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Personnel Qualifications:
Some assignments may require:
The minimum age for RACES volunteers is eighteen. Registration with Napa County as a volunteer. Registration as a California Disaster Service Worker (DSW), required by law to qualify for Worker's Compensation Insurance. Volunteers who drive on duty must carry current California auto insurance and a valid driver's license.
Registration Instructions:
A records check to determine that the applicant is free of any felony convictions. A DMV check for volunteers who may be required to drive an official vehicle. Radio operators must possess a current Amateur Radio License issued by the FCC and have a record free of FCC violations. Reading and complying with guidelines and policies.
| After reviewing the information contained in this web site, if you
think you may be interested in joining Napa RACES, you should listen to
the weekly nets and other exercises as they are announced.
Local Amateur Radio clubs also have some members who participate in RACES activities, and they too can be a source of information: check local repeaters (see Band Plan page) and listen in. If this program is for you, contact the Napa RACES Chief Radio Officer via this e-mail, and you will receive additional information and have the opportunity to fill out an application. After your application is reviewed, if you are accepted into the program you will receive information to arrange for an appointment to become registered as a Disaster Service Worker and be issued a RACES ID card. |
Are you a Napa RACES member? Then you may want to join our mailing list here!
