EMC216 PACKET/AMTOR RIMS FORMS 2/3 
To:   Emergency Communications Units - Information Bulletin
To:   Emergency Management Agencies via Internet and Radio
By:   Auxiliary Communications Service (ACS) of the
      California Governor's Office of Emergency Services  

EMC216 PACKET/AMTOR RIMS FORMS 2/3  For release 12/27/99

- The ACS/RACES operator may need to use the hard copy of
the correct form as a guide for some minor reconstruction
that may be required. All fonts highlighted areas,
italicized letters or words, colors and graphics will
disappear during the conversion. Centering, a space added
between each numbered statement or paragraph, alignment of
columns and rows, etc. will need to be done. Some will only
take a few seconds, others a few minutes.

- The completed ASCII form is then reviewed by the EMA
official for correctness and approved.

- The ACS/RACES then sends the form via prearranged
channels and modes to the REOC.

- The REOC reviews the documentation. Sometimes a mission
may be issued by the REOC to meet the mutual aid or
resource requirements of the situation. The Mission forms
can also be sent back to the OA in the same manner by the
REOC ACS.

Now some of the local and OA governments have the Lotus
Notes on just one or two computers. If these go down then
the blank ASCII files of these forms that have been
provided can be used in the interim. It will mean more work
re-accomplishing these forms in Lotus Notes when the
computer is repaired but there will only be a very few
forms that ever have to be sent this way.

These forms have been set up so that any fills that may be
required on those sent via HF (Amtor, Pactor, etc.) can be
accomplished via voice using standard traffic handling
procedures as all the paragraphs and blocks are designated
alpha/numerically.

NOTE: Remember to use standard ASCII editing procedures and
turn off the 'Insert' and to use the 'Up/Down/Left/Right'
arrows (NOT SPACE OR ENTER/RETURN, except when needed for
that specific function) to move the cursor to fill out
these forms. Any columns and rows will get distorted and
important information could be misread or 'appear'
incorrect.

NOTE: On these forms there will be information within
parenthesis. Select the right response or follow the
instructions AND THEN DELETE THE PARENTHESIS AND THE UNUSED
CONTENTS OR THE INSTRUCTIONS.

NOTE: DO NOT ENTER THE ASCII FORMS OR RE-ACCOMPLISH THEM
INTO THE SYSTEM AND/OR COMPUTER(S) AT THE RECEIVING END.
This would cause a Replication Conflict or duplication
error after the phone lines or OASIS System come back on
line. (Replication is a process that insures each computer
in the system has the same information as all others.)

PRACTICE IS THE ONLY WAY THESE PROCEDURES CAN BE PERFECTED
AT EACH LOCAL, OA OR REGIONAL LEVEL. Fill out the both
types (REMEMBERING TO ADD 'DRILL OR 'EXERCISE' TO THE
BEGINNING AND END OF EACH) of the forms and send them via
Packet or Amtor etc.

Next bulletin will provide the list of forms 
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