[EAS] FCC Comments to Modernizing Alerts Proceeding

[Bill Ruck]

Warning!  Bill is getting up on his soap box.

This is just another example of the lack of training in the emergency 
information area.  Yes there is all sorts of nifty hardware to do this 
but when the sh!t hits the fan nobody on duty really knows what to do.

Wearing Navy blue taught me the importance of training.  We believed 
that we spent more time with drills than actually doing work.  Except 
that when bad things happened EVERYBODY knew what to do.

Training in the Public Safety world is mostly an exercise in drinking 
coffee and eating doughnuts.  Even then getting the players together is 
an uphill effort.  Taking people away from their job generally requires 
overtime which is a cost that managers today prefer to avoid.

I've pointed out to FEMA and the FCC that while there may be federal 
money for hardware there is no federal money for training.

If I were made Emperor For Life the public safety world would train as 
extensively as the US Navy.

Bill Ruck
San Francisco