[EAS] SoCal Alerts Missed 54% Of Target Calls During [Sonoma County] Wild...

[Bill Ruck]

Jim,

Yer preachin' to the choir here.

A couple of years ago there was a big EAS/FCC/FEMA meeting at the 
NAB.  I asked the question "Why can't there be funding for training?"

The response was "We'll have to think about that."

Duh-oh!

Bill Ruck
Curmudgeon
San Francisco

At 10:34 AM 12/21/2017, you wrote:

>As SECC Chair for California I have found in recent meetings with 
>first responders and legislators they think of EAS as out dated and 
>the horse and buggy of public alerting. What has now drawn the 
>attention of legislators is that when cell towers went down, etc 
>radio was still there. What we need is a training program to teach 
>the officials about EAS and how to use it.
>
>Jim Gabbert
>CA SECC Chair
>