‰ NOW 30 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM AUGUST 2008 QST PAGES 60 AND 84 ‰ CUNNINGHAM, KD5RPA TOM CUNNINGHAM, KD5ROZ DON DOLIN, KC9DIB LEE DRAKE, W8QIL ED FLECK, KC0MPH SK JACK HOARD, KC9DHZ EARL HOLMES, VE3HEG SYLVIA HOLMES, VE3HJN RON HOOPMAN, KB0VLI JODIE LAW, AB0EG STEVE LEPKI, KD5GWV RON MAEDER, KC2JGP DOLORES MAEDER, KC2KYN KAYE MATOUSEK, N0TMZ ED MCCURDY, KD8BBX RON MORTON, AC9RM BONNIE MORTON, KD5VMD RICHARD DOC ORR, KD0DOC BOB PACE, WA5CJG GRANT PEARCE, W8GEP DON PRATT, K5OKB BILL RAUSCHENBERG, KC9FRA HAROLD ROOT, W9HLR BOB ROSS, KE5TRN CAROLYN ROSS, KE5HRP PAT STOTLER, KB0TFK RALPH WADDUPS, WA9IES, AND DEE WADDUPS, KE5LSY. WHAT IS THE VIP RED FLAG PATROL? NET I HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO INTERVIEW ROXANNE PROVAZNIK, FIRE PREVENTION SPECIALIST II WITH THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND FIRE PROTECTION CDF, ALSO KNOWN AS CAL FIRE. SHE IS THE PERSON THAT ACTIVATES THE VIP RED FLAG PATROLS THROUGH RICH BEISIGL, N6NKJ, AMATEUR RADIO LIAISON TO CAL FIRE. HE THEN GATHERS AMATEUR RADIO VOLUNTEERS TO CONDUCT THE DUTIES OF RED FLAG PATROL. VIP RED FLAG PATROL IS SHORT FOR ‰ FROM PAGE 84 ‰ SM3AVW/342 DL1DUL/331 K9TI/341 W5XC/336 JA1DDZ/340 N4RFN/336 AA4NC/339 N0JR/337 AD5O/334 N6QR/347 F6AOI/361 K9OW/353 WD5DBV/348 SM3BIU/357 ‰ END OF 30 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ