WA9RES

Champaign County ARES follows the ARRL's ARES® Standard Training Plan. All formal educational training is supplemented by field exercises as skill builders.

 

Level 1 ‐ Entry level into ARES®, includes skills learned when obtaining an Amateur Radio license

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Level 2 ‐ Set of skills desired by ARES® obtained through coursework and training

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Level 3 ‐ Increased skill set that initiates a pathway to leadership positions and assignments

ICS‐100.c ‐ Intro to Incident Command System*

ICS‐200.c – ICS for Single Resource*

ICS‐700.b – Introduction to National Incident Mgt. System*

ICS‐800.c – National Response Framework*

ARRL EC‐001 Intro to Emergency Communications

SKYWARN Spotter Basic Training (Biennially)

IS-120.c - An Introduction to Exercises*

IS-230.d - Fundamentals of Emergency Management*

IS-235.c - Emergency Planning*

IS‐240.b ‐ Leadership & Influence*

IS-241.b - Decision Making & Problem Solving*

IS-242.b - Effective Communications*

IS-244.b - Developing & Managing Volunteers*

IS-288.a – Role of Voluntary organizations in Emergency Mgt*.

IS-2200 - Basic Emergency Operations Center Functions*

ARRL EC-016 Public Service & Emergency Communications Mgt*