The San Bernardino County Emergency Communications Service , otherwise known as ECS  is a volunteer program under the San Bernardino County Fire Department Office of Emergency Services which supplements their existing emergency communications.  The ECS is comprised of a group of volunteers who hold an FCC issued HAM Radio license.  These members volunteer their time to provide Auxiliary Emergency Communications for the County and Cities of the San Bernardino Operational Area.

MISSION:
The ECS mission is to serve the San Bernardino County Office of Emergency Services and the San Bernardino Operational Area in support of any possible need relative to communications in an emergency. This means far more than being activated in sporadic emergencies. It includes day-to-day involvement in the affairs of that agency. In effect, ECS becomes an integrated aspect of the sponsoring agency staff, albeit unpaid.

DUTIES:
For the County of San Bernardino, the ECS unit of the Office of Emergency Services (OES) provides a variety of professional non paid skills, including emergency tactical, administrative and logistical communications for all government agencies between the County and City Governments and neighboring State Agencies.  This includes operations on all authorized equipment and frequencies in support of ANY eventual disaster.