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:
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.
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:
 | A. Natural Disasters;| B. Technological Disasters; | C. Nuclear Accidents; | D. Nuclear Attack; | E. Terrorist Incidents; and | F. Bomb Threats. | |
FOR MORE INFO Contact Neil Lauritsen
w4nhl@pcacs.org Or Demos Doulou
kr4us@pcacs.org
