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WICEN - Call For More Operators
Date : 24 / 02 / 2009
Author : Mark Dods - VK3XMU
Today WICEN Victoria was asked to provide operators for three
outer metropolitan Melbourne Incident Control Centres (ICCs).
WICEN does not have sufficient operators for all the shifts we
have been asked to fill, and so we are looking for volunteers
from the wider Amateur Radio community.
HOWEVER, this type of deployment is not for every Amateur Operator!
The ICCs are extremely noisy, busy environments where multiple
radios are going simultaneously.
Headphones are not an option as the DSE/CFA Controllers want to
be able to listen in if they feel the need.
Despite all this, accurate message handling and concise voice
procedure are absolutely required! Shifts are 12 hours long with
shift changes at 7am and 7pm.
If you feel you can be an effective operator in the environment
described, then WICEN has need of you.
Please be aware that there will be some volunteers who we will
not be able to send into an ICC.
Indeed some WICEN members have made themselves unavailable for
ICC deployment because they feel they cannot operate
there effectively.
Offers of help from interstate have been greatly appreciated,
however we do not at present have authorisation to fund
interstate travel.
If you are willing to travel to Melbourne at your own expense as
some have offered, then we could use you.
Please talk to us before travelling however, so we can try to
ascertain whether you are suitable for deployment.
Offers to assist should be made to Mark Dods VK3XMU by email to :
secretary(AT)vic.wicen.org.au or by phone to 0409 214 834.
ICC Photograph link below courtesy of Peter Young VK3MV,
click the Link below for a larger view
https://www.wia.org.au/newsevents/news/2009/20090224-2/images/image_1_hires.jpg
(Sourced from WIA Web Page)
https://www.wia.org.au/newsevents/news/2009/20090224-2/index.php
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Courtesy Tony VK7AX VK7AX(AT)VK7AX.#ULV.TAS.AUS.OC
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