February 15th, 2024
An ACS membership meeting took place at the Pinellas County EOC on February 15th, 2024. The training officer presented an introduction to the PinCo ACS Training Plan. A link to the presentation used during the meeting is listed below.
January 18th, 2024
An ACS membership meeting took place at the Pinellas County EOC on January 18th, 2024. The training officer presented an introduction to the PinCo ACS Command Runner Maintenance Procedures document. A link to the presentation used during the meeting is listed below.
December 21st, 2023
An ACS membership meeting took place at the Pinellas County EOC on December 21st, 2023. As part of the meeting, those present took part in a Tabletop Exercise designed to practice creating a communications plan. A link to the presentation used during the exercise is listed below.
November 16th, 2023
An ACS membership meeting took place at the Pinellas County EOC on November 16th, 2023. The ARRL West Central Florida Section Traffic Manager, Dave Rockwell, briefed the membership on Net Operations. A link to the presentation used during the meeting is listed below.
October 19th, 2023
An ACS membership meeting took place at the Pinellas County EOC on October 19th, 2023. Will Scott led a workshop of personal go-kits.
September 21st, 2023
An ACS membership meeting took place at the Pinellas County EOC on September 21st, 2023. The training officer briefed the membership on the Hurricane Idalia After-Action Report . A copy of this report and the associated briefing material is available upon request.
July 20th, 2023
An ACS membership meeting took place at the Pinellas County EOC on July 20th, 2023. The training officer presented an introduction to Automatic Link Establishment (ALE). A link to the presentation used during the meeting is listed below.
May 18th, 2023
An ACS membership meeting took place at the Pinellas County EOC on May 18th, 2023. The training officer presented an introduction to Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS). A link to the presentation used during the meeting is listed below.
March 16th, 2023
An ACS membership meeting took place at the Pinellas County EOC on March 16th, 2023. A presentation describing Command Runner capabilities, network architecture, and deployment use cases was presented to the membership. A link to the presentation used during the meeting is listed below.
February 16th, 2023
An ACS membership meeting took place at the Pinellas County EOC on February 16th, 2023. The training officer presented to the membership an introduction to the Winlink express computer program. A link to the presentation used during the meeting is listed below.
January 19th, 2023
An ACS membership meeting took place at the Pinellas County EOC on January 19th, 2023. The training officer briefed the membership on the forms and elements of an ICS Incident Action Plan (IAP). A link to the presentation used during the meeting is listed below.
October 20th, 2022
An ACS membership meeting took place at the Pinellas County EOC on October 20th, 2022. The training officer briefed the membership on the Hurricane Ian After-Action Report . A copy of this report and the associated briefing material is available upon request.
August 18th, 2022
An ACS membership meeting took place at the Pinellas County EOC on August 18th, 2022. The training officer briefed the membership on the requirements and issues associated with building a back-up power system for a personal go-kit. A link to the presentation used during the meeting is listed below.
July 21st, 2022
An ACS membership meeting took place at the Pinellas County EOC on July 21st, 2022. As part of the meeting, those present took part in a Tabletop Exercise designed to evaluate emergency communication protocols. A link to the presentation used during the meeting is listed below.
June 16th, 2022
Pinellas ACS Tabletop Exercise – Record Keeping
An ACS membership meeting took place at the Pinellas County EOC on June 16th, 2022. As part of the meeting, those present took part in a Tabletop Exercise designed to practice record keeping. A link to the presentation used during the meeting is listed below.
May 19th, 2022
Hurricane Amaranth Exercise After-Action Report and Improvement Plan
An ACS membership meeting took place at the Pinellas County EOC on May 19th, 2022. The training officer presented an overview of the Hurricane Amaranth Exercise After-Action Report and Improvement Plan. A link to the presentation used during the exercise is listed below.
March17th, 2022
Pinellas ACS Tabletop Exercise – Incident Communications Plan
An ACS membership meeting took place at the Pinellas County EOC on March17th, 2022. As part of the meeting, those present took part in a Tabletop Exercise designed to practice creating a communications plan. A link to the presentation used during the exercise is listed below.
February 17th, 2022
An ACS membership meeting took place at the Pinellas County EOC on February 17th, 2022. As part of the meeting, those present took part in a Tabletop Exercise designed to practice the creation, RF transmission, and RF reception of ICS 213 general messages. A link to the presentation used during the exercise is listed below.
September 16th, 2021
The membership took part in a workshop that was used to define Pinellas ACS Communicator Positions and the performance criteria a trainee must meet to be certified for each position. The two documents listed below were used to facilitate the discussion. The first is a spreadsheet containing an initial list of skills and performance criteria. The second document illustrates a proposal for documenting the position requirements and training approaches.
July 15th, 2021
An ACS membership meeting took place at the Pinellas County EOC on July 15th, 2021. As part of the meeting, those present took part in a Tabletop Exercise designed to practice the creation and maintenance of the ICS 214, Activity Log, and the ICS 309, Communications log. A link to the presentation used during the exercise is listed below.
June 17th, 2021
The following briefing was presented to the ACS membership on June 17th, 2021 during the regularly scheduled ACS monthly meeting at the Pinellas County EOC. The briefing presents an overview of the training plan currently under development.
