TO: Emergency Communications Units - Information Bulletin
TO: Emergency Management Agencies via Internet and Radio
FROM: Auxiliary Communications Service (ACS) of the California
Governor's Office of Emergency Services

New ACS/EAS Coordinator

 EMC139
 DATE: 07/01/98
 For Immediate Release

The California Governor's Office of Emergency Services welcomes
Ben Green as the State OES ACS/EAS program coordinator. Recently
promoted to Communications Coordinator, he has been assigned the
programs that were managed by Stanly Harter, KH6GBX, until his
death in April.

From 1995-1998 Ben served as permanent staff to the State Warning
Center in Sacramento as an Emergency Notification Controller.

He is the holder of FCC Amateur license WD8CZP. Over the last 25
years he has held many positions of leadership in volunteer
communications services.

From 1988 to 1991, while at his last assignment in the U.S. Navy
as a staff photographer at the Naval Air Station Miramar, he
served a collateral duty as Communications Coordinator to the
base Emergency Manager. In that role he promoted the use of
Amateur, MARS, CAP and others as auxiliary modes for the Navy for
liaison between civilian & military authorities in events such as
Air Shows and mutual-aid disaster drills. Since his Navy
retirement, Ben continued to apply his volunteer experience by
serving in the field with the State OES as an Emergency Hire in
telecommunications for such disasters as the Wildland Firestorm
of 1993 and the Northridge Earthquake in 1994.

From 1991 to 1995 he was the Chief Radio Officer for San Diego
County RACES. In that post he developed an effective reserve
communications organization, and was awarded a Certificate of
Appreciation for Service and Commitment to RACES & Emergency
Communications by the Unified San Diego County Emergency Services
Organization. He was also a recipient of the County Sheriff's
'Exceptional Service Medal'.

Ben is a member of the California Emergency Services Association
(CESA), Inland Region Chapter, where he was the State ACS liaison
the past three years. He is also a member of the International
Association of Emergency Managers (formally NCCEM now IAEM);
Associated Public-Safety Communications Officer (APCO) Northern
California Chapter; and a Life member of the American Radio Relay
League (ARRL).

Ben takes over Stan's old desk on July 1st. Ben's first task will
be the ACS program, followed by the EAS program. Interim EAS
program manager, Cary Mangum, will continue with the State and
Local Area EA plans until they are filed with the Federal
Communications Commission, a process that should be complete by
October.

The continuing task of the State OES ACS is to assist California
governments in development and use of an emergency communications
unit based on volunteer (unpaid staff) participants. In addition,
it provides an emergency communications capability to State OES.
Those seeking to serve in the ACS should contact their local OES
ACS officer - see the ACS web page for names and numbers.