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HOW TO GET IN TOUCH WITH BEARS.....
BEARS email address: BEARS@BurbankCDV.org
NEXT MEETING -- VISITORS WELCOME!
THERE IS NO BEARS MEETING IN DECEMBER; SO THE NEXT
MEETING IS JANUARY 13, 2010. . . .
ON JANUARY 1, 2010 BEARS CHANGES ITS NAME TO:
BURBANK FIRE CORPS AUXILLARY COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE (ACS)
THIS IS SAME GROUP BUT WITH A DIFFERENT NAME.
* * * When: Wednesday January 13, 2010 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: How the new Burbank Fire Corps ACS will be
organized; Go-Bag review; and instructions and practice
in using your hand-held radio.
NEXT BEARS NET (we are still "BEARS" until 1/1/2010) --
VISITOR CHECK-INS WELCOME!
When: Monday December 21, 2009
Freq: 446.860 MHz (KC6LOL/R), PL 123.0 Hz, negative offset
Operator: Eric Christensen K6EJC FINAL BEARS NET
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M E S S A G E S F O L L O W
For Week of 12/14/2009:
((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 12/14/2009:
*** THE WEEKLY MESSAGES CAN ALSO BE VIEWED AT
HTTP://DCSCOPYTHAT.WORDPRESS.COM ***
Routine: 11/30/2009, 0751 hours
To: All Members
From: Executive Staff
We congratulate Robert Sussin, formerly Y002, on his promotion to
Staff 73. Robert has been assigned to handle Special Projects and
assisting the Executive Staff. We thank Robert for his added commitment
to the organization and thank him for taking on this additional responsibility.
Congratulations on your promotion and we look forward to working with you.
[EOC1]
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Routine: 12/14/2009, 1013 hours
To: All Members
From: Debby Miles, Staff 10
Thank you to all the members who worked the All Souls event on Sunday,
December 6th. The event had standing room only, however, we did not
see the number of vehicles as in years past. All turned out well and we had
a very good time. The Staff of All Souls has passed on their thanks and
appreciation and looks forward to working with us next year.
[EOC2]
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Routine: 12/14/2009, 1005 hours
To: All Members
From: Exec. Staff
We would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to all the members
for their hard work, dedication, support, and determination in 2009. Through
the ups and downs, we continued on and handled whatever came at us in
a professional and friendly manner. Thank you for all you have done and we
look forward to seeing what we can do in 2010.
[EOC3]
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Routine: 12/14/2009, 1009 hours
To: All Members
From: Exec. Staff
The Exec. Staff wishes everyone a Happy Holiday Season and a very
Happy New Year. May your holidays be filled with family, friends,
joy, and laughter.
[EOC4]
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Routine: 11/23/2209, 1316 hours
To: All Members
From: Exec. Staff
Please contact the Exec. Staff if you have any paperwork which should
be sent to the DCS office.
[EOC5]
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Routine: 12/14/2009, 0955 hours
To: All Members
From: Executive Staff
The following is a schedule of upcoming events:
December 14 - Monday Night Net, 1900 - 2000 hours, District 95,
AERO Bureau, Last Monday Net of 2009
December 15 - Tuesday Noon Net, 1130 - 1300 hours
December 22 - Tuesday Noon Net, 1130 - 1300 hours
December 29 - Tuesday Noon Net, 1130 - 1300 hours, last
Tuesday Net of 2009
January 4 – Monday Night Net, 1900 - 2000 hours, District 2,
East Los Angeles
January 5 – Tuesday Noon Net, 1130 - 1300 Hours
[EOC6]
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[End of DCS Countywide Messages]
((2)) DCS DISTRICT 12 - CRESCENTA VALLEY SHERIFF'S STATION
MESSAGES FOR WEEK OF 12/14/2009:
Routine: 12/14/09, 0700 hours
To: All members
From: Mike Farrell, M-001
It is very important that you bookmark the current DCS web page for current
and any future announcements and references for your use. This new
address is: http://dcscopythat.wordpress.com.
[CVS-1]
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Routine: 12/14/09, 0700 hours
To: All members
From: Mike Farrell, M-001
Reminder: if you are planning to order DCS shirts and/or jackets, please
send an email to Debby Miles at staff10@lacdcs.org ASAP! Send quantity
for each item, size, and your contact info including phone number, email
and DCS ID number Debby.
[CVS-2]
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Routine: 12/14/09, 0710 hours
To: All members
From: Mike Farrell
The membership renewals are finally gaining ground! On Monday,
December 14, from 1800 to 2000 hours I will be at the CVS station
to re-do the following pictures:
M-032 CHUCK LAMBERT
M-076 GARY JAEGERS
M-077 MEARL JAGEGERS
M-127 DAVID BASSETT
M-179 KATHRYN BASSETT
It is very important that each of you try to be at the station for a re-do of
your ID photo. Make sure you are in uniform for this session.
[CVS-3]
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Routine: 12/14/08. 0712 hours
To: All members
From: Mike Farrell, M-001
I will need to have someone assist with the final net of the year on
12/14/09 while I am taking the ID photos. Please volunteer and send me
an email to farrell075@aol.com.
[CVS-4]
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Routine: 12/14/09, 0715 hours
To: All members
From: Mike Farrell
Here are the events for the remainder of 2009:
December:
14 – Monday night net, 1900 to 2000 hours,
This is the last Monday night net for 2009
Make sure all of your hours are current for 2009
I need 1-2 people who can assist on the net
Make-up night for ID photos, 1800 tom 2000 hours
15 – Tuesday noon net, 1130 to 1300 hours
THIS IS THE LAST TUESDAY NOON NET FOR 2009
LET’S ALL TRY TO MAKE THIS A 100% PARTICIPATION DAY!
[CSV-5]
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[End of DCS District 12 Messages]
((3)) LOCAL (BURBANK) BEARS MESSAGES FOR WEEK OF 12/14/2009:
Remaining BEARS Net Control Operators for 2009:
12/14/09 BEARS Net - Wanda Penner KG6GTA
12/21/09 BEARS Net - Eric Christensen K6EJC FINAL BEARS NET
12/28/08 No Nets - Happy Holidays
01/04/10 FireCorps ACS Net - Bill Tracy KE6EQJ - First ACS Net of 2010
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Every Christmas season, Knott's Berry Farm provides free admission to
police and fire from Thanksgiving thru this Sunday, December 20. In honor
of the LA County DCS and Burbank BEARS/CDV members that worked in
support of the Station Fire, Knott's has offered FREE admission to DCS
and BEARS/CDV members! Your CDV or DCS ID will get you in free,
all you pay is parking.
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Consider checking the ARES LAX website on a regular basis. It is full of
useful resources: www.arrllax.org. (Notice address change). Check into
the ARES net tonight at 9pm on DARN system: 445.28 R 100.0 PL
(Verdugo Peak). (Store this frequency in your radio). Net protocol is that
you also check out of net at end of net.
Consider attending ARES meetings which are the first Saturday of every
month at 8AM at Valley Presbyterian Hospital on Vanowen in Van Nuys.
Next meeting will be Saturday January 2, 2010.
At the recent ARES meeting, Curt Kaplan of National Weather Service
Oxnard gave their Weather Spotter training class. ARES has been chosen
to be the NWS Weather Spotter contact for Los Angeles County. You can
take their spotter training course online at:
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/lox/spotter/course/course.php
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Please make sure you have the N6MQS/R 448.540 R 123.0 encode/decode
(BEARS Alternate repeater) programmed into your radios. The N6MQS
repeater is atop Verdugo Peak and has much larger coverage than the
BEARS machine does. As a result, we plan to utilize both repeaters
in the future. Bill Smith N6MQS (owner of the repeater) is a long standing
BEARS member.
Remember, if you come up on frequency and find the repeater is off, switch
to the repeater output. In other words, turn off the minus shift. It is better
to be prepared by programming simplex on the output frequency in the
adjacent memory channel. Do this for both BEARS 446.860 R and
N6MQS 448.540 R repeaters.
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New FireCorps ID cards will be issued at the January 20, 2010 FireCorps
Meeting. NOTE: This meeting will be held at Burbank Fire Station 11
(Headquarters Building) at 6PM (Note time difference). You must surrender
CDV badge to obtain FireCorps badge. First FireCorps ACS
(formerly BEARS) meeting is Wednesday January 13, 2010 at
Fire Training Center.
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All current CDV/Firecorps members will be issued a new Firecorps polo
and T-shirt FREE when they become available. Your CDV shirts are current
uniform items until Firecorps uniform items become available. We will be
showing off new uniform items at January 2010 Firecorps and ACS meetings.
(New Firecorps polo shirts look great!) Gall's will be the new uniform vendor.
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During the off season, consider upgrading your ham license. Many classes
and exams are available. Consider taking the ARRL AREC (Amateur
Radio Emergency Communications) Level 1 course. Cost is $85 for
non-ARRL members, $50 for ARRL members (join ARRL and save! (pays
for ARRL membership and QST subscription). Check www.ARRL.org for
class & exam information. Also consider taking some of the FEMA ICS
courses offered, go to www.fema.gov.
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Consider upgrading or restocking your Go Bag. Replace expired
perishable products. Check your HT, flashlights and spare batteries.
Charge or replace as needed.
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Don't forget to join us at BEARS Coffee Social at Starbucks next to Bob's
Big Boy on Riverside Dr. from approximately 5pm to 7pm on Wednesdays
and occasional Mondays. Check in on the 446.860 R repeater.
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Remember that everyone needs to be proficient in the use of their own radio.
Re-read the owner's manual. Make a copy and keep it with your go bag.
Become familiar with the procedures needed to enter a new frequency,
repeater offset or simplex, sub audible tone, and storing it in memory.
Practice these steps. You may need to reprogram your radio on the fly in
an emergency. Everyone should have a magnetic antenna to connect to
their HT when in a vehicle. Someone who cannot program their own radio
is of little use in an emergency situation.
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Enjoy the holiday season: We have a full moon and blue moon this
December (blue moon = 2nd full moon in one month-December 31!!).
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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.
Renewal forms need to be sent to Crescenta Valley Sheriff Station for Live
Scan and further background check. Persons wishing to remain as DCS
members but not meeting the above requirements will need to retake
DCS Basic Membership classes, etc. prior to becoming a member again.
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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