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HOW TO GET IN TOUCH WITH BEARS .....
BEARS email address: BEARS@BurbankCDV.org
NEXT BEARS MEETING -- VISITORS WELCOME!
When: Wednesday March 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: US Geological Survey/Weather Service: earthquakes
and other shaky topics
NEXT BEARS NET -- VISITOR CHECK-INS WELCOME!
When: Monday March 16, 2009 at 1900 hours
Freq: 446.860 MHz (KC6LOL/R), PL 123.0 Hz, negative offset
Operator: To be announced
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M E S S A G E S F O L L O W
For Week of 3/09/2009:
((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 3/09/2009:
Routine: 3/9/2009; 1103 hours
TO: All Members
From: Exec Staff
The DCS calendar has stated that there is a DCO meeting on March 16th.
That meeting has been cancelled. The Countywide Monday Net will not
be run but the individual district nets will be up to each district.
[EOC1]
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Routine: 3/9/2009; 1009 hours
TO: All Members
From: Exec. Staff
The Exec. Staff has approved the following promotions: would like to
congratulate the following members for stepping up and taking a more
active role in DCS.
Mike Farrell, from District 12, has accepted the position of M001.
Jim Glancy, from District 13, has accepted the position of N001.
Frank Myllo has accepted the Exec. Staff position of Membership Office,
Staff 20.
We look forward to working with all of you and all you will bring to your new
positions. Congratulations to everyone and thank you for stepping up and
taking on the added responsibility.
[EOC2]
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Routine: 3/1/2009, 1040 hours
To: All Members
From: Executive Staff
Lost Hills will host the Semi-Annual Meeting on March 30th. The meeting
will be held at the Agoura Hills/Calabasas Community Center, 27040
Malibu Hills Road, Calabasas at 1900 hours. This meeting is open to all
members, their families and friends, anyone interested in our organization,
and past members. This is a time to learn about the direction of our
organization, upcoming events, ask questions, awards/certificates, and
meet your fellow members. We look forward to this event and hope
everyone can attend.
[EOC3]
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Routine: 3/9/2009, 1047 hours
To: All Members
From: Exec. Staff
Baker to Vegas: Hours for this event are very specific and are to be counted
as follows: The time in which you are the control op, net control or involved
in talking on the radio (including answering the radio), along with set-up
and tear-down of equipment, are the only time that can be counted. Please
note that you do not need to count your time on the radio by using a
stopwatch, but instead it is the entire time you are listening to and
answering the radio. Time for traveling to and from the event is NOT allowed.
Reminder: Any members who will be out of town during this event are
required to advise their DCO and/or the next person up on your chain of
command.
[EOC4]
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Routine: 3/9/2009, 1035 hours
To: All Members
From: Executive Staff
The following is a schedule of upcoming events:
March 9 - Monday Night Net, 1900--2000 hours, District 15, Pico Rivera
March 10 - Tuesday Noon Net, 1130--1300 hours
March 11 – BEARS meeting
March 14 - Baker to Vegas
March 15 - Baker to Vegas
March 16 - DCO/CRO - Cancelled, No Net
March 17 - Tuesday Noon Net, 1130--1300 hours
March 23 - Monday Night Net, 1900--2000 hours, District 16, Carson
March 23 - SWACS Monthly Net, 2000--2100 hours, WA6ZTR
March 24 - Tuesday Noon Net, 1130--1300 hours
[EOC5]
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[End of Countywide Messages]
((2)) DCS DISTRICT 12 - CRESCENTA VALLEY SHERIFF'S STATION
MESSAGES FOR WEEK OF 03/09/09:
Gene Roske AE6GR has resigned from LA County DCS. Gene will remain
as an active member of San Fernando City RACES, along with his
memberships in BEARS and GEARS.
Mike Farrell KF6FYS has agreed to take over as District 12 DCO; M-001.
Congratulations to Mike! He has worked many years at CVS as M-004.
We are working on re-building the District 12 DCS net at 1930 hrs on
Monday nights. Terry Priesont has volunteered to run tonight’s net.
District 12 DCS members and city members are encouraged to volunteer
to handle Monday night nets from Crescenta Valley Station.
((3)) LOCAL (BURBANK) BEARS MESSAGES FOR WEEK OF 03/09/09:
Welcome to 2009! The BEARS have a busy year scheduled ahead.
Upcoming BEARS Net Control Operators:
03/09/09 Alex McGregor KI6QYA (at EOC)
03/16/09 Operator needed Please volunteer
03/23/09 Rick Penner W6RJP
03/30/09 DCS Semi Annual Meeting -- No Nets
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Recently, Joe Dunn and Eric Christensen helped show off the
communications room of the newly finished PSJMC Providence St
Joseph Medical Center mobile command post trailer. Burbank Chamber of
Commerce and Burbank Police Chief Tim Stehr and Police Captain Pat
Lynch came by and gave their compliments. BEARS members will tour
this vehicle during an upcoming BEARS meeting.
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Make sure to attend the March 11 BEARS Meeting. Our guest speaker
is from the US Geological Survey and will be speaking on earthquakes and
other shaky topics. This meeting is open to all BEARS and CDV members
and others (visitors). Plan to join us! Don’t forget to come for the April 9
BEARS meeting: San Fernando Valley ARC members and hard core HF
contesters Bill Stein KC6T and Steve Wardlaw KN6Y are going to teach
BEARS members: "Introduction to HF."
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Speaking of earthquakes and like things; we have a new earthquake celebrity
ham: Kate Hutton of Cal Tech Seismology has earned her Amateur
Technician license on Saturday and was seen at HRO purchasing her first
hand held radio!!
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Thanks again to BEARS members Alex McGregor, Chester Brown,
David Schoch, Manny Rodriguez, Pat Zehr and Eric Christensen who are
helping with the LASD (Los Angeles County Sheriff) CCB/MDR
Community Colleges Bureau and Marina Del Rey running teams at the
Baker to Vegas Run this weekend!
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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.
BEARS Calendar 2009
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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That’s it for this week’s BEARS messages. Make sure to attend the March 11
BEARS meeting.
73 Eric J Christensen K6EJC
Coordinator 17 – BEARS
K6ejc@att.net
818 599-6883