RB314 - MGT - Semantics - 4/7 - Commun. Director & Radio Officer <LINK REL="stylesheet" HREF="http://home.orbitelcom.com/french/css/1994.css" TYPE="text/css"></head> <body><hr class=acs> <table align=center border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=500> <tr valign=top><td class=hdr width=50>TO:<td class=hdr>Emergency Communications Units - Information Bulletin <tr valign=top><td class=hdr>TO:<td class=hdr>Emergency Management Agencies via Internet and Radio <tr valign=top><td class=hdr>FROM:<td class=hdr>Auxiliary Communications Service (ACS) of the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services</table> <hr class=acs> <table align=center border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=500> <tr><td colspan=2 align=center><font size=3><b>MGT - Semantics - 4/7 - Commun. Director & Radio Officer </b><tr><td width=50%><font size=2>RACESBUL.314 <td width=50% align=right><font size=2>DATE: 02/21/94 </table> <hr class=acs> <p>DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS. Until the mid-Seventies this was a common title in government circles for the individual in charge of public safety communications systems, operation, direction, maintenance, procurement, planning and budgets. Then the title began to shift to an entirely different occupation -- that of public information and public affairs. Thus began the shift in semantics from COMMUNICATIONS to TELECOMMUNICATIONS. <p>RADIO OFFICER. There has probably been less confusion over this title than any other because it has been in the FCC Rules since the 1950's. The Radio Officer is responsible to the civil defense director for the RACES program. Some governments make a distinction between a Radio Officer and a RACES Radio Officer. A Radio Officer is also the RACES officer and is knowledgeable of all the public safety communications systems in his or her jurisdiction. The radio officer may indeed be employed to be in charge of those systems. A RACES Radio Officer, on the other hand, is responsible only for the RACES. We encourage the recruitment and assignment of a full spectrum radio officer whenever possible. To be effective, any radio officer must be interested in far more than the four walls, the floor and the ceiling of the Emergency Operations Center. <p><i>Series authored by Stanly E. Harter, originally titled "From My Lookout". Edited for digital transmission. (Continued. Series of 7)</i> <p><hr class=acs> <p>To subscribe to bulletins send a blank email to <a href="mailto:emcomm-bulletin-sub@cesra.org">emcomm-bulletin-sub@cesra.org</a> or go to <a target="_blank" href="http://www.cesra.org/subscribe/">www.cesra.org/subscribe/</a>. <p>Submit suggestions, topics or comments on the bulletins to Cary Mangum, State ACS Officer, California. (W6WWW), <a href="mailto:cary.mangum@macnexus.org"> cary.mangum@macnexus.org</a> or <a href="mailto:cary_mangum@oes.ca.gov"> cary_mangum@oes.ca.gov</a> <p>Bulletins archives: <a target="_blank" href="http://acs.oes.ca.gov/">ACS Web page: acs.oes.ca.gov</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://ftp.ucsd.edu/emcomm">ftp.ucsd.edu/emcomm</a> or <a target="_blank" href="http://ftp.oes.ca.gov/ACS/EMCOMM">ftp.oes.ca.gov/ACS/EMCOMM</a> and a Landline BBS at 916-255-0798 (graphical & standard interface) <p>EOM <P CLASS="date">Page Last Updated, 10/16/07</p></body></html>