The Great California ShakeOut

Posted on October 14th, 2009 by n6ras / Add Comment »
ShakeOut 2009

ShakeOut 2009

At 10:15 a.m. on October 15, 2009, millions of Californians will participate in the largest earthquake drill ever!

The purpose of the ShakeOut is to practice how to protect ourselves during earthquakes, and to get prepared at work, school, and home.

HB RACES will be participating by conducting our annual school communication drill that morning. During the hours of 0900 to 1100 we’ll establish a communications net and dispatch communicators to district offices and public and private schools in our city.  Our communicators check-in with school administrators as they would if standard communication methods were overloaded or failed. Reminding district and school administrators of this vital backup communication link is a perfect complement to the ShakeOut drill. Our communication plan would provide official status to and from the Huntington Beach Emergency Operations Center and the schools in our city.

Tune in to our primary repeater Thursday morning and if you are a HB RACES communicator check-in to the net with your location and you’ll be given a location to report to. Drive safely and show our community how HB RACES can provide professional communications support in a time of need.

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Fire Department Open House

Posted on October 12th, 2009 by n6ras / Add Comment »

In recognition of national fire prevention week, Huntington Beach’s Class 1 Fire Department hosted an open house at Gothard Station on Saturday, October 11th. Due to the tight city budget, the event was organized at the last minute once the ‘go ahead’ was obtained and limited to a single fire station. Apologies to those that weren’t aware of the event in time to participate.  The community was invited to meet local firefighters, tour the Gothard fire station, learn fire safety tips, see fire engines & trucks and observe fire fighting demonstrations. HB RACES and CERT were available to discuss community programs and showcase the aerial ATV capability we provide to the city. Using the PD Aero unit to transmit live video and the FD Hazmat unit to receive and record the live images HB RACES took visitors on a video ride-a-long as the helicopter took off from the adjacent PD hanger and orbited the Gothard station. Kids had fun making radio calls on our ham radio gear (while supervised) and seeing Sparky the fire safety mascot.

Some of our ham visitors included Seal Beach RACES assistant radio officer Mike Maronta, KC6YNQ as well as Tim & Marilyn Sawyer (KH6FL & WD6AWP) and Steve Albert (KE6OCE). Thanks to Brevyn Mettler (KI6FRG) , Steven Graboff(W6GOS), Manny Vizinho (KG6IQL) and Peter Barbour (N6RAS) who spent the afternoon visiting with the community and our firefighters.

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City/County RACES & MOU Drill

Posted on October 3rd, 2009 by n6ras / 2 Comments »
October 3, 2009
9:00 amto11:00 am

Huntington Beach will be participating in the annual City/County RACES & MOU drill October 3, 2009 from 0900-1100. HB RACES will be providing a voice link from the EOC and setup to receive and transmit ATV in the EOC. This annual drill focuses on cooperation and communication between adjacent cities and agencies as well as communications to/from our parent organization: OC RACES.

The documents below highlight the drill plan for today and include some notes by our training officer on the correct use of the ICS-213 message form. If you didn’t get to the EOC to participate today, glance at the documents and review Jim’s notes. These drill days help us stay focused on basic communication skills. Take some time to work on your knowledge and skills today.

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Management Team Meeting

Posted on January 6th, 2009 by n6ras / Add Comment »
January 5, 2009
7:00 pmto8:00 pm
February 2, 2009
7:00 pmto8:00 pm
March 2, 2009
7:00 pmto8:00 pm
April 6, 2009
7:00 pmto8:00 pm
May 4, 2009
7:00 pmto8:00 pm
June 1, 2009
7:00 pmto8:00 pm
July 6, 2009
7:00 pmto8:00 pm
August 3, 2009
7:00 pmto8:00 pm
August 31, 2009
7:00 pmto8:00 pm
October 5, 2009
7:00 pmto8:00 pm
November 2, 2009
7:00 pmto8:00 pm
December 7, 2009
7:00 pmto8:00 pm
HB RACES 2009 Management Team
Huntington Beach RACES 2009 Management Team

The 2009 Huntington Beach RACES Management Team held their first meeting of 2009 on January 5, 2009.  HB RACES goals for 2009 include:  a strong effort on completing training materials and providing training opportunities for both new and seasoned communicators, documentation of standard HB RACES procedures and methods that have been established over the years and are working well for our group, continuing an ATV awareness effort within the city departments and our RACES groups including the periodic testing and verification of our ATV equipment and procedures, and facilitating each officer to manage and accomplish their specific goals for the organization.

The 2009 HB RACES Management Team includes:

  • Chief Radio Officer – Peter, N6RAS
  • Assistant Radio Officer – Vaughn, KE6V
  • Events Officer – Steve, KE6OCE
  • Training Officer – Jim, KG6ZDP
  • Personnel Officer – Robert, KE6RKG
  • Technical Officer / Financial Officer – Pedro, AD6TN
  • Documentation Officer – Manny, KG6IQL
  • Public Information Officer – Wayne, KH6WZ
  • American Red Cross Liaison – Shelley & Roy, KC6ZOW/N6SLD
  • Repeater Liaison / IT Officer – Tim, WD6AWP

In addition our past Training Officer from the 80s, Gordon, K6DAA, will be joining the officer team for special assignments and offering his assistance to all officers as needed. Gordon’s extra help and perspective will be helpful in the accomplishment of our ambitious goals.

Dates for 2009’s management meetings have been set and are on the first Monday of the month with the exception of September. In order to observe the Labor Day holiday we will be meeting twice in August - the first Monday and the last Monday. All officers are asked to attend these meetings and all interested communicators are also invited to attend. The meetings are normally held in the Huntington Beach EOC. If you have an issue that needs to be addressed by the HB RACES Management Team please contact the officer that best matches the area of concern or contact the Chief Radio Officer.

All of the 2009 officer’s are looking forward to making 2009 another great year of service to our city and continued learning of our radio skills with our vast radio family of friends. Together we will continue to make HB RACES the flagship organization it has become.

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