Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Course
Announcement
Hillsborough County ARES/RACES, in cooperation with
Hillsborough County Emergency Management, is proud to
offer the American Radio
Relay League's "Level I -- Introduction to Amateur Radio
Emergency Communications Course (EC-001)" in a
traditional classroom setting.
The only prerequisite for this Level I course is holding
any level of amateur radio license.
This course will be held on two Saturdays - the 20th of
March and the 3rd of April 2010, at the Museum of
Science and Industry, located at
4801 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33617. Class will
start at on both days at 9AM and continue until 5PM. On
the 3rd of April, testing will begin at 3:30PM.
Course topics included in the Level I course are
Introduction to Emergency Communications, Emergency
Communication Organizations and
Systems, Message Handling, Emergency Activation,
Alternative Communication Methods, and Marine
Communications, among others.
The instructors for this class have been drawn from
Hillsborough County ARES/RACES members who have been
deployed in actual emergencies to provide backup and
auxiliary support for Emergency Management.
The registration fee for this Level I Amateur Radio
Emergency Communications Course (ARECC) is $45 per
student for ARRL members and
$75 per student for non-ARRL members, cash (preferred)
or check. These fees will be refunded (at the ARRL
member rate) for students who successfully pass their
ARECC Level I examination on the second day of class
(April 3rd).
The textbook for this course will be distributed to
students at class time and is included in the course
registration fees listed above.
There is an optional class activity, to be held on the
27th of March.The Multiple Sclerosis Society is
holding their annual MS Walk, and Hillsborough County
ARES/RACES will help provide emergency
communications during the event. Details will be
distributed during the first class date.
Additional information about this course is available
on-line at
http://www.arrl.org/cce/.
The class size is limited – and you can sign up online!
In order to properly prepare materials and gauge class
sizes, please send an email
to
training@hcaresraces.org to reserve your seat in
this class. The registration deadline is Monday, March
15th, 2010.
If you are unable to attend both sessions of the course,
please let us know about that as well - there is some
scheduling flexibility for
this class.
Keating Floyd
RACES Officer
ARES Emergency Coordinator
Hillsborough County, Florida
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Technician Class License Course Announcement
Hillsborough County ARES/RACES, in cooperation with
Hillsborough County Emergency Management, is proud to
sponsor the introductory Amateur Radio "Technician
Class" License Course in a traditional classroom
setting.
Please invite your friends to come join the over 300
people who have taken these courses and earned or
upgraded an Amateur Radio license during the last few
years.
This course will be held on two Saturdays - the 20th of
March and the 3rd of April 2010, at the Museum of
Science and Industry, located at
4801 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33617. Class will
start at on both days at 9AM and continue until 5PM. On
the 3rd of April, testing will begin at 3:30PM.
The introductory Technician course will be based around
the current ARRL Technician Class book, "The ARRL Ham
Radio License Manual”.
There will also be a "Show and Tell" of various Amateur
Radio experiences during the classes.
If you wish to start studying before class, Amateur
radio practice tests for license courses are available
on-line at
http://www.qrz.com/p/testing.pl. Choose the
Technician exam pool.
The fees, with the book, bring the cost for this class
to $45. You will pay for the course at class time.
Please bring a government-issued picture ID card with
you, as well.
Due to a generous grant from Hillsborough County, the
fees for this class will be reimbursed after
successfully passing the test given on
Saturday the 3rd of April.
The class size is limited – and you can sign up online!
In order to properly prepare materials and gauge class
sizes, please send an email
to
training@hcaresraces.org to reserve your seat in
this class. The registration deadline is Monday, March
15th, 2010.
If you are unable to attend both sessions of your
course, please let us know about that as well - there is
some scheduling flexibility for
this class.
We look forward to seeing your friends and family there!
Keating Floyd
RACES Officer
ARES Emergency Coordinator
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Pinellas County Emergency
Management and Pinellas County
Communications are pleased to
bring you the following free
training.
COURSE TITLE: Basic
Public Information Officer
(G-290)
DATE: Wednesday
June 23rd & Thursday
June 24th 2010
TIME: 8:00AM –
5:00 PM
LOCATION: St.
Petersburg College Epi-Center
13850 58th
Street North
Clearwater,
FL
SCOPE:
This course is intended for
Public Information Officers who
are new to the field or less
experienced. The course emphasis
is on the basic skills and
knowledge needed for emergency
response or emergency management
public information activities.
Topics include: the role of the
PIO in emergency management,
emergency response, conducting
awareness campaigns, news
release writing, public
speaking, and television
interviews.
JOB DISCIPLINE:
Public information Officers in
Emergency Services, Emergency
Management, Law enforcement,
Public Works, City and/or County
public information officers, or
any other agency that might be
involved in the public
information officer role.
See this attachment for more
info
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