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HOW TO GET IN TOUCH WITH BURBANK FIRE CORPS
AUXILLARY COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE (ACS).....
Email address: info@burbankfirecorps.org
NEXT MEETING -- VISITORS WELCOME!
When: Wednesday February 10, 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: Marty Woll N6VI will be our guest speaker; the topic will be:
NVIS (Near Vertical Incident Skywave) antennas.
NEXT BURBANK FIRE CORPS ACS NET -- VISITOR CHECK-INS WELCOME!
When: Monday February 22, 2010 at 1900 hours
(No nets on February 15 because of Presidents' Day holliday)
Freq: 446.860 MHz (KC6LOL/R), PL 123.0 Hz, negative offset
Operator: Alex McGregor K9AKM
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M E S S A G E S F O L L O W
For Week of 02/08/2010:
((1)) LOCAL (BURBANK) FIRE CORPS ACS
((2)) DISTRICT 12 DISASTER COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE (DCS) --
CRESCENTA VALLEY SHERIFF'S STATION
((3)) LOS ANGELES COUNTYWIDE DCS
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((1)) LOCAL (BURBANK) FIRE CORPS ACS MESSAGES FOR
WEEK OF 2/08/2010:
Here are this week's messages:
Firecorps ACS Net Control Operators:
02/08/10 Fire Corps ACS Net - David Schoch KI6UCK
02/15/10 No Nets - Presidents Day Holiday
02/22/10 Fire Corps ACS Net - Alex McGregor K9AKM
03/01/10 Fire Corps ACS Net - Operator Needed
03/08/10 Fire Corps ACS Net - Operator Needed
03/15/10 Fire Corps ACS Net - Operator Needed
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Thank you to everyone that volunteered or was on stand by to assist
Crescenta Valley DCS re the heavy rains and flooding they have had.
More rain is expected this week. Burbank Fire Corps Storm Watch Patrol
members should remain available and ready to activate if the need arrises.
Keep your radios and go bags ready.
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Marty Woll N6VI will be our guest speaker at our February 10 Fire Corps
ACS meeting, and the topic will be about NVIS (Near Vertical Incident
Skywave) antennas. This allows using HF frequencies for local
communications in case VHF & UHF systems are not available or
operating. Plan to join us!
At next week's general Fire Corps meeting, the topic is communications.
ACS is responsible for training general Fire Corps members on proper radio
communications procedures. Join us at the Fire Corps meeting on
Wednesday February 17.
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Firecorps new ID exchange has been delayed due to problems with City
computer system. Your existing CDV/BEARS ID is still valid. You will be
notified when new IDs are available. New Fire Corps polo shirts will also
be issued when available.
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There are several levels of membership in the new Fire Corps program.
Everyone that joins is basically a BFCP (Burbank Fire Corps Program)
Volunteer Basic member. BFCP Volunteer 1 members have also completed
ACS Basic class (orientation to radio usage), FEMA IS-100 (Intro to ICS),
FEMA IS-200.a (ICS for Single resources) and FEMA IS-700 (Intro to NIMS).
Most BEARS/Fire Corps ACS members (and those that were members of
DCS) have already passed these courses.
The next level (BFCP Volunteer 2) requires additonal FEMA courses: IS-07
(Citizens Guide to Disaster Assistance), plus IS-22 (Are you ready?), IS-55
(Household Hazardous Materials), IC-317 (Intro to CERT), and IS-394a
(protecting home/small business from disaster.) Consider going to the
www.FEMA.gov website and take these free online courses.
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Chester Brown K6CRB will be our new liaison between Burbank Fire Corps
ACS and the MARS (Military Auxiliary Radio Service). He is also liaison
between ARES & MARS.
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Everyone should monitor the Fire Corps ACS 446.860 R 123 PL repeater
on a daily basis. Make sure this frequency along with the N6MQS
448.540 R 123.0 repeater and talkaround (on the repeater output) is
programmed into your radios.
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This past Saturday, February 6 Erik Pounders W6ZKA from USGS
(Geological Survey) gave an awesome presentation on geology and
earthquakes at the ARES meeting. Duane Mariotti of Kaiser Permanente
will be talking about hospital disaster communications at the March 6
meeting. Check the ARES website at www.areslax.org. ARES meetings
are at 8AM at Valley Presbyterian Hospital Education Center
(to the right of main building).
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Don't forget to join us for coffee social at Starbucks next to Bob's Big
Boy on Riverside Drive on Wednesdays and occasional Mondays. Check
in on 446.860 R 123.0 repeater.
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The LA County DCS Mt. Disappointment repeater 145.30 R 100 PL is
temporarily out of service. Until it is repaired, they are using the EOB
repeater in East Los Angeles. For DCS messages, go to:
http://dcscopythat.wordpress.com.
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Crescenta Valley Sheriff station may need DCS volunteers this week to
assist with possible heavy rains. Contact Mike Farrell at
farrell075@aol.com.
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That's it for this week's messages.
73 Eric J Christensen K6EJC
Coordinator 17 – Firecorps ACS
K6ejc@att.net
818 599-6883
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[End of Burbank Fire Corps ACS Messages]
((2)) DISTRICT 12 DISASTER COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE (DCS) --
CRESCENTA VALLEY SHERIFF'S STATION
MESSAGES FOR WEEK OF 2/8/2010:
Routine: 02/06/10, 0930 hours
To: All Members
From: Mike Farrell, M-001
Thank you to the following that checked into the Tuesday noon net
on 02/02/10:
M-109
M-199
M-221
Please use this noon net to check your radios from wherever you are.
Let’s get back on track for check-ins this week.
[CVS-1]
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Routine: 02/06/10, 0935 hours
To: All members
From: Mike Farrell
Thank you to those who replied this past weekend with your availability
for any call outs from LASD during the floods. It is very important that you
reply when requested for your availability even if you cannot be available.
This give us a picture of our manpower should we need to give it to the
Sheriff. We do not need to waste time in trying to call everybody for a
call out. Everyone should be checking their email for messages from the
District and the County.
[CVS-2]
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Routine: 02/06/10, 1000 hours
To: All members
From: Mike Farrell, M-001
Please make sure you read the County messages for upcoming events
for us. The semi-annual meeting is coming up as well as opportunities
for training.
[CVS-3]
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[End of DCS District 12 Messages]
((3)) LOS ANGELES COUNTYWIDE DCS
MESSAGES FOR WEEK OF 02/08/2010:
*** THE WEEKLY MESSAGES CAN ALSO BE VIEWED AT
HTTP://DCSCOPYTHAT.WORDPRESS.COM ***
Routine: 01/19/2010, 0929 hours
To: All Members
From: Exec Staff
Quarterly Training on February 20th will include Prospective (New) Member
Training. Although we cannot issue ID's or Unit ID #'s at the time of training,
we hope this will enable the Prospective Members to be ready to go once
the ID?s are completed. If you wish to attend the new member training,
please advise Staff 10 at Staff10@lacdcs.org.
[EOC1]
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Routine: 02/08/2010, 1335 hours
To: All Members
From: Exec. Staff
Recently, the 03 position became vacant in District 16. We are happy to
announce that Andy Veek (R124) has accepted the R003 position. We thank
him for making the added commitment to DCS and look forward to tapping
into his many talents. Congratulations!
[EOC2]
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Routine: 1/22/2010, 2213 hours
To: All Members
From: Exec. Staff
Reminder: the forms for the Monday Nets are updated constantly. Please
check the Wordpress site for the current forms and print them out before
running the net.
[EOC3]
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Routine: 1/26/2010, 1041 hours
To: All Members
From: Exec. Staff
Safety Vests: the samples of the Safety Vests have been received. During
the Quarterly Training session on February 20th and the Semi Annual
Meeting on March 15th the vests will be available for you to try on.
All orders must be prepaid and are final. For more information, please
contact your DCO.
[EOC4]
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Routine: 02/08/2010, 1331 hours
To: All Members
From: Executive Staff
The following is a schedule of upcoming events:
February 8 - Monday Night Net, 1900 - 2000 hours, District 6, Santa Clarita,
Exec. Staff Meeting, 0830 - 2100 hours
February 9 - Tuesday Noon Net, 1130 - 1300 Hours
February 15 - County Holiday, No Net
February 16 - Tuesday Noon Net, 1130 - 1300 Hours
February 20 - Quarterly Training, 0800 - 1400 hours, EOB
February 22 - Monday Night Net, 1900 - 2000 hours, District 8, San Dimas
February 23 - Tuesday Noon Net, 1130 - 1300 Hours
[EOC5]
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[End of Countywide DCS Messages]