ARES: FCC Licensed Amateur Radio Operators who have voluntarily registered their qualifications and equipment, with the local ARES leadership, for communications duty in the public service when disaster strikes. ARRL/ARES provides basic training curriculum and exercise opportunities. The list of agencies a volunteer might end up serving is long but could include a County EOC/CERT, Hospital …
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Sep 06
Get Ready Volunteer Checklist
If you don’t have a checklist to help you when it comes time to deploy then this is a good stating point. Download it, print it and add whatever you need. Get Ready Volunteer Checklist
Jun 08
WORKING WITH PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS, SCHEART training net topic.
On the 6/8 SCHEART training net Kent Hufford, KQ4KK presented this topic, which was originally written by Christine Smith, N5CAS (sk). It is a long read but it answers so many questions. WORKING WITH PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS Modified from a Waller County, TX ARES training article written by Christine Smith, N5CAS (sk) Meeting the communications …
May 11
Volunteer Organizations Active in Disasters (VOADs) in South Carolina
In a typical disaster situation a county EOC might ask you to deploy to a VOAD site and establish emergency comms to the county EOC and state EOC. Your go box, portable antenna’s and your knowledge of all the possible methods to establish those comms links are essential. Here is a list of every VOAD …
When to self ID
Riley Hollingsworth is the ARRL guy managing the Volunteer Monitor program and he has cleared up a few things about when you must self ID. This applies to operating on amateur radio frequencies ONLY. If you are operating on a frequency outside of the amateur radio bands you will follow the direction given by the …
SC Emergency Management Division AUXCOMM program for Amateur Radio Operator volunteers
View Video: https://vimeo.com/590153252 Download Video: https://vimeo.com/user107547861/download/590153252/f697f7a109 Documents: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/5y3ibk6b1zquux9/AAAq5sKztpxikh1pIDgxlMkAa?dl=0 “There is a lot to like in this talk. Most of it is role model/best practice” Erik Westgard NY9D The insurance question is at time stamp 53:40 South Carolina is a home rule state: Home rule in the United States generally signifies a shift of governing power from the state …
Integrating Amateur Radio DMR into a State Communications Plan
View Video: https://vimeo.com/586961385 Download Video: https://vimeo.com/user107547861/download/586961385/f71194f2a6 Documents: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/xpk08dm5nw69a0l/AACiHHyaaMqr0ANPy2BcasKma?dl=0 —> Provided by RATPAC…Radio Amateur Training Planning and Activities Committee 8/12/2021
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