7.5.2. Mutual Aid must always be coordinated by appropriate officials. 7.5.3. Amateur Radio operators outside the ENY jurisdiction will check in with their respective Emergency net for assignment. 7.6. ENY ARES member outside the jurisdiction 7.6.1. Should the services of ENY ARES members be required outside of the region or state, the agency requesting Mutual Aid must coordinate such a request with the officials listed above under “Activation” 8. Operational Protocols 8.1. All operations will follow established protocols as used in an ICS and/or defined by the NCS. 8.2. All messages and notifications will be recorded in a permanent fashion. Facilities for such recording will are provided. All messages recorded electronically will be printed on a real time basis, or as soon as practical. 8.3. All messages and notifications coming in will be recorded on ARRL form FSD-3, or its electronic equivalent, and will follow Radiogram format. In an effort to bridge the gap between the NTS standard ARRL message format and the NIMS FS-213, amateur operators should be very familiar with both forms. While they are similar in purpose, they remain different in structure. ARES operators should realize that messages they receive from Emergency Management and other EOC personnel are going to be in the NIMS FS-213 format. It is critical that they understand not to modify the message, but to relay or deliver it as received. Messages received from other sources will probably be in the standard ARRL format. While this format is usually very familiar to ARES personnel, it will most likely be unfamiliar to Emergency Management officials. The ARES operator should place the ARRL-formatted message into the body section of the NIMS FS-213 before delivering it. Thus the ARRL message remains intact, and the Emergency Management official has a document he understands. Using these procedures will enable the uninterrupted flow of message traffic, and the messages will be in a format familiar to the users and recipients. 8.5. All official messages received by radio from agencies must include a message number, and follow NTS format.
7.5.2. Mutual Aid must always be coordinated by appropriate officials. 7.5.3. Amateur Radio operators outside the ENY jurisdiction will check in with their respective Emergency net for assignment. 7.6. ENY ARES member outside the jurisdiction 7.6.1. Should the services of ENY ARES members be required outside of the region or state, the agency requesting Mutual Aid must coordinate such a request with the officials listed above under “Activation” 8. Operational Protocols 8.1. All operations will follow established protocols as used in an ICS and/or defined by the NCS. 8.2. All messages and notifications will be recorded in a permanent fashion. Facilities for such recording will are provided. All messages recorded electronically will be printed on a real time basis, or as soon as practical. 8.3. All messages and notifications coming in will be recorded on ARRL form FSD-3, or its electronic equivalent, and will follow Radiogram format. In an effort to bridge the gap between the NTS standard ARRL message format and the NIMS FS-213, amateur operators should be very familiar with both forms. While they are similar in purpose, they remain different in structure. ARES operators should realize that messages they receive from Emergency Management and other EOC personnel are going to be in the NIMS FS-213 format. It is critical that they understand not to modify the message, but to relay or deliver it as received. Messages received from other sources will probably be in the standard ARRL format. While this format is usually very familiar to ARES personnel, it will most likely be unfamiliar to Emergency Management officials. The ARES operator should place the ARRL-formatted message into the body section of the NIMS FS-213 before delivering it. Thus the ARRL message remains intact, and the Emergency Management official has a document he understands. Using these procedures will enable the uninterrupted flow of message traffic, and the messages will be in a format familiar to the users and recipients. 8.5. All official messages received by radio from agencies must include a message number, and follow NTS format.
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