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HOW TO GET IN TOUCH WITH BEARS .....
BEARS email address: BEARS@BurbankCDV.org
NEXT BEARS MEETING -- VISITORS WELCOME!
When: Wednesday May 13, 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: Earthquake Radio Drill -- a live drill
out in the field to test your radio skills!
by Wanda Penner KG6GTA
NEXT BEARS NET -- VISITOR CHECK-INS WELCOME!
When: Monday April 20, 2009 at 1900 hours
Freq: 446.860 MHz (KC6LOL/R), PL 123.0 Hz, negative offset
Operator: Alex McGregor KI6QYA (from EOC)
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M E S S A G E S F O L L O W
For Week of 4/13/2009:
((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 4/13/2009:
These are last week's messages. Current messages will be sent out later
when available or they can be found at www.lacdcs.org.
Routine: 04/06/09, 1030 Hours
TO: All Members
From: Rick Norwood, Staff 11
The Western States Fire & Police Games (WSFPG) will be taking place
from 6/13/09 to 6/20/09. DCS has been asked by Lt. Fraser for our
assistance with communications for the logistics side of the event.
You can go to www.wspfg2009.org to view and/or download a listing of
events and venues. There will be a link to the web site and a form you can
complete to volunteer and send to Staff 10 and Staff 11. These forms will be
posted in the very near future. If you have any questions please contact
Rick Norwood at kd6khj@verizon.net. This will be an excellent opportunity
for DCS to show people what we can do.
[EOC4]
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Routine: 04/06/09, 1310 Hours
TO: All Members
From: Rick Norwood, Staff 11
At the next Quarterly Training on May 2nd, a training session for District
Staff (02’s, 03’s, 04’s and 05’s) will be held. This is informative training
which will not only inform the District Staff of their duties and responsibilities
but also those of the DCO. The session will run from 0900--1100 hours.
[EOC5]
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Routine: 3/30/2009, 0923hours
To: All Members
From: Executive Staff
The following is a schedule of upcoming events:
April 13 - Monday Night Net, 1900--2000 hours, District 22, Malibu/Lost Hills
April 14 - Tuesday Noon Net, 1130--1300 hours
April 18 - SWACS Meeting, 0900--1300 hours
April 20 - Monday Night Net, 1900--2000 hours, District 24, Century and
District 13, Lakewood
April 20 - Exec. Staff Meeting 1830--2100 hours
April 21 - Tuesday Noon Net, 1130--1300 hours
[EOC6]
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[End of Countywide Messages]
((2)) DCS DISTRICT 12 - CRESCENTA VALLEY SHERIFF'S STATION
FOR WEEK OF 4/13/2009:
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 volunteered to run the first night's net. District
12 DCS members and city members are encouraged to volunteer to handle
Monday night nets from Crescenta Valley Station. Please contact Mike
Farrell M-001 to volunteer.
((3)) LOCAL (BURBANK) BEARS MESSAGES FOR WEEK OF 4/13/2009:
There were no DCS or BEARS messages or nets last week due to the
Semi-Annual DCS meeting held in Agoura Hills. Primary topic was DCS
renewals and FEMA courses.
Here are this week's messages:
Welcome to 2009! The BEARS have a busy year scheduled ahead.
Upcoming BEARS Net Control Operators:
04/15/09 TAX Day - YIKES! (also CDV Meeting!)
04/16/09 Disney Studios Safety Fair
04/20/09 BEARS Net - Alex McGregor KI6QYA (from EOC)
04/27/09 BEARS Net - Wanda Penner KG6GTA
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We had an AWESOME April 8 BEARS meeting: San Fernando Valley ARC
members and hard core HF contesters Bill Stein KC6T and Steve Wardlaw
KN6Y gave a great presentation on Introduction to HF. We were shown that
it is possible to get on HF with a minimum of expense and even if you live in
an area where antennas are limited. Low profile dipoles work wonders.
Or go HF Mobile!
There was also some discussion by Thom KG6FXS about the upcoming
changes to BEARS and the CDV program -- changing to the Fire Corps
program. A full briefing will be made during the May BEARS and CDV
meetings.
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Thanks again to BEARS members Alex McGregor, Chester Brown, David
Schoch, Manny Rodriguez, Pat Zehr and Eric Christensen for sharing their
experiences with the Baker to Vegas Police Run. Everyone survived and
enjoyed the event. Everyone also expressed interest in doing it again
next year!!
We are looking for additional personnel to assist; if you are interested contact
Eric K6EJC. This was the 25th Anniversary run and at the Baker to Vegas
awards ceremony. Eric K6EJC received a service award plaque for HRO
Burbank.
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Don't forget the CDV meeting is this Wednesday night April 15. (Same day
as tax day!) Make sure to plan to attend the May 13th BEARS meeting,
as Wanda Penner KG6GTA has planned another awesome earthquake
drill to test our skills!
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Check your CDV membership card; if it is due for renewal, call the City Live
Scan office at 818 238-5340.
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Here is the BEARS calendar for the rest of 2009. Plan to attend every month.
Important training will be featured at each meeting. All interested persons
are invited to attend.
BEARS Calendar 2009
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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DCS renewals are in progress. 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 messages.
73 Eric J Christensen K6EJC
Coordinator 17 – BEARS
K6ejc@att.net
818 599-6883