EMC387 OES ACS Field Units Pt6 
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

EMC387 OES ACS Field Units Pt6        Release  3/31/03 

How ACS personnel are informed of the status of the units that
the Field Teams actively support is an interesting process.

The Telecommunications Section of the Operations Support Branch at
State OES has an action-response position to handle requests for
OES communications resources or assistance, whether from Federal,
State or local government, via the mutual aid system. 

That position is the Telecommunications Duty Officer (TDO). One
of the duties is a daily report to the executuve branch of the
active status of certain assets. The following is an example. 
Comm 60 is the mobile Hub.

TDO:  (name - that weeks TDO)

Infrastructure:
 1.    Both OASIS Hubs are operational.

Field Operations:

 1.    ACS Duty Officers:
         Coastal Region -  name of ACSDO*
         Inland Region -   name of ACSDO*
         Southern Region - name of ACSDO*

 2.    ICS Type I Communications Unit Status:
         Comm 22: Available - (Location)
         Comm 24: AVAILABLE - (Location)
         Comm 25: AVAILABLE - (Location)

  3.    Specialty Unit Status:
         Comm 21 (Microwave): - AVAILABLE - (Location)
         Comm 23 (Repeater): -  AVAILABLE - (Location)

  4.    OASIS Unit Status:
         Comm 60: OUT OF SERVICE - (Location)
                  (Generator to be serviced)
         Comm 61: AVAILABLE - (Location)
         Comm 62: AVAILABLE - (Location)
         Comm 63: AVAILABLE - (Location)
         Comm 64: AVAILABLE - (Location)

  5.    Activities: None 
  
It is important to recall that each OES Administrative Region is
as large as several individual states with more people and area
than some groups of states.
  
The report lists the ACS Duty Officer (ACSDO*) for each OES
Administrative Region. The ACSDO is the action-response position
to coordinate assignments of ACS personnel when approved for
deployment. The TDO is paid staff; the ACSDO is volunteer.
Their 'duty-period' rotates every 7 days on a set day.

Field deployments are 12 hour shifts. Those with time flexibility
find it easier to serve as sometimes they are needed for several
days, or only 1/2 day increments. Generally team participants
live within 1 1/2 hours drive of Sacramento, Los Alamitos,
Oakland or Fresno. Deployment, typically by state vehicle, can be
anywhere in the state, although effort is made to keep it close
to the area in which they live.

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(This was the last of the EMCOMM bulletins as the time to research
and write them fell by the wayside due to the editors family health
situation.)
EOM