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DRILLS

• 2011-09-24 County-wide Communications Exercise

 

ARES/RACES TRAINING COURSES

Course descriptions and class handouts (please print handouts and bring to class)

• Introductory Courses
  • Introduction to Emergency Communications
  • Fundamentals of Emergency Communications
• Core Courses
  • Field Operations
    • Field Operations - Level 1, Part A
    • Field Operations - Level 1, Part B and Level 2
  • Net Control
    • Net Control in Disaster Communications - Level 1
    • Net Control in Disaster Communications - Level 2
  • Packet Operations
    • Packet Operations - Level 1, Part A
    • Packet Operations - Level 1, Part B
    • Packet Operations - Level 2
  • Shadow Communicator
    • Shadowing - Level 1
  • Other Core Courses
    • Message Passing
    • Cross-band Repeating
    • Direction Finding Basics
• Year End Reviews
  • 2011 Year End Summary
  • 2010 Year End Summary

Required Courses for MAC Qualification Levels

 

FEMA / ICS Training Courses

The following three courses are required for all Mutual Aid Communicators. They are web-based and take an hour or two each to complete.

• IS-100 - Introduction to the Incident Command System
• IS-200 - ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents
• IS-700 - National Incident Management System, An Introduction

Additional FEMA website links:

• FEMA Web Site
• Emergency Management Institute on-line training page

SEMS/NIMS Training Information is available at the State of California OES web site.

Emergency Response to Terrorism, Job Aid - Edition 2.0 from FEMA (download)
This document is designed to assist the first responder from the fire, EMS, Haz mat, and law enforcement disciplines. This includes both tactical and strategic issues that range from line personnel to unit officers and up to and including the initial Incident Commander (IC) (i.e., battalion chief, etc.).

The document is not a training manual. It is expected that personnel already have appropriate training and experience to address the identified tactics. It should serve as a reminder for those who already have completed the appropriate level of tactical or strategic training, such as the Emergency Response to Terrorism courses developed for classroom and self-study. The document is designed to assist emergency response personnel in identifying a possible terrorist/ Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) incident and implementing initial actions.

The document identifies both strategic and tactical considerations that should be assessed within the first hour of an incident. Appropriate tactics would then be implemented as required.

 

HAM LICENSE CLASSES AND EXAMS
(See Home Page for current training sessions)

Bay Area Educational Amateur Radio Society (BAEARS) - Ham Crams with Exam
Saratoga Amateur Radio Association - License Class and Exam
The Silicon Valley Volunteer Examiner (VE) Group - Monthly Exam Sessions
Sunnyvale VEC ARC - Exam Sessions

 

TRAINING RELATED DOCUMENTATION

Emergency Responder Manual, Rev. 2.1 - Edited by Jerry Haag
      Acrobat file, 266 kb, 36 pages

Mutual Aid Communicator (MAC) Program Information

Principles of Net Control
    by Jerry Haag, KF6GAC, EC Mtn. View

Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS)

Drill Scenarios used in Quarterly Drills

 

OTHER CLASSES / TRAINING:

Current training schedules for the Red Cross:
Red Cross Of Santa Clara County

 

EVENTS:

South Bay Radio Events on Yahoo Group Pages

Look here for upcoming events   If any of you hear of events, please let me know by email .  I need to know the name of the event , the date it is going to be held , and who to contact to volunteer .