Statement of Operational Responsibility between the California Central Valley Zone of the American Red Cross and the Sacramento Valley Section American Radio Relay League July 2001 Whereas the American Radio Relay League, Inc. (hereafter called ARRL) and the American Red Cross (hereafter called ARC) have had cooperative statements of understanding since 1940, which were updated in 1964, 1974 and most recently 1994; the California Central Valley Zone (1) of the American Red Cross and the Sacramento Valley Section (2) of the American Radio Relay League / Amateur Radio Emergency Service (hereafter called ARES) the public and emergency service arm of the ARRL jointly enter into the following understanding.  This document is intended to complement the national agreement. Nothing herein is intended to, nor shall be construed to, conflict in any way with the ARRL/ARC Statement of Understanding of April 1, 1994. ARC chapters and ARES officials are directed to develop more detailed county level joint emergency plans in cooperation with local and state Office of Emergency Services Operational Area planning and operational activities. The ARC agrees to: 1.  Recognize the ARRL/ARES as its primary amateur radio emergency and auxiliary radio communications provider, and the ARES leadership structure as their coordinator with other EMCOMM (EMergency COMMunications) support groups when and where they are utilized. 2.  Provide support and specialized training in line with established ARC policies and procedures, direction, registration and identification materials to ARES volunteers working with the ARC and approved travel and maintenance support for assignments.  ARES volunteers assigned to the ARC enjoy the same liability and/or other insurance coverage afforded to all ARC volunteers. 3.  Alert the ARES, as soon as possible, by notifying the local ARES EC (Emergency Coordinator), or in his/her absence, the District or Section EC for their jurisdiction, of any emergency or potential emergency condition that may require ARES communications in accordance with a pre-arranged plan. 4.  Coordinate and cooperate with the ARES during events requiring “mutual aid”. 5.  Provide a current list of ARC 24 hour contact persons to the ARES Officials both at the local (Chapter), district, and zone levels; and updates as changes occur. The ARES agrees to: 1.  Give a high priority to the communication needs of the ARC in time of emergency, and at other times when appropriate, for operational, logistical, and health and welfare (DWIs) auxiliary communications, between ARC chapters, service centers, shelters, or other sites.  This includes transmission and/or relay of official ARC message traffic containing damage assessment information, mass care and other service delivery data and statistics (particularly shelter census figures).  The ARC DWI Form 2079 format is to be used to the maximum extent possible. 2.  Provide trained, disciplined, radio operators that agree to abide by all ARC policies and procedures when on assignment to the ARC. 3.  Provide training to non-licensed ARC personnel in radio operating procedures especially as it relates to the 47.42 MHz ARC radio system, and other radio services (e.g- GMRS, FRS, etc.) 4 .  Notify the ARC, as soon as possible, after the ARES becomes aware of any emergency or potential emergency condition that may indicate an ARC response is appropriate. 5.  Encourage ARES operators to be “cross trained” in skills and courses offered by the ARC, especially in the area of Introduction to Disaster Services, Survey and Damage Assessment, and First Aid. 6.  Provide a current list of ARES 24 hour contact persons to the ARC zone and local chapters and updates as changes occur. 7.  Coordinate and cooperate with the ARC during events requiring “mutual aid”. This Statement of Operational Responsibility will remain in effect until modified or revoked by either party. Signed June 14, 2001 (s) Richard I. Davis, CEO American Red Cross (s) David L. Vargo, Director of Emergency Services American Red Cross (s) Jerry Boyd, K6BZ, ARRL Section Manager (s) Bill Pennington, WA6SLA, ARRL Section Emergency Coordinator (s) Dave Thorne, K6SOJ, ARRL Section Emergency Coordinator Operational areas defined: (1)  The Sacramento Valley Section of the ARRL includes the counties of: Alpine, Amador, Butte, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Yolo, and Yuba. (2)  The California Central Valley Zone ARC Chapters include Sacramento-Sierra (zone lead) Chapter: Alpine County, Amador County, El Dorado County, (eastern) Nevada County, Placer County, Sacramento County, (eastern) Yolo County.  Butte County State Service Delivery Area (not a chartered chapter): Butte County. Three Rivers Chapter: Colusa County, Glenn County, Plumas County, Sutter County, Yuba County.  Shasta Area Chapter:  Lassen County, Shasta County, Trinity County.  Siskiyou County Chapter:  Siskiyou County. Tehama County Chapter:  Tehama County. Western Nevada County:  (western) Nevada County, (western) Sierra County. Yolo County Chapter: (western)  Yolo County. Klamath-Lake Chapter (OR):  Modoc County.