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Course descriptions, including pre-work (if any), learning objectives, agenda, and course materials (presentations and other materials to bring with you to class).

Note: ICS resource types are numbered using Roman numerals, with Type I as the highest. Therefore, the course for Type III comes before the course for Type II.

• Introductory Courses
  • Introduction to Emergency Communications
  • Fundamentals of Emergency Communications
• Core Courses
  • Field Operations
    • Field Operations - Type III, Part A
    • Field Operations - Type III, Part B and Type II
  • Net Control
    • Net Control in Disaster Communications - Type III, Part A
    • Net Control in Disaster Communications - Type III, Part B
    • Net Control in Disaster Communications - Type II
  • Packet Operations
    • Packet Operations - Type III, Part A
    • Packet Operations - Type III, Part B
    • Packet Operations - Type II
  • Shadow Communicator
    • Shadowing - Type III
  • Other Core Courses
    • Message Passing
    • Cross-band Repeating
    • Direction Finding Basics
    • Antenna Fundamentals and Safety
• Year End Reviews
  • 2012 Year End Summary
  • 2011 Year End Summary
  • 2010 Year End Summary

List of Required Courses for MAC Qualification Levels

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• 2011-09-24 County-wide Communications Exercise
• 2013-01-19 County Drill

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Training nets occur on Tuesday evenings as the need arises. They will be announced on the SPECS and SVECS nets on Monday and Tuesday evenings, respectively.

Net Info:

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• 2013-01-15 - SCCo Packet Network Installer v48 New Features  (PDF - 761 kB)
• 2013-01-22 - "Hotwash" (after-action review) of County Drill held on Sat. Jan 19, 2013

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The following three courses are required for all Mutual Aid Communicators and recommended for all ARES/RACES operators. 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 -Acrobat file)
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.

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Check the training database (above) for current training sessions

Training and testing groups:

• 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

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