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PINELLAS COUNTY ARES
ACS/ARES consists of a corps of dedicated Amateur Radio Volunteers who meet
and train regularly to be ready to serve the people of their Communities
in Pinellas County, Florida
THE PINELLAS COUNTY ACS/ARES/Skywarn STAFF 2011
There are some nice priviledges for being a Pinellas County Volunteer.
non-licensed civilians are also encouraged to Join.
Goto On-Line to the County (VIP) Volunteer Application
Once you have submitted the County VIP Application, you then can take the
Online Orientation which can be found at
Click Here
You also need to register for the Pinellas Co. ACS/ARES Using the aresdb database and sign up for Pinellas ACS/ARES Registration ONLY Click Here.
CLICK HERE
All Stations who are manning Shelters or have an interest in doing so
or will be communicating with Shelters during an Activation should download this file.
If you need a PowerPoint Viewer, download it from the Software web page here.
2011 DHS/FEMA & FLEOC TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR ACS and ARES
ARES MEMBERS who are willing to be deployed outside of our County or outside of Florida
AND be Eligible for expense reimbursement
Download "Training Requirements for ACS/ARES Members
This are the Suggested Basic Training Requirements for ALL ACS/ARES Personnel:
ARRL EC-001 Basic Communications Course
FEMA - IS-100 Introduction to Incident Command System. (Required for the EC-001 Course)
FEMA - IS 200 ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action
*FEMA - NIMS IS-700 National Incident Management System (NIMS) An Introduction. (Required for the EC-001 Course)
FEMA - IS-802 Emergency Support Function 2 Operators (ESF-2)
(See the ACS/ARES Training Manual for the FEMA URL to find the ICS Courses.)
* The IS-700 NIMS Course is the ONLY required Course for all ACS/ARES personnel.
Taking the other courses listed gives us All a basic foundation for which all of us should
strive to complete
THE OFFICIAL PINELLAS COUNTY
RADIO OPERATORS SHELTER LIST FOR 2010
SIGN UP TODAY TO MAN A SHELTER
(Max of 5 Days, Equipment provided).
62 RADIO COMMUNICATORS ARE NEEDED
AMATEUR RADIO ETHICS AND OPERATING PROCEDURES(.PDF format)
THE PINELLAS COUNTY ACS/ARES/SKYWARN NET PROTOCOL(.doc format)
THE 2012 PINELLAS COUNTY SHELTER LIST BY EVACUATION LEVEL(.doc format)
Florida Shelter Status
http://floridanss.communityos.org/cms/openshelters
Florida Road Status
http://www.eoconline.org/EM_Live/roadstat.nsf
Using the ARES Field Resources Manual
as a Training Guide(.PDF)
(Click on the Icon to Download it)
Using the Public Service Communications Manual
as a Training Guide(.PDF)
(Click on the Icon to Download it)
Update to the PSCM Chapter 6
NTSD and Radio Email
(Click Here to Download it)
Learn How to Write NTS Messages
(Click on the Icon)
National Traffics System Message Handling Training a
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
Click here Now that you have read the .pdf on NTS, How good of a traffic handler are you?
Take the Traffic Handler's Quiz and find out!
CLICK HERE toPlay a Sample Voice Traffic Message..(.wav format)Turn Volume up
ARRL Numbered RadioGrams
(Click on the Icon)
Your Friends have No Email Address?
Send Them a Message thru the NTS.
(Click on the Icon)
Sign up for a Basic or Advanced Communications Course today
The Basic Communications Course is now a Required level of training
for All ARES and ACS Personnel.
See the ACS Manual for Details
View ARRL's list of Emergency Communication
online courses at http://www.arrl.org/emergency-communications-training
Select the Software Button on the upper left to get a Free
Power Point Viewer or to get the Acrobat .PDF Viewer
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Last updated August 9th, 2010 by
Neil Lauritsen, W4NHL
The ARES Page was created on Saturday, January 20, 1996
Last Updated on: Aug 08, 2011