HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01161990 - 90/22IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of )
Honoring the Radio )RESOLUTION NO. 90/ 22
Amateur Civil
Emergency Service )
WHEREAS, on October 17, 1989 an earthquake measuring 7. 1 on the
Richter Scale struck the San Francisco Bay Area, causing 67 deaths
and billions of dollars in property damage; and,
WHEREAS, upon activation of the County Emergency Operating Center
EOC) it was discovered that telephone communication was severely
hampered due to system overload; and,
WHEREAS, inter-agency communication during a disaster is vital to
effective coordination of response efforts and procurement of
needed resources; and
WHEREAS, immediately after the October 17th earthquake, members of
the Contra Costa County Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service
RACES) reported to the County EOC and other key locations as
required to provide critical radio communications between
emergency response agencies such as police departments, fire
districts, hospitals, utilities, Red Cross, city EOC's and State
OES Region Office; and
WHEREAS, during the week following the earthquake, up to one
hundred (100) RACES members per day were providing essential
emergency communications throughout the Bay Area and for several
days were the only reliable communications link to the Los Gatos
and Santa Cruz areas; and,
WHEREAS, the Contra Costa County RACES group has always been
ready, willing and able to work cooperatively with the county and
other public agencies to develop a coordinated and reliable
volunteer emergency communications system.
IT IS HEREBY BY THIS BOARD RESOLVED that it extends its warmest
thanks and most sincere appreciation to Dwayne Eskridge, Emergency
Coordinator, East Bay Section, and Larry Kaye, District Emergency
Coordinator/Radio Officer for Contra Costa County and all of the
RACES members who unselfishly donate their time, talent and
equipment during emergencies, to the benefit of all county
residents.
PASSED and ADOPTED by the unanimous vote of the Board on the 16th
day of January, 1990.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of
a resolution entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on
the date aforesaid.
Witness my hand and the seal of
the Board of Supervisors affixed
this 16th day of January, 1990.
Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors and County
Administrator
By
Deputy Clerk