County of Orange RACES ACS (OCRACES) (W6ACS)
RACES Coordinator: Marten Miller, KF6ZLQ, OCSD Emergency Communications Manager; Work: (714) 704-7917; Fax: (714) 704-7902
Chief Radio Officer: RACES Capt. Ken Bourne, W6HK
Radio Officer: RACES Lt. Scott Byington, KC6MMF
Radio Officer - North Squad: RACES Lt. Ralph Sbragia, W6CSP
Radio Officer - South Squad: RACES Lt. Harvey Packard, KM6BV
Assistant Radio Officer (Operations) - North Squad: RACES Sgt. Ernest Fierheller, KG6LXT
Assistant Radio Officer (Technology) - North Squad: RACES Sgt. Jack Barth, AB6VC
Assistant Radio Officer (Operations) - South Squad: RACES Sgt. Chuck Dolan, KG6UJC
Assistant Radio Officer (Technology) - South Squad: RACES Sgt. Jim Carter, WB6HAG
General Meetings (open to all): First Monday of each month (second Monday if holiday), 1930 hours, 840 N. Eckhoff St., Suite 104, Orange
URL: http://www.ocraces.org

City of Anaheim RACES
RACES Coordinator: Ellen McNeill Lopez, KF6PWV, Disaster Preparedness Manager, Fire Dept.; Work: (714) 765-6950; Fax: (714) 765-6959
Disaster Preparedness Assistant Manager: Mary Jo Flynn, KI6OIY, Fire Dept.; Work: (714) 765-6955; Fax: (714) 765-6959
Chief Radio Officer: Bob Templeton, KI6CWA
Meetings: Second Tuesday of each month, 1900 hours, Office of Disaster Preparedness
URL: http://www.anaheim.net/disasterpreparedness/races/races.html

City of Brea RACES (W6BRE)
RACES Coordinator: Anna Lee Cave, Fire Dept.; Work: (714) 990-7622; Fax: (714) 671-3691
Radio Officer: Dick Bremer, WB6DNX
Meetings: Fourth Tuesday of each month, 1900 hours, City Hall, Room C, 2nd Floor

City of Buena Park RACES
RACES Coordinator: Jim Banks, KD6SDU, Police Dept.; Work: (714) 562-3956
Radio Officer: Jim Reynolds, N6MIP
Meetings: Second Tuesday of each month, 1930 hours, Fire Station #61, Western, south of La Palma Ave.
URL: http://www.jimreal.com/bpraces/

City of Costa Mesa Emergency Service Amateur Communications (MESAC) (RACES)
RACES Coordinator: Anna Tellez, Costa Mesa Communications; Work: (714) 754-5142; Fax: (714) 754-4911
Chief Radio Officer: Mike Oviatt, KE6IWM
Meetings: Fourth Wednesday of each month, 1830 hours, 77 Fair Drive
URL: http://www.mesac.net/

City of Dana Point RACES (Tri-Cities RACES)
RACES Coordinator: Mike Rose, Emergency and Support Services Manager; Work: (949) 248-3535; Fax: (949) 234-2820
Tri-Cities Chief Radio Officer: David White, N6NLD
Radio Officer: Jeremy Kirchner, KG6ZBR
URL: http://sanclementedev.org/tcr/

City of Fountain Valley Amateur Communications Team (FACT) (RACES) (WA6FV)
RACES Coordinator: Sgt. Kurt Ulrich, KE6NBS, Police Dept.; Work: (714) 593-4536; Fax: (714) 593-4459
Chief Radio Officer: Dick Bruno, N6ISY
Assistant Radio Officer: Glen Langer, W6GTL
Meetings: First Saturday of each month (except June and July), 2000 hours, 10200 Slater Ave.
URL: http://www.fvpd.org/volunteers/races/ and http://www.qsl.net/fvraces/

City of Fullerton RACES (K6FUL)
RACES Coordinator: BC Rick Riley, Training, Fire Dept.; Work: (714) 446-1454; Fax: (714) 738-5355
Radio Officer: Gene Thorpe, KB6CMO
Meetings: Last Thursday of each month (except November and December), 1830 hours, 1580 W. Commonwealth Ave. (location sometimes changes)

City of Huntington Beach RACES (HBRACES)
RACES Coordinator: Brevyn Mettler, KI6FRG, Fire Dept., Emergency Management & Homeland Security Office; Work: (714) 374-1565
Chief Radio Officer: Peter Barbour, N6RAS
Assistant Radio Officer: Vaughn Densley, KE6V
Events Officer: Steven Albert, KE6OCE
Technical & Financial Officer: Peter Shores, AD6TN
Personnel Officer: Robert Thompson, KE6RKG
URL: http://www.hbraces.org/

City of Irvine Disaster Emergency Communications (IDEC) (RACES) (N6IPD)
RACES Coordinator: Sgt. Robert Warren, KI6GNW, Police Dept.; Work: (949) 724-7000; Fax: (949) 724-7191
Radio Officer: Bob Pestolesi, KE6GYD
Meetings: Fourth Thursday of each month, except third Thursday in November and none in December (contact IDEC or listen to Thursday-night net for meeting location)
URL: http://www.cityofirvine.org/ipd/info_center/idec_ham_radio.asp and http://www.n6ipd.org/

City of La Palma RACES
RACES Coordinator: Sgt. Raul Morales, Police Dept.; Work: (714) 690-3386; Fax: (714) 523-7351
Radio Officer: Larry Tichauer, KE6AKE
Meetings: Date/time/location by request only

City of Laguna Beach Emergency Communications Team (LBECT) (RACES)
RACES Coordinator: Det. Cpl. Ted Falencki, Police Dept.; Work: (949) 497-0370; Fax: (949) 497-0775
Assistant RACES Coordinator: Lt. Mike Hall, KF6RNI, Police Dept.; Work: (949) 497-0387; Fax: (949) 497-0775
Chief Radio Officer: John Kountz, KE6GFF
Meetings: Second Monday of each month, 1900 hours, Police Department, 2nd floor conference room

City of Laguna Niguel ACS
ACS Coordinator: Paul Russell, KD6COP, City of Laguna Niguel, Emergency Services Coordinator, Work: (949) 362-4312; Fax: (949) 362-9840
Operations Officer: Frank Columbus, WA2KWR
Meetings: Fourth Monday of each month, 1830 hours, City Council Chambers
URL: http://www.ci.laguna-niguel.ca.us/index.asp?SID=301

City of Laguna Woods RACES
RACES Coordinator: Leslie Keane, City Manager; Work: (949) 639-0599; Fax: (949) 639-0591
Chief Radio Officer: Art Welch, K7TX
Assistant Radio Officer: Ernie Senser, W6ETS
Meetings: First Thursday of each month (except July and August), 1200 hours, Historical Society Conference Room
URL: http://www.qsl.net/w6ly/

City of Los Alamitos RACES
RACES Coordinator: Cassandra Palmer, Police Dept.; Work: (562) 431-2255 ext. 410; Fax: (562) 431-6499
Radio Officer: John Unrath, K6JHU
Assistant Radio Officer: Tom Rothwell, K6ZT
Meetings: Second Wednesday of odd months, 1900 hours, alternating between Seal Beach and Los Alamitos Police Departments

City of Mission Viejo RACES
RACES Coordinator: Paul Catsimanes, City of Mission Viejo; Work: (949) 470-3017; Fax: (949) 859-1386
Radio Officer: Charley Speelman, WA6RUZ
Meetings: Last Tuesday of each month, 1900 hours, 200 Civic Center
URL: http://www.qsl.net/races-ares/

City of Newport Beach RACES
RACES Coordinator: Sgt. Lloyd Whisenant, Police Dept.; Work: (949) 644-3730; Fax: (949) 644-3794
Assistant RACES Coordinator: Lt. Tom Gazsi, Police Dept.; Work: (949) 644-3785; Fax: (949) 644-3794
Radio Officer: Gary Standard, K6GSX
Assistant Radio Officer: Ed Karagozian, K6JGN
Assistant Radio Officer: Jim Robertson, KK6NK
Assistant Radio Officer: Larry Somers, KB6FW
Meetings: Second Wednesday of each month (except July, August, and December), 1900 hours, 870 Santa Barbara Dr.
URL: http://www.nbpd.org/programs/races_program.asp

City of Orange Amateur Radio (COAR) (RACES) (W6OPD)
RACES Coordinator: Deborah Klein; Work: (714) 744-7328; Fax: (714) 744-7321
Chief Radio Officer: Rich Helmick, KE6WWK
Meetings: First Tuesday of each month, 1900 hours, 1107 N. Batavia Ave.
URL: http://www.cityoforange.org/depts/police/admin/volunteers/amateur_radio.asp

City of Placentia RACES
RACES Coordinator: Eddie De La Torre, Management Analyst; Work: (714) 993-8117; Fax: (714) 961-0283
President: John McCauley, KD6PGC
Meetings: Second Tuesday of each month, 1900 hours, City Hall, 401 E. Chapman Ave.

City of San Clemente RACES (Tri-Cities RACES)
RACES Coordinator: Jen Tucker, Emergency Planning Officer; Work: (949) 361-6109; Fax: (949) 361-8281
Tri-Cities Chief Radio Officer: David White, N6NLD
Radio Officer: Mike Morgan, KE6IBH
URL: http://sanclementedev.org/tcr/

City of San Juan Capistrano RACES (Tri-Cities RACES)
RACES Coordinator: Michael Cantor, KG6IOX, Emergency Services Coordinator; Work: (949) 234-4565; Fax: (949) 488-3874
Tri-Cities Chief Radio Officer: David White, N6NLD
Radio Officer: Joe Lopez, W6BGR
URL: http://sanclementedev.org/tcr/

City of Santa Ana Response Team (SART) (ACS)
ACS Coordinator/Chief Radio Officer: Capt. Steve Snyder, KI6EYQ, Emergency Manager, Fire Dept.; Work: (714) 647-5755; Fax: (714) 245-8098
Assistant Radio Officer: Larry Wilson, K6SCH
Meetings: Second Wednesday of each month, 1900 hours, 220 S. Daisy St.

City of Seal Beach RACES
RACES Coordinator: Todd De Voe, KI6RBW, Emergency Services Coordinator; Work: (562) 799-4100, ext. 1145; Fax: (562) 493-0634
Radio Officer: Alan Ginsburg, WA6TOI
Assistant Radio Officer: Mike Maronta, KC6YNQ
Assistant Radio Officer: Tom Rothwell, K6ZT
Meetings: Second Wednesday of odd months, 1900 hours, alternating between Seal Beach and Los Alamitos Police Departments

City of Westminster RACES
RACES Coordinator: Lt. Al Panella, Police Dept.; Work: (714) 898-3315, ext. 353; Fax: (714) 898-5932
Alternate RACES Coordinator: Gerard Charles, KI6LYP, Traffic Engineering; Work: (714) 898-3311, ext. 220; Fax: (714) 895-4499
Radio Officer: Al Toll, W6JNU
Meetings: Fourth Wednesday of odd months, 1900 hours, 8200 Westminster Blvd.

California State University Fullerton RACES
RACES Coordinator: Brian Barnes, Police Dept.; Work: (714) 278-2515; Fax: (714) 278-1110
Radio Officer: Fred Engelhard, AD6L

American Red Cross, Orange County Chapter, Disaster Communications Service
Disaster Services Director: Bill Stout; Work: (714) 481-5338
Coordinator: Tom Woodard, KI6GOA, Disaster & Client Services Specialist; Work: (714) 481-5336
Communications Activity Lead: Charles Jech, KE6VJC
Meetings: Third Tuesday of even months, 1900 hours, 601 N. Golden Circle Dr., Santa Ana
URL: http://www.oc-redcross.org/custom/10/1084/misc/VOJD_Disaster_Communications_Service_Associate.pdf

Hospital Disaster Support Communications System (HDSCS)
Coordinator: April Moell, WA6OPS
Assistant Coordinators: Paul Broden, K6MHD, Tom Gaccione, WB2LRH; Dennis Kidder, WA6NIA; Jim McLaughlin, AB6UF; Joe Moell, K0OV; Jon Schaffer, W6UFS; Cheryl Simpson, KD6MWZ
Meetings: Six per year, date/time varies, rotating among various Orange County hospitals
URL: http://www.hdscs.org/

Orange County SKYWARN
Coordinator: Mike McLaughlin, KJ6EQ
Assistant Coordinators: Richard Olson, KR6BA; Manuel (Manny) Vizinho, KG6IQL
URL: http://www.ocskywarn.org/

Orange County Fire Authority
Coordinator: Roger Thomas, KD6DAN; Work: (714) 573-6413; Fax: (714) 368-8827

For City and County updates, please e-mail Robert Stoffel, Marten Miller, and Ken Bourne

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