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VOLUNTEERS IN PREVENTION RED FLAG PATROL.  A VOLUNTEER IN PREVENTION CAN BE
AN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR WHO DRIVES AROUND AND PROVIDES ADDITIONAL EYES
AND EARS FOR CAL FIRE.  THE VOLUNTEERS REPORT BACK TO CAL FIRE BY WAY OF
AMATEUR RADIO.  THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE THE START OF THE PROGRAM.  IN
1976, A FEW YEARS AFTER THE 1970 LAGUNA FIRE, BATTALION CHIEF DOUG ALLEN
APPROACHED ART SMITH, W6INI, ABOUT HELPING WITH RED FLAG PATROLS.  THESE
TWO MEN CREATED THE PILOT PROGRAM, WHICH IS NOW USED STATEWIDE.  THEY WERE
THE FATHERS OF SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATIONS WHO CREATED THE ENTIRE PROGRAM
BY USING PRIVATE CIVILIANS/RADIO OPERATORS COOPERATING WITH CDF.  ALSO,
THEY STARTED THE ANIMAL RESCUE PROGRAM AND BOTH PROGRAMS ARE NOW USED STATE
WIDE.  ROXANNE HAS BEEN WITH CDF 27 YEARS.  SHE RUNS THE VOLUNTEER
PREVENTION PROGRAM.  QUESTION WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF AMATEUR RADIO IN RED
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