RACES
The Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES) in Lake County is an arm of the Lake County Emergency Management Agency (LCEMA), which is an arm of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), and both agencies get their operating authority from FEMA in Washington, D.C. Lake County RACES has a two fold mission:
To assist the LCEMA in disaster response and planning. This includes implementing Lake County’s official disaster plan if called upon.
To provide the LCEMA and the public with severe weather information by maintaining a radio network of trained and certified spotters.
The LCEMA office is at 2900 W. 93rd Avenue in Crown Point. This is also the location of the LCEMA’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC), designed
and built largely by RACES. The county’s Mobile Emergency Communications and Command vehicle is also stored at the Office/EOC site. The vehicle was also designed and equipped to a large extent by RACES.
Please contact Jim Harney,KF9EX, to obtain an application if you are interested in joining RACES, . The application will be reviewed by the RACES Officer or his designee, and a background check will be run on all applicants by the Lake County Sheriff’s Police Department before the application will be considered for final approval. This screening process applies to all applicants for membership after April 15, 2002.
To assist the LCEMA in disaster response and planning. This includes implementing Lake County’s official disaster plan if called upon.
To provide the LCEMA and the public with severe weather information by maintaining a radio network of trained and certified spotters.
The LCEMA office is at 2900 W. 93rd Avenue in Crown Point. This is also the location of the LCEMA’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC), designed
and built largely by RACES. The county’s Mobile Emergency Communications and Command vehicle is also stored at the Office/EOC site. The vehicle was also designed and equipped to a large extent by RACES.
Please contact Jim Harney,KF9EX, to obtain an application if you are interested in joining RACES, . The application will be reviewed by the RACES Officer or his designee, and a background check will be run on all applicants by the Lake County Sheriff’s Police Department before the application will be considered for final approval. This screening process applies to all applicants for membership after April 15, 2002.
The RACES Team Members Are:
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Larry Brechner, WB9FQS
Ken Brown, KE9TC -- Repeater Trustee Mike Frank, KF9WW John Gianotti,W9WY -- ARO James Harney, KF9EX -- RO Kenneth Kilroy, KB9NSD Kevin Krikau, KB9THY -- ARO Malcolm Lunsford, W9MAL Russ McComb, KB9HO George Kelly, K9WWT |
Mike Marine, KC9HOA
Kerry Orze, KB9ORH Lee Raue, WD9GQO Jodi Richmond, Director LCDHS/EMA Tom Ruggles, W8FIB Michael Schutter, KB9UOZ -- WO John Spicer, KC9YDF Bill Unwin, N9UIL Andy Finick, W9FXT Jeff Kohn, KC9TEW |
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