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PINELLAS COUNTY FLORIDA AUXILIARY COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE (ACS) PINELLAS COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT Sally Bishop, Director Emergency Management David MacNamee, Emergency Management – Operations Manager Robert Homan, Emergency Management Senior Coordinator PINELLAS COUNTY ACS Neil Lauritsen, W4NHL, ACS Radio Officer Demos Doulou, KR4US, Dep. RO - Repeater Trustee Bruce Kruezer, KI4CPZ Dep. RO - EOC Shift One Supervisor Jeff Palmer, N4EON, Dep. RO - EOC Shift Two Supervisor Kevin Poorman, KV4CT - Public Information Officer (PIO) New ACS Members needed. To find out how to join Contact Neil, W4NHL at 727-643-1670 or send e-mail to w4nhl@pcacs.org ACS Mission General: The ACS mission is to serve its sponsoring governmental jurisdiction in support of any possible need relative to communications in an emergency. This means far more than being activated in sporadic emergencies. It includes day-to-day involvement in the affairs of that agency. In effect, ACS becomes an integrated aspect of the sponsoring agency staff, albeit unpaid. Specific: For Pinellas County, the ACS unit of the Department of Emergency Management (DEM) provides a variety of professional unpaid (volunteer) skills, including administrative, technical and operational, for emergency tactical, administrative and logistical communications between the State and its agencies, its Regions, county and city governments and neighboring state governments. Specific mission assignments include on-going ACS bulletins, assistance to counties and cities in developing ACS units in their jurisdictions; and coordination with other State agency ACS units once they are formed, and support of the State Emergency Operations Center. The Pinellas County ACS Unit provides, supplements, or augments Government communications during emergencies where normal communication systems have sustained damaged, are being over taxed or over-burdened, or backup radio operators are required. ACS may be used in a wide variety of situations, including but not limited to: 2008 DHS/FEMA & FLEOC TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR ACS(RACES) and ARES MEMBERS Download "Training Requirements for ACS and ARES Members Florida Hazards Cold Tornado Thunderstorm Wildfire Lightning Flood Terrorism Drought Heat Wave Hurricane Animal Nuclear Hazmat Computer Info Warfare Aircraft Bombs

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