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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 17-Apr-17 09:55 PM, Tom Pfeifer
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cite="mid:74b4cb7a-ba2e-5895-fd8d-6a772d61756a@computer.org"
type="cite">There was a discussion recently, though I cannot find
it, about 'civil defense'-like services, responding to major
emergencies.
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They still lack an internationally suitable tag. There is an
Australian attempt (emergency=ses_station) that gains some
international interest, though it is an incomprehensible acronym
for anybody else. Usage is still small enough for a better value.
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The result of the discussion was IIRC, that different countries
have different organisational structures, and they are not always
civil or governmental organisations (might be subordinated to
military for example), or there might be several organisations in
one country.
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Thus we need a tag that avoids to imply the organisational form.
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emergency=disaster_response
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comes to my mind, which is not used before and is neutral both in
organisation and being volunteer or not. It focuses on the
purpose.
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The specific national service could be subtagged, such as
disaster_response=australian_ses or disaster_response=thw or
=technisches_hilfswerk in Germany. Properties, like civil or run
by military or an NGO, having volunteers, etc, can be subtagged.
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Why not use the present operator tag to specify the organisation? <br>
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The tag should only be used for stations actually providing
support, having technical equipment etc, not for the offices,
agencies, ministries that are purely organisational.
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Opinions?
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Some method of tagging these should be provided .. so that people
have a method available and will not use this tag as 'nothing else
is available'. <br>
office=disaster_response might be suitable? <br>
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Tom
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PS: some potential organisations from the wiki discussion (some
are probably the agency and not the station):
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Germany: Bundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz und
Katastrophenhilfe (BBK) /
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Technisches Hilfswerk THW
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Austria: Oberösterreichischer Zivilschutzverband
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Australia: State Emergency Service
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Brazil: Civil defense in Brazil
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Greece: Oberösterreichischer Zivilschutzverband (Civil
Protection)
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Ukraine: Державна служба України з надзвичайних ситуацій
(State Emergency Service)
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México: Protección Civil
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España: Protección Civil
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Czechia: Civilní obrana
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The UK?<br>
<a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_National_Lifeboat_Institution"
title="Royal National Lifeboat Institution">Royal National
Lifeboat Institution</a> (RNLI) <br>
mountain rescue, cave rescue <br>
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