Quote from: KASSRCrashResearch on April 22, 2016, 01:18:11 AM

Quote from: stillamarine on April 18, 2016, 07:32:38 PM

Quote from: etodd on April 18, 2016, 06:30:03 PM
IOW ... local folks want to get the news headlines of the 'find and save' before it goes to Fed levels.

As one of those "local folks" I'm gonna go ahead and take offense to your assumption that we'd chase headlines before using whatever resources necessary and that we are aware of to resolve a situation. I would bet my pension that MOST Sheriffs and Police Chiefs no nothing about CAP and the ability to call them in. Most the time they don't call because they don't know they can call.

Thank you, since I am not a CAP member (yet....I am about to join a local squadron as a result of encouragement from several of the members of this forum over the past year after I signed up here to seek information on an unsuccessful search back in the 1980s) I was a little offended at his comment as well.  I have to agree that the issue is a breakdown between the county/state EMAs and CAP.  I am not sure where the breakdown happens but then again in my experience....a lot of county emergency management agencies are run by people whose entire knowledge of operations come from taking a couple of FEMA ICS courses online.  God save Queen Nepotism, long may she reign.

Many times it can depend on where you are. Lets face it, there are areas of the country where very little in the way of "Emergency Management"   occurs.... EVER.  Then you have places like FL, CA, coastal counties up the Eastern US and the gulf, where routine massive disasters are a yearly event. You'll definitely attract a different pool of applicants in FL than you will in AZ.

Quote from: Flying Pig on May 02, 2016, 02:25:18 PM

Quote from: KASSRCrashResearch on April 22, 2016, 01:18:11 AM

Quote from: stillamarine on April 18, 2016, 07:32:38 PM

Quote from: etodd on April 18, 2016, 06:30:03 PM
IOW ... local folks want to get the news headlines of the 'find and save' before it goes to Fed levels.

As one of those "local folks" I'm gonna go ahead and take offense to your assumption that we'd chase headlines before using whatever resources necessary and that we are aware of to resolve a situation. I would bet my pension that MOST Sheriffs and Police Chiefs no nothing about CAP and the ability to call them in. Most the time they don't call because they don't know they can call.

Thank you, since I am not a CAP member (yet....I am about to join a local squadron as a result of encouragement from several of the members of this forum over the past year after I signed up here to seek information on an unsuccessful search back in the 1980s) I was a little offended at his comment as well.  I have to agree that the issue is a breakdown between the county/state EMAs and CAP.  I am not sure where the breakdown happens but then again in my experience....a lot of county emergency management agencies are run by people whose entire knowledge of operations come from taking a couple of FEMA ICS courses online.  God save Queen Nepotism, long may she reign.

Many times it can depend on where you are. Lets face it, there are areas of the country where very little in the way of "Emergency Management"   occurs.... EVER.  Then you have places like FL, CA, coastal counties up the Eastern US and the gulf, where routine massive disasters are a yearly event. You'll definitely attract a different pool of applicants in FL than you will in AZ.

I grew up on the Gulf Coast. Hurricanes rarely impress me.

For an emergency manager in a gulf state, that would probably be something to put on your resume