Wake County, North Carolina
NOT ACTIVATED
Wake ARES News
Steve Misel K4WEB
Appointed
DEC - Central Branch -
IT Development

The first of a two-part ICS-213 Message Form training session will begin on the Tar Heel Emergency Net (3923 KHz) at 7:30 PM April 21st.

A Power Point document for Part 1 can be found here.

An image showing the ICS-213 form as it appears in WebEOC is here.

Part 2 will be presented on the Tar Heel Emergency Net (3923 KHz) at 7:30 PM April 28th. 

A Power Point document for Part 2 is here.

A PDF version for Part 2 is here.

Part 3 will be presented on the Tar Heel Emergency Net (3923 KHz) at 7:30 PM May 5th.

A Power Point document for Part 3 is here.

A PDF version for Part 3 is here.
Net Format

A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION WAS THE FOCUS OF THE JULY 24th NET.  CLICK HERE FOR THAT FILE.

THE SECOND PRESENTATION IN THIS SERIES WAS MADE DURING THE ARES NET ON THURSDAY, JULY 31.  A POWERPOINT FILE IS AVAILABLE.   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

BE SURE THAT YOUR RADIOS ARE PRE-PROGRAMMED FOR ALL OF THE SIMPLEX FREQUENCIES THAT WE USE.  CLICK HERE FOR THE LIST.
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


 
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.



NEW ITEMS 
CLICK ON ITEMS BELOW
"GO KIT" SUGGESTIONS
 WAKE COUNTY ARES/RACES EMERGENCY HANDBOOK (draft version)

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.

Standardized Prowords
A List of Standardized Prowords for use in ARES/RACES Communications.
CLICK HERE



What is ARES?
Wake County ARES Introduction
(Sign Up Here)
Leadership
Wake ARES Recommended Repeaters and Simplex Frequencies
UPDATED NOVEMBER 27, 2004
Basic Radio Procedures for Activations
UPDATED - MAY 25, 2005
ARES Nets - Net Script - Net Log - Net Notes <-NEW!

TAR HEEL EMERGENCY NET Script (NC Section HF ARES Net)
Activation Level Definitions
Emergency Operations Plan - State EOC
E-mail Mailing Lists (Wake, Digital)
Digital Discussion
Message Traffic Info and Training
North Carolina Section ARES
SKYWARN
ARES and Public Service Links
More Public Service Opportunities

ARES Power Connector 

Information and Installation instructions
Links to some germane government provided information
may be found here (not all are US sites):
Government Training/Education/Information
FCC Clarification:
Declaration of Communications Emergency
NC ARES Statewide Emergency Plan
UPDATED JANUARY 10, 2006
NC RACES Guidelines for NC
Added December 10, 2004


Wake County ECs
Tom Brown N4TAB

John Guerriero KG4HDT
 



"ARES" is a Registered Service Mark of the ARRL and they insist that we identify it as such.