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AMATEUR RADIO IS NOT MENTIONED IN THIS DESCRIPTION OF EMERGENCY
COMMUNICATIONS.  EVEN THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS PLAN ONLY
MENTIONS REGULATION OF THE AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE AS SOMETHING RELATED TO
EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS WWW. DHS. GOV/X LIBRARY/ ASSETS/ NATIONAL
EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS PLAN. PDF.  TO PUT IT SIMPLY, WE CAN HELP SUPPORT
EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS, BUT WE ARE NOT AN EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS
SERVICE.  THE TERM, OUTSIDE OF AMATEUR RADIO, CAN BE CONFUSING.  TO THE
LAYMAN, EMCOMM IS JARGON AND NOT EXPLICITLY CLEAR.  ITS A TERM THAT ONLY
MAKES SENSE TO THOSE INVOLVED WITH IT.  EVEN EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS MAY
MEAN SOMETHING ENTIRELY DIFFERENT TO THE LAYMAN.  THE WORD EMERGENCY
CARRIES A LOT OF WEIGHT AND TO MOST, IT MEANS A LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN EMERGENCY AND A DISASTER WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT WE
DO AS AMATEURS IN THE AREA OF PUBLIC SERVICE, WE USUALLY DIVIDE IT INTO TWO
AREAS PUBLIC SERVICE EVENTS AND EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS.  HOWEVER, IN
REALITY THERE ARE THREE AREAS PUBLIC SERVICE EVENTS, EMERGENCY
COMMUNICATIONS, AND DISASTER COMMUNICATIONS.  THE LATTER TWO NEED A BIT OF
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