Please contact the State ACS Officer for information.

Current Program Staff

INLAND REGION (MAR III, IV, V)
Inland Region ACS Officer
Position Open
State ACS Officer is interim responsible position

Inland Region Field Team Lead
Tom Preston, KQ6EO
Pager: 916-594-2068
E-Mail: Tom Preston
Mailing Address: Use Inland Region ACS Mailing Address

Mutual Aid Region III
(Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra,
Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Yuba)
Mutual Aid Region III ACS Officer
Position Open

Mutual Aid Region III Assistant ACS Officer
& Mutual Aid Region III Training Officer
Richard White, KF6ZGY
PAGER: 530-384-9537 / 916- 594-1172
E-MAIL: Rich White

Mutual Aid Region IV
(Amador, Alpine, Calaveras, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer,
Sacramento, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, Yolo)
Mutual Aid Region IV ACS Officer
Position Open

Mutual Aid Region V
(Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Tulare)
Mailing Address: Inland Region MAR V ACS
2550 Mariposa Mall, Rm 181
Fresno, CA. 93721
Office:Ê 559-445-5672
Fax:ÊÊÊ 559-445-5987

Mutual Aid Region V ACS Officer
Position Open

Assistant MARV ACS Officer
Guss Keith, KF6ZXO
Phone:Ê 559-645-5078
Pager:Ê 209-721-6203 / 916-594-3021 (Sacramento)
Mailing Address:Ê Use Inland Region Mailing Address

PROGRAM GOAL AND INFORMATION

1. Assist each county develop a program of skilled communications volunteers to serve that government in emergencies; and also be a resource to other counties (Operational Areas) for mutual aid if needed.

2. Provide trained emergency communications personnel to the State OES Telecommunications Branch for deployment and use of field assets: (a) OES Communications Vans, Equipment Caches and Mobile Earth Stations (Satellite units); and fixed (b) State OES Emergency Operations Centers (SOCC and 3 REOC's); (c) Special Assignments.

State ACS program personnel may chose to qualify in an operational element of the program such the state OES ACS field units, the REOC ACS CommCenter units or special assignments and projects. In doing so we provide an example of how personnel can be utilized by local government, albeit on a different level.

State OES ACS personnel operate Federal and State Public Service Systems and well equipped Amateur Radio facilities. Systems are not limited to radio, microwave or satellite. While most state ACS personnel hold FCC Amateur Radio licenses, the service includes non-licensees with deep experience in other communication forms including the public switched telephone networks. .

Another activity is that of the region ACS Duty Officer. The trained ACSDO serves a 7 day on-call standby. When notified by the OES Telecommunications Duty Officer, their task is to schedule and provide qualified state OES ACS personnel for emergency response for an assigned mission, such as deploy OES assets to an incident command post for USFS, CDF or to other agencies including the FBI or DOJ.

Want to change the future? Here's the place to put your skills to work. Some of us have been active in the program for many years. It is interesting, challenging and rewarding. Opportunities await in administration, clerical, management, personnel, training, with both amateur and public safety equipment, radio nets (both Amateur and Government) and fixed and mobile facilities. For more information, selection criteria or application contact the State ACS Officer at cary_mangum@oes.ca.gov or leave a telephone message at 916-845-8619 so he can return your call. Or write:

Governor's Office of Emergency Services
Telecommunications Branch, ACS Program
ATT: Cary Mangum, State ACS Officer
3650 Schriever Ave, Mather, CA 95655.

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