Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Temple Station Volunteer Richard Smith was selected as The Los Angeles County Disaster Communications Service (DCS) Member of the year for 2011.
Smith was presented the honor at the DCS Semi-annual meeting held at the Altadena Community Center in Altadena. Smith was selected from more than 240 members of the volunteer Disaster Communications Service. Comprised of mostly Amateur Radio Operators licensed by the Federal Communications Commission.
Smith was selected, among other reasons, for his willingness to help anywhere in the County of Los Angeles, but he serves primarily at Temple Station. Smith is truly an asset to the DCS program at Temple Station.
The Disaster Communications Service is credited with providing over 47600 Hours of service to the residents of Los Angeles County in 2011.
