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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: Training session on net control operations
and message handling - an intensive one-night
class taught by LA County DCS leadership
NEXT BEARS NET -- VISITOR CHECK-INS WELCOME!
When: Monday February 2, 2009 at 1900 hours
Freq: 446.860 MHz (KC6LOL/R), PL 123.0 Hz, negative offset
Operator: Wanda Penner KG6GTA
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M E S S A G E S F O L L O W
For Week of 1/26/2009:
((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 1/26/2009:
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.
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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.
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Routine: 1/25/2009, 1042 hours
To: All Members
From: Exec Staff
We would like to congratulate Walt Atkinson, L001, for accepting the
position of DCO for District 11, Lancaster/Palmdale. We wish him luck in
this new position, look forward to working with him, and we are anticipating
many changes. Congratulations!
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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.
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Routine: 01/20/09, 0930
To: All Members
From: Staff 11, Debby Miles
The Membership Renewal process has officially begun. For information
regarding this process, please contact your DCO.
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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.
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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
January 31 Training @ Avalon, Exec Staff and Staffs
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 DCS Messages]
((2)) DCS DISTRICT 12 - CRESCENTA VALLEY SHERIFF'S STATION
MESSAGES FOR WEEK OF 01/26/09:
Routine 1/26/2009, 0832 hours
To: All Members
From: Gene Roske, M-001
DCS membership renewals for 2009 will begin soon. Please check your
e-mail for detailed messages regarding eligibility and renewal requirements.
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Routine 1/26/2009, 1041 hours
To: All Members
From: Gene Roske, M-001
The next Tri-City Plus meeting will be on February 3 at 1900 hours. The
meeting will be at Crescenta Valley Station.
The Tri-City Plus meetings are a discussion and planning forum for
emergency communications leaders from Burbank, Glendale, San
Fernando, and other District 12 cities and communities. All interested
amateur emergency communicators who live or work in this area are also
invited to attend.
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Routine 1/26/2009, 1023 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 28: Kaiser Hospital open net at 1215 hours on the 147.270
W6ZTR repeater
February 2: Monday Nets
February 3: Tri-City Plus meeting at Crescenta Valley Station, 1900 hours
February 5: GEARS open net at 1200 hours on the 445.380 K6CCC
repeater
February 9: Monday Nets
February 11: BEARS meeting at the Fire Training Center, 1900 hours
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[End of District 12 Messages]
((3)) LOCAL (BURBANK) BEARS MESSAGES FOR WEEK OF 01/26/09:
Welcome to 2009! The BEARS have a busy year scheduled ahead.
Upcoming BEARS Net Control Operators:
02/02/09 -- Wanda Penner KG6GTA
02/09/09 -- Manny Rodriguez KI6TQI;
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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The January 21 CDV meeting was a big hit….
Jim Floyd N6BPM, City of Burbank Radio Shop Supervisor spoke about
ICIS and the city’s digital trunked radio system. We also got a look at the
new Burbank CDV/BEARS website. Following this presentation we had a
short training session on proper radio usage by Joe Dunn and then hands-on
training using the Vertex VX-424 VHF D-Net hand-helds and Motorola
MT-2000 D-Net hand-helds. CDV members were then sent out into the
field to accomplish certain tasks using 2 way radios as a tool. Afterwards,
Joy Matlack gave a presentation about the Baker to Vegas Police Run.
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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.
The February 11 BEARS meeting is a training session on Net Control
Operations taught by LA County DCS leadership. Plan to attend this
important training session. We are inviting our friends in Glendale GEARS
and San Fernando City DCS to join in this training:
BEARS Calendar 2009
11 February Message handling training and drill
Net Control training and drill -- LACoDCS
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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DCS renewals begin soon. If you are planning to renew your DCS
membership, make sure you have completed FEMA Courses IS100, 200,
700, 800. You also need to have logged atleast 48 hours for 2008. Check
email from Gene Roske to see if you are eligible for renewal.
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That’s it for this week’s BEARS messages. Make sure to attend the
February 11 BEARS meeting.
73 Eric J Christensen K6EJC
Coordinator 17 – BEARS
K6ejc@att.net