St.
Johns County Amateur Radio
Emergency Service
ARES®
When all normal means of communications fail!
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When all normal means of communications fail! |
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LINKS St. Johns ARES Frequencies OFFICIAL ST. JOHNS COUNTY ARES TEAM WEAR. St. Johns Count ARES has partnered with Duval Co. ARES to provide you with team wear to be worn while you participate in ARES activities. Offered are two types of shirts, a wind breaker and a cap. Please click on the link below to print out the order form. Fill out order form and send form and a check to the person and address on the form. Your order must be in by July 1st. to get in on the next order.
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at the NEW EOC Located behind the Agricultural Center. Near SR 16 and I-95
MILLER NORTON, W4EMN CROWN DISTRICT EMERGENCY COORDINATOR St.
Johns County ARES Contact Information
As mandated by the Department of Homeland Security and the State of Florida, the following training is now required for all ARES members and volunteers supporting emergency radio operations:
In addition to this EC's ,AEC's and Deputy EC are required to take: These courses are sponsored and provided online at no cost by FEMA at the following web address: http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/crslist.asp
In addition to the above FEMA courses all St. Johns County ARES Members are required to read the Basic Emergency Communications training Course and to take the short quiz afterwards. Please let Fred Wetzel know when you have read the information and taken the quiz. The quiz if for self reflection and you need not turn it in.
All
volunteers are encouraged to take the level
1 ARRL EmComm course and EC's AEC's and Deputy EC's are encouraged to take
level I and II of the ARRL EmComm Courses. For more information
please click on the CCEP
image below. ARES now requires the level I course to be taken before
being deployed out of your home District. If you need assistance taking these classes please let us know. You are encouraged to go online and take the courses from home. Once you register on the FEMA site you can take the courses at your leisure. You can study as long as you like and then come back to the course as often as you like until you have completed the entire course. The page remembers what you have completed at any given time and will pick up where you left off the last time you were logged into the course. It only takes a couple hours for each course and It's simple and easy as well as informative. Once you have completed each course just send a quick email to the St. Johns County ARES Deputy EC, Fred Wetzel with the confirmation email of successful completion from FEMA and let him know you have completed the course. Fred's email address is hfwetzel@comcast.net
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