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Amateur radio operators provide back-up disaster communications for the Los Angeles County EMS Agency and participating hospitals operating within the County of Los Angeles.
The Medical Alert Center (MAC) is the primary communication unit within the
Los Angeles County EMS Agency / Departmental Operation Center (DOC).
Currently the MAC has staff members that are FCC licensed amateur radio operators. The MAC also maintains amateur radio equipment to ensure
back-up radio communications is readily available.
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Amateur radio operators perform their services as unpaid volunteers. In accordance with FCC regulations, no fees can be charged for their services as communicators on amateur radio frequencies with the exception of EOC staff.
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The Amateur Radio Emergency Service / Los Angeles
Section (ARES/LAX) provides a pool of
specialized amateur radio operators to support the
Los Angeles County EMS Agency and participating hospitals to ensure continued radio communications.
(click on icon/link to go to ARES/LAX website)
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Amateur radio operators assigned to the Los Angeles County EMS Agency and participating hospitals are members of ARES/LAX who have met established requirements set forth by ARES/LAX.
ARES/LAX encourages all their amateur radio operators to complete the following Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Independent Study (IS) courses; IS-100, IS-200, IS-700 and IS-800 in addition to the Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS) course and Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act (HIPAA) awareness training.
For more information on FEMA NIMS
Courses click on the icon/link: |
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Photos of MAC staff members that maintain FCC amateur radio license and call sign:
Chris Hamilton, KI6QPI
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John Opalski, KI6QMH
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Olester Santos, KI6RWR
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Darren Verrette, KI6QPO
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To see photos from the 2008 Golden Guardian exercise click the following link:
Golden Guardian Photos |