EMC364 EOC Training 1a
 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

EMC364 EOC Training 1a      Release 10/21/02

Not every jurisdiction trains its EMCOMM unit participants as
does that of Orange County, CA. Perhaps more could consider doing
so, as illustrated in an article by Mike Krueger of Orange County
CA RACES in their July 1999 publication, "NetControl."

"By now, Orange County RACES members should have received
training on the new Motorola CRT dispatch consoles at Loma Ridge.
Several have asked for explanation of the channels on the
consoles. Below is a list:

Console Name             Channel Name
                        Band

CLEMARS        CA Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Radio System
     VHF Shared by most law-enforcement agencies statewide for
mutual-aid coordination. Any law agency may use this for such
communications or as a backup to their primary channel. CA
Highway Patrol and agencies surrounding OC monitor this channel
as does Control One.

CLEMARS        CA Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Radio System
     800 (Same description, just different channel/frequency.)

OA-1           Operational Area 1
                             Low Simplex to coordinate disaster
response within Orange County OA. (Operational Area) City/County
EOCs, community services districts, sanitation districts, and
American Red Cross use it.

OA-2           Operational Area 2
                             Low Simplex to coordinate disaster
response within Orange County OA. Elementary, high-school
districts, and University EOCs use it.

VEPO           Volunteer Emergency Preparedness Organization
  Low Repeater channel to coordinate response activities by water
districts and municipal water departments in OC OA.

CESRS          CA Emergency Services Radio System
             VHF Statewide radio system for conventional
radio-to-radio and for direct communications with the State
Office of Emergency Services. It is used to relay timely
emergency response information. Control One monitors it for OC.

ICALLRP        International Calling Channel   800 US, Mexico,
and Canada have five frequencies for public-safety mutual aid.
This is the designated calling channel. Control One monitors for
OC.

ITAC1RP        International Tactical Channel 1
               800 Available to any public-safety agency for
interagency operations or mutual aid. Several repeaters are
around the county for each ITAC frequency.

ITAC2RP, ITAC3RP, ITAC4RP
                                     800 (see ITAC1RP.)

USBP           United States Border Patrol
                    VHF Operating frequency for San Clemente
Border Patrol Checkpoint. Used to coordinate activities between
USBP and OC law agencies.

OCTA-5      Orange County Transportation Authority Channel 5
  800 Supervisors and maintenance units use this along with OC
Sheriff Deputies assigned to OCTA for law enforcement purposes.

MED-10         Hospital-Paramedic Coordination
                UHF Paramedics needing to speak with a nurse or
doctor contact Orange County Communications (OCC) for a frequency
and Base Hospital assignment on MED-10. OCC will assign a
frequency (MED1-8) to the medic and alert the hospital of the
incoming call."

(Quoted with permission.) End

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