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Wake County, North Carolina
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Wake
ARES
News
John Snellen AI4RT
Appointed AEC Wake ARES
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NOTICE
THE WAKE ARES THURSDAY NIGHT NET WILL SOON HAVE A NEW FORMAT. THE NEW FORMAT WILL EMPHASIZE CIRCUIT DISCIPLINE AND A MORE FORMAL NET PROTOCOL. BEGINNING JULY 24, 2008, WE WILL CONDUCT TRAINING SESSIONS IN PREPARATION FOR THE NEW NET FORMAT. WE WILL BEGIN WITH AN OVERVIEW OF OUR PURPOSE.
A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION WILL BE THE FOCUS OF THE JULY 24th NET. CLICK HERE FOR THAT FILE.
WAKE COUNTY
ARES
NET: Thursdays, 9:15 PM on 146.880
Immediately following the Piedmont Coastal Traffic Net
THIS IS A TRAINING NET AND IS OPEN TO ALL AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATORS INTERESTED IN EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS
REGARDLESS OF LOCALE OR CLASS OF LICENSE
Wake County and surrounding area ARES Exercise May 17, 2008
This
will be a SET-like exercise where operators will identify close, local
fire stations and conduct Simplex communications from those sites.
The purpose is to provide a training opportunity for operators to
test their simplex capabilities when deployed under tough circumstances.
Additional details are here: Fire Station Exercise.
BE SURE THAT YOUR RADIOS ARE PRE-PROGRAMMED FOR ALL OF THE SIMPLEX FREQUENCIES THAT WE USE. CLICK HERE FOR THE LIST.
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IMPORTANT ICS/FEMA TRAINING INFORMATION
COMPLETION
OF CERTAIN FEMA NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (NIMS) COURSES IS
REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. ALL ARES/RACES
VOLUNTEERS MUST COMPLETE THIS TRAINING. IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE SO, PLEASE UNDERTAKE THIS RIGHT AWAY.
ALL
RADIO AMATEURS OPERATING UNDER ARES/RACES IN THE NC SECTION ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE IS 100, IS 200, IS 700 AND IS 800.
NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT A SUBJECT FOR NEGOTIATION, CONSIDERATION, OR COMMENTARY.
THIS TRAINING IS MANDATORY.
FOR POLICY INFORMATION, CLICK HERE
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Red Cross Background Check
UPDATE April 16, 2007
The ARRL has expressed some concerns about the
American Red Cross requirement for a background check and
offers some considerations here.
Read this before you proceed.
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The American Red Cross Now Requires a
BACKGROUND CHECK FOR ALL VOLUNTEERS THAT WILL SERVE MORE THAN 7 DAYS
Read this before you proceed.
Click Here to go to the National ARC webpage.
There is no "cutesy" messaging in Emergency Communications.. ALL Emergency Communications conducted under the auspices of Wake County ARES/RACES utilizes the Standardized Phonetic Alphabet.
CLICK HERE.
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