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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 March 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: Roving radio drill. Bring your hand-held and/or your vehicle
(with mobile radio) for another exciting field drill designed
by Wanda Penner KG6GTA.
NEXT BURBANK FIRE CORPS ACS NET -- VISITOR CHECK-INS WELCOME!
When: Monday February 22, 2010 at 1900 hours
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 02/15/2010:
((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 2/15/2010:
No new messages this week because of Presidents' Day holliday.
Here are messages still relevant from last week:
Firecorps ACS Net Control Operators:
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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At next month's general Fire Corps meeting (March 17, 2010) the topic
is communications. ACS is responsible for training general Fire Corps
members on proper radio communications procedures. Join us!
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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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On 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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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 2/15/2010:
Routine: 02/16/2010, 0831 hours
To: All Members
From: Exec Staff
Quarterly Training is this coming Saturday, February 20th. There will
be an RRT meeting from 0800 -- 0900 hours, Prospective Member Training
from 0800 -- 1300 hours, the DCO Forum from 0900 -- 1100 hours, and a
new class entitled Risk Recognition Management from 0930 -- 1030
hours. Current members are invited and encouraged to attend the new
member training class as a review. If you would like to attend either
the Risk Recognition or Prospective Member classes, please RSVP to
staff 10@lacdcs.org.
[EOC1]
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Routine: 02/16/2010, 1235 hours
To: All Members
From: Exec. Staff
The Semi Annual meeting will be held on Monday, March 15th at the
SCAQMD Building in Diamond Bar. This event is open to all interested
in DCS, their families, and friends.
[EOC2]
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Routine: 02/16/2010, 1033 hours
To: All Members
From: Exec. Staff
Congratulations are in order for Keith Prebble. Keith has been
promoted to Staff 74, Procedures and Manuals Officer. Keith has been
the 01 at San Dimas/Walnut and will retain the duties of this position
while adding the new responsibilities of Staff 74 to his plate..
Congratulations and thank you for taking on this added responsibility.
[EOC3]
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Routine: 2/16/2010, 1121 hours
To: All Members
From: Exec. Staff
Reminder: Do not self-activate.
[EOC4]
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Routine: 02/16/2010, 1331 hours
To: All Members
From: Executive Staff
The following is a schedule of upcoming events:
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
March 1 - Monday Night Net, 1900 -- 2000 hours, District 9, West Hollywood
March 2 - Tuesday Noon Net, 1130 -- 1300 Hours
March 8 - Monday Night Net, 1900 -- 2000 hours, District 11, Lancaster
March 9 - Tuesday Noon Net, 1130 -- 1300 Hours
[EOC5]
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[End of DCS District 12 Messages]
((3)) LOS ANGELES COUNTYWIDE DCS
MESSAGES FOR WEEK OF 02/15/2010:
*** THE WEEKLY MESSAGES CAN ALSO BE VIEWED AT
HTTP://DCSCOPYTHAT.WORDPRESS.COM ***
No new messages this week because of Presidents' Day holliday.
Here are messages still relevant from last week:
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 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]