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West gulf coast stx ares taskbook1/2/2024 You will also find links to external free Emcomm training with the Texas Division of Emergency Management and the ARRL Emergency Communications training program.Training – Also at under the training link you will find the ARES training library with a wealth of information and great articles gleaned from the ARRL and from Districts and Units across the nation used during our weekly nets.Here you will get incident updates and potential activation information. The most important thing to remember from the comm plan is that during a potential incident but in the absence of specific direction from your leadership, you should monitor the 147.000 MHz (+) 103.5, District 14 ARES® bulletin/information repeater. District 14 and NW Unit comm plans – You should review and be familiar with these unit comm plans.Volunteering is a great way to get to know other ARES team members and to gain valuable operating experience. PSEs are as close as we can come to actual disaster involvement. Public Service Events (PSE) we are involved in and who to contact if interested in volunteering.The net script is a good reference for you to begin learning more about participating in and possibly even being a net control operator. This frequency list is a great place to start for the minimum frequencies to program in your radio. Frequencies we use, net schedule and scripts for our regular nets.We are available if you have questions or need assistance. Unit Leadership Team and leadership contact information.The District 14 (Harris County) ARES site is another great reference for you to find more ARES related information. An ARES ID can be helpful and even required if you’re deployed or working at a served agency. This is also required to obtain an ARES ID card. If you do not have a photo in your profile, make sure you send an appropriate photo to your Unit EC to update your profile.If your carrier changes, you may not get ARES txt alerts and may get late notice of an activation or drill. This includes email, cell phone # and carrier. Keep your Information depot contact information up to date.Regularly review and update your Task Book.Ask one of your team AEC’s for assistance if you have questions on a listed skill or need help finding potential sources for the recommended training.Your first goal should be to fill out your Task book with dates of current or newly acquired skills and then identify any needed training.Your Task book is your guide to the desired basic skills and initial training suggested for each ARES member. In the South Texas information depot, you will find your personal Task book under the link Courses and Training. Once the new member registration is approved, they will receive a login to the STX ARES information Depot.Click the FSD-98 link at the top of the page and fill out the form.If someone asks you how to join ARES its easiest to just remember to tell them the following: Where do you start? – Joining ARES of course. This indicated to me it would be good to provide additional guidance and orientation to new recruits as well as reminders to current members on how to leverage some of the tools we have. It was hard to determine what to do after I signed up and how to get involved. When I started as a new ARES member, there was limited guidance on where to start. As communicators, we want to make sure we do everything we can to close the loop and keep each other informed. We sometimes receive questions on a topic indicating a member did not know where to look, what to do next or they were out of the information loop for some reason. Tonight’s training is just a review of some ARES related information resources available to us and tips on how we might better stay in touch as a team and up to date on ARES activities. Harris County ARES Info Resources Written by KD5U 16MAY2021įree for distribution for non-commercial use.
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