ARES (Amateur Radio Emergency Service) in Howard County, Maryland

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Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service

Next Drill: RACES Field Day Setup, June 21
Contact Dave Prestel.
Howard County RACES Information: RO Dave Prestel, W8AJR

2013 RACES Drill Schedule

RACES Certification Course List

Local Frequencies Grid (.xls)

"Comprehensive Crisis Communications Planning For The Prepper" (.pdf)
(Article passed out at 4 FEB 2012 RACES Annual Meeting)

RACES INFO - County Fire Stations

On Friday, June 21^st, at 2000, the MDC Section will hold its next regular section-wide Echolink net on the "WASH_DC" Node 6154 server, which is sponsored by John Creel (WB3GXW).

Everyone is welcome to check in.

A number of repeaters in the section are connected to Echolink, including the 147.225+ (PL 156.7) repeater in Calverton. Check your local repeater directory if you wish to check in via RF.

Schedule of 2012 Public Service Events TBA

CARA/ARES Supported Public Service Events 2013

EVENT	DATE	CONTACT
Foxcatcher Equestrian Event	13 APR	Dave, W8AJR, 410 203-9432
MS Walk	20 APR	Alan, NG3B, 410 281-0018
American Diabetes Assn Tour de Cure Howard County	4 MAY	Dan, N3YQ, 410 995-4049
Field Day with PVRC	21-23 JUN	Dave, W8AJR, 410 203-9432
K of C 5K Run	31 AUG	Dan, N3YQ, 410 995-4049
Civil War Century Bike Ride	7 SEP	Dave, W8AJR, 410 203-9432
Columbia Bike About	21 SEP	Rich, WR3F, 410 309-1984
CARA Hamfest	6 OCT	Dave, W8AJR, 410 203-9432

New and updated ARRL Advanced Emergency Communications Courses are in the Works. Over the past several months, ARRL staff have been reviewing the Amateur Radio Emergency Communications online course programs. An updated EC-001 will be released late this year. EC-016, Public Service and Emergency Management for Radio Amateurs, is available and details may be found on the ARRL Website.

To learn more, visit the CCE Course Listing page or contact the CCE Department at the ARRL.

Various Levels of Howard County RACES certification may be obtained by completing the appropriate courses listed in the table below.

Link to National Incident Management System Courses (NIMS)
On successful completion of a course, email a copy of your FEMA notification to Dan, N3LDC (threegees "at" verizon.net)

Course requirements are aligned with your "Resource Type". Resource Type requirements can me found on pages 13 & 14 of the RACES Manual (.doc)

RESOURCE TYPE	COURSE
FOUR	IS-22 Are You Ready IS-100.B Introduction To Incident Command System (ICS)
THREE	ALL TYPE FOUR COURSES PLUS IS-700 National Incident Management System, NIMS, An Introduction IS-394 Protecting Your Home Or Small Business From Disaster [replaces IS-292] [Those who have completed IS-292 are "grandfathered"
TWO	ALL TYPE FOUR AND THREE COURSES PLUS IS-271 Anticipating Hazardous Weather And Community Risk IS-775 EOC Management And Operations [replaces IS 275] [Those who have completed IS-275 are "grandfathered"
ONE	ALL TYPE FOUR, THREE AND TWO COURSES PLUS IS-324 Community Hurrican Preparedness IS-800 NationalResponse Framework, An Introduction

1. J-Pole Project (pdf)(QST)
2. J-Pole Project (pdf)(73)

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	County ARES/RACES Net - Tuesdays (except 4^th Tuesday), 1900 hrs local, 147.135 CARA rptr (PL 156.7) Next CARA Meeting: 28 May, 2013 -- Columbia Amateur Radio Association
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