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Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)

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Summary of Impact on SCCo ARES/RACES Activities

We are moving back to in-person training. For more information on this and any ongoing COVID-19 requirements see this statement.

Date Activity Disposition
08/28/2021 Training Class: Event Planning Tabletop Modified for social distancing
08/21/2021 Drill: Quarterly City/County Communications Drill Modified for social distancing
08/14/2021 Mini Drill: RDF Exercise Modified for social distancing
08/07/2021 Training Class: Packet Operations Type III A Remote Teaching to accommodate number of attendees
07/24/2021 Training Class: Message Passing Modified for social distancing
07/14/2021 Training Class: Fundamentals of Emergency Communications Modified for social distancing
07/10/2021 Training Class: Shadowing Modified for social distancing
06/26/2021 Training Class: Message Passing Modified for social distancing
06/05/2021 Training Class: Field Operations Type III Part B & Type II Modified for social distancing
05/15/2021 Drill: Quarterly City/County Communications Drill Modified for social distancing
05/01/2021 Training Class: Field Operations Type III Part A Modified for social distancing
04/17/2021 Drill: Credential Evaluation Mini-Drill Added Credential Eval Opportunities
03/27/2021 Training Class: Fundamentals of Emergency Communications Remote Teaching
03/06/2021 Training Class: Net Control II Remote Teaching
02/27/2021 Training Class: Introduction to Emergency Communications Remote Teaching
02/20/2020 Drill: Quarterly City/County Communications Drill Modified for social distancing
Added Credential Eval Opportunities
02/06/2021 Training Class: Net Control III B Remote Teaching
01/30/2021 Training Class: Net Control III A Remote Teaching
12/12/2020 Training Class: 2020 End of Year Summary Remote Teaching
11/21/2020 Training Class: Message Passing Postponed then later canceled
11/07/2020 Training Class: Packet Operations Type II Remote Teaching
10/14/2020 Training Class: Introduction to Emergency Comms Remote Teaching
10/10/2020 Event: Masked Pumpkin Festival Parade (simulated) Added Simulated Public Service Event
10/03/2020 Training Class: Packet Operations Type III B Remote Teaching
08/22/2020 Drill: Quarterly City/County Communications Drill Modified for social distancing
08/08/2020 Drill: RDF Search and Locate Mini-drill Canceled
08/01/2020 Training Class: Packet Operations Type III Part A Remote Teaching
07/18/2020 Training Class: Field Operations Type III Part B & Type II Modified and rescheduled for 8/29/2020
07/11/2020 Training Class: Field Operations Type III Part A Modified and rescheduled for 8/15/2020
07/08/2020 Training Class: Fundamentals of Emergency Comms Remote Teaching
06/24/2020 Training Class: Fundamentals of Emergency Comms Added; Remote Teaching (Experimental)
06/13/2020 Practice: Pop-up Packet Practice Modified to use social distancing
06/13/2020 Drill: Field Packet Mini-Drill Modified to use social distancing
06/10/2020 Training Class: Intro to Emergency Comms Remote Teaching (Experimental)
06/06/2020 Training Class: Event Planning Table Top Postponed then later canceled
05/30/2020 Practice: Pop-up Message Passing Practice Modified to use social distancing
05/16/2020 Drill: Quarterly City/County Communications Drill Modified to use social distancing
05/14/2020 Meeting: EC/AEC Council Web Meeting
05/02/2020 Training Class: Message Passing Postponed then later canceled
04/04/2020 Repeater Sprint Contest and Practice Added
04/04/2020 Training Net: Message Passing Practice Added
04/04/2020 Training Class: Net Control Type II Postponed then later canceled
03/25/2020 Functional Exercise: Statewide Medical Health Exercise ARES/RACES participation canceled
03/21/2020 Practice Session: Pop-Up Net Control Practice Postponed then later canceled
03/14/2020 Training Class: Fundamentals of Emergency Comms Postponed
03/07/2020 Training Class: Net Control Type III Part B Postponed then later canceled

 

Precautions

All SCCo ARES/RACES personnel are reminded to follow the precautions recommended by SCCo Public Health, the CDC, Cal/OSHA and other official entities, including:

Before attending any SCCo ARES/RACES event, please review these screening questions and, if you have any of the listed symptoms, remain at home.

See the other reference information below for more comprehensive guidance.

 

News

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After careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to postpone or cancel the following training and exercise activities:

Future activities are under review. We should know more in a few weeks.

Nothing is more important than the health of our people (and their families and others with whom they will come into contact). And our plans for conducting these activities with appropriate “social distancing” met the current public health guidelines. But with federal, state, and local health agencies all continuing to tightening restrictions on gatherings, we think it’s best to err on the side of caution and restrict even this type of activity.

We understand how important these training opportunities are for many of you. So, we will be working on rescheduling the postponed activities sometime in the future. We hope that after a few weeks or so, we will have more information about how this situation is playing out. This will also give us time to conduct some surveys regarding when it might be best to reschedule.

Stay safe and be sure to follow public health guidelines.  For continued updates about our response to COVID-19 and for links to the various health agencies, keep an eye on this page.

09-Mar-2020

The Health Officer of the County of Santa Clara issued an order imposing a countywide moratorium on mass gatherings of 1,000 or more persons. (HTML, PDF)

07-Mar-2020

Weather permitting, we will conduct the 3/21 Pop-Up Net Control Practice session outdoors. See the updated information on the sign-up page.

06-Mar-2020

Weather permitting, we will conduct the 3/14 Fundamentals of Emergency Communications training class outdoors. See the updated information on the sign-up page.

05-Mar-2020

New Guidance from the Santa Clara County Department of Public Health
The Santa Clara County Department of Public Health has issued updated guidance to help slow the spread of the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19).

See: https://www.sccgov.org/sites/phd/news/Pages/new-guidance-new-covid-19-3-5-2020.aspx

TL;DR.  What does it say?

If you scroll down to about the middle of the page, in "New Guidance for workplaces and businesses" and in "New Guidance for Persons Hosting Mass Gatherings and Large Community Events", you'll see the general recommendation of canceling "large" meetings and avoiding events where people are within arm's length of one another. 

How does that apply to Santa Clara County ARES/RACES?

While the above guidance is in effect, it is prudent for us to either postpone or cancel activities that are contrary to that guidance.  For example, our training classes place 40-50 people, most of which are in the higher-risk age category of 50 years or older, in a room where they are closer than arm's length to each other for three hours.  That's clearly against the above guidance.

We'll decide the status of future events on a case-by-case basis as we get closer to each event. So, if you've signed up for future events, watch for notifications.

 

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