2009:
Routine: 1/14/2009; 2003 hours
TO: All Members
From: Exec. Staff
We would like to remind you that whenever you are out of town or unable to
respond to call outs by DCS, you must advise your supervisor. This means
members advise their CRO/DCO, DCOs advise Staff 12, and Staff and Exec.
Staff must advise Staff 10 and/or Staff 11. This notification allows us to
save time during an emergency and to contact members in a timely manner.
We thank you for assisting us with this process.
[EOC1]
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Routine: 01/12/09; 0630 hours
TO: All DCOs
From: Rick Norwood, Staff 12
At the Quarterly Training Day, scheduled for 02-28-09, there will be a training
session for ALL DCOs. The new DCO SOP will be introduced, reviewed
and discussed. The purpose of this session is to ensure all DCOs are
aware what is required of them and all districts are operated in the same
manner. This session is MANDATORY for ALL DCOs, no substitutions
allowed. This training session is for DCOs ONLY and only DCOs will be
allowed to attend the session. Please send an email to staff12@lacdcs.com
if you cannot attend the meeting.
[EOC2]
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Routine: 1/5/2009, 0002 hours
To: All Members
From: Exec Staff
As of Feb. 9, 2009 Wyatt Underwood, currently F189, will assume the
position of Staff 66, DCS Training Officer. Wyatt has also accepted the 02
position on the Rapid Response Team. We thank him for taking on these
responsibilities and congratulate him on his promotion and look forward to
working with him.
[EOC3]
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Routine: 01/20/09, 0930 hours
To: All DCOs
From: Rick Norwood, Staff 12
DCOs, please remember that when taking the head shot pictures for the
new IDs, the member must be wearing a DCS polo shirt. If you have any
questions, please contact me at staff12@lacdcs.com.
[EOC4]
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Routine: 01/20/2009, 1004 hours
To: All Members
From: Exec. Staff
The next Quarterly Training session will be held on February 28th. At that
time there will be training for prospective members. If you have someone
who needs to attend the prospective member training classes, please
advise Staff 11 and Staff 20.
[EOC5]
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Routine: 01/20/09, 0930
To: All Members
From: Rick Norwood, Staff 12
The RRT is looking to add members to its roster. If you are willing to be on
call 24/7, work all over the county, you have been a DCS member for a
year or more, and reported 50 hours or more for 2008 -- you are what the
team is looking for. If you are interested please contact Rick Norwood,
RRT Operations Officer, at Staff12@lacdcs.com.
[EOC6]
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Routine: 1/13/2009, 1041 hours
To: All Members
From: Executive Staff
The following is a schedule of upcoming events:
January 26 - Monday Night Net, 1900--2000 hours, District 9, West Hollywood
January 26 - SWACS Monthly Net, 2000--2100 hours, WA6ZTR
January 27 - Tuesday Noon Net, 1130--1300 hours
February 2 - Monday Night Net, 1900--2000 hours, District 11, Lancaster
February 3 - Tuesday Noon Net, 1130--1300 hours
February 9 - Monday Night Net, 1900--2000 hours, District 12, Crescenta Valley
February 9 - Exec. Meeting, 1830--2100 hours
February 10 - Tuesday Noon Net, 1130--1300 hours
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[End of Countywide messages]
((2)) DCS DISTRICT 12 - CRESCENTA VALLEY SHERIFF'S STATION
MESSAGES FOR WEEK OF 1/19/09:
No new messages this week. Here are last week's messages that are
still current:
Routine 1/4/2009, 2235 hours
To: All Members
From: Gene Roske, M-001
Several district members have not yet completed their required FEMA
training. As the DCS Executive Staff has told us, this requirement cannot
be waived. Those who do not complete all four required classes will not be
members of DCS in 2009.
When you have completed the training, please send your certificates to
Gene Roske via e-mail. If you have a paper certificate, please contact
Gene at 818-388-5643 to make other arrangements.
[CVS-1]
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Routine 1/4/2009, 2243 hours
To: All Members
From: Gene Roske, M-001
The following is a schedule of events in or near District 12 during the next
few weeks:
January 21: GEARS at the Glendale EOC, 1900 hours;
Burbank Community Disaster Volunteer meeting, 1900 hours;
Crescenta Valley Station volunteers in the Community Room
at 1900 hours
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[End of District 12 Messages]
((3)) LOCAL (BURBANK) BEARS MESSAGES FOR WEEK OF 1/19/09:
Welcome to 2009! The BEARS have a busy year scheduled ahead.
Upcoming BEARS Net Control Operators:
01/26/09 Rick Penner W6RJP
02/02/09 Wanda Penner KG6GTA
02/09/09 Manny Rodrigyez KI6TQI
with:
Arson Watch Training at Fire Training Center -- 1800 hrs
Net Control Training at Fire Training Center -- 1845 hrs
02/16/09 No nets due to holiday - President's Day
02/23/09 Bob Wicks KE6KV
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January 21 CDV meeting topic is Communications. Jim Floyd N6BPM,
City of Burbank Radio Shop Supervisor will be speaking about ICIS and the
city’s digital trunked radio system. Following his presentation will be a
short training session on using the Vertex VX-424 VHF D-Net hand helds
and Motorola MT-2000 D-Net hand helds. BEARS are asked to help train
CDV members on proper radio operation. Following this will be mobile field
drill using the D-Net radios. Members will be sent out into the field to handle
certain tasks using radio communications as a tool.
Plan to participate and assist training your fellow CDV members about
radio communications.
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At the January 14 BEARS meeting, many new BEARS members expressed
interest in additional Net Control training and additional Arson Watch
Patrol training. As a result, we will have a concentrated Arson Watch
Patrol training session on Monday, February 9 at 1800 hrs (6pm) at the Fire
Training Center. This will be followed by Net Control training at 1845 hrs
with an official BEARS net being conducted at 1900 hrs.
BEARS members that have already signed up for the February 9 training
are: Manny Rodriguez, Alex McGregor, Bob Wicks, Dave Schaub. All
interested BEARS and CDV members are invited to attend.
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During the January 14 BEARS meeting, members reviewed the procedures
needed to program a frequency into their radio. Review your radio’s owner's
manual on the steps to:
1. Select Band and go to VFO mode.
2. Enter frequency into VFO.
3. Enter offset shift if using repeater.
4. Enter subaudible tone (PL) if used.
5. Label channel number or name if desired.
6. Save into memory.
We may get called out and need to reprogram our own radios in the field with
new frequencies, tones, etc. to participate in an event. Being familiar with
our own radio is important for success.
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Here is the BEARS calendar for 2009. Plan to attend every month.
Important training will be featured at each meeting. All interested persons
are invited to attend:
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BEARS Calendar 2009
11 February Message handling training and drill
Net Control training and drill
11 March US Geological Survey/Weather Service----------(Eric C)
8 April HF Radio operation, an introduction
Steve Wardlaw KN6Y and Bill Stein KC6T
San Fernando Valley Amateur Radio Club-------(Rick P)
13 May Field Drill------------------------------------------------------(Wanda P)
10 June Field Day prep----------------------------------------------(Rick P)
July 4th prep-------------------------------------------------(Eric C)
8 July Valley Drill: City of San Fernando,
GEARS, PSJMC------------------------------------------(Joe D)
12 August To be determined
9 September Drill
7 October To be determined
18 November Joint CDV/BEARS holiday party
December No meeting
Each meeting will contain a small presentation on one of these topics;
Programming a radio, Correct radio protocol, and Questions from the
FCC test database.
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CDV Steering Committee has come up with a list of FEMA IS courses that
they recommend for additional training and for the pending new "Intermediate"
and "Advanced" CDV membership levels:
Intermediate Level
IS-55 Household Hazardous Materials
IS-292 Disaster Basics
IS-317 Introduction to CERT
Advanced Level
IS-240 Leadership & Influence
IS-241 Decision Making & Problem Solving
IS-242 Effective Communications
Other classes and topics are being considered and added to the course list.
Consider taking some of these online courses. Go to www.fema.gov for
more information or Google search the course number. Some members
have already completed several of these courses! Send copies of your
FEMA transcript to CDV Training Officer Erik Day at Erikjday@gmail.com.
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While we have had no recent fires or flooding in the Burbank area, due to
forecasted rains, we may need to consider Storm Watch patrols. Please
be available in case you are needed for Arson Watch/Storm Watch Patrols.
Contact Eric K6EJC at k6ejc@att.net or 818 599-6883 to volunteer for a shift.
We are doing an Arson Watch training session Monday, February 9 at
1800 hrs (6pm) at the Fire Training Center.
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As of November 1, Quartermaster Uniforms is now the official CDV/BEARS
uniform supplier. They are located at 2543 W. 6th St., in Los Angeles.
For information go to www.qmuniforms.com or call 213 351-9632. You must
present your current CDV ID to purchase CDV/BEARS items.
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Eric K6EJC and Joe Dunn KF6MHL have been working hard on the PSJMC
Providence St. Joseph Medical Center mobile command post vehicle. This
week we successfully completed installation of the VHF/UHF ham radio and
hospital radios and their respective antennas. All radios have been tested
and are working satisfactorily.
The mobile command post consists of 2 Kenwood TM-V71A 2meter/440
mobile radios, Alinco DR-235T 220 mhz radio, Uniden BC-996T digital
scanner plus Vertex VX-4200 VHF and UHF mobiles. The VHF radio is tuned
to D-Net frequency, the UHF radio is programmed with PSJMC and Holy
Cross Hospital radio frequencies, plus American Red Cross.
We still need assistance installing the HF antenna. If you are able to assist,
contact Eric K6EJC at 818 599-6883 or Joe KF6MHL at 818 846-3069.
When the trailer is completed, we plan to have a training session for BEARS
members interested in operating it during a disaster or other activation.
The trailer features 2m/440, 220, HF/6meter, D-Net, plus PSJMC hospital
radios. We will also have our own flatscreen TV and lap top computer.
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One of our fellow BEARS members has landed himself up at PSJMC
(Providence St. Joseph Medical Center). Chester Brown K6CRB will be at
PSJMC for several days this week. We wish him successful treatment
and cure.
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That's it for this week's messages!
73 de Eric K6EJC/ae
Coordinator 17 – BEARS
K6ejc@att.net