St. Johns County ARES

St. Johns County Amateur Radio
Emergency Service®

When all normal means of communications fail!

       KX4EOC
   ALERT LEVEL:
   NO ALERT

Site Index

Meetings
Served Agencies
Membership Application
Net Control Schedule
Net Control Preamble
Crown District Nets
ARES Time (not available)
Frequencies
Shelter Information
Go Bag Information
Training and Nets
St. Johns ARES Calendar
Training Requirements
St. Johns ARES Basic EmComm
Basic EmComm Quiz
Contact
VE Testing Information

Manuals and Plans

North Fl. EmComm Plan
SJC Em Comm Plan
Public Service Manual
Field Manual
EC Manual

LINKS
St. Johns Co. SkyWarn
ARES Crown District
Duval County ARES
Clay County ARES
Nassau County ARES
Putnam County ARES
ARRL
National Skywarn
ARES E-Letter
SkyWarn Classes
SJC Emergency Mgmt
National Weather
Hurricane Center
ARRL Northern FL. Section
U.S. Repeaters

St. Johns ARES Frequencies

Primary: 145.210
       -600 offset (No PL)

Secondary: 147.015
       +600 offset (127.3 PL)

Backup: 146.625
       -600 offset (No PL)

Simplex: 146.445
       (No PL)

Emergency Rpt: 146.550
       +1.0 (No PL)

OFFICIAL ST. JOHNS COUNTY ARES TEAM WEAR.

St. Johns Count ARES has partnered with Duval Co. ARES to provide you with team wear to be worn while you participate in ARES activities.

Offered are two types of shirts, a wind breaker and a cap. Please click on the link below to go to the Duval ARES site to place an order.

http://www.duvalares.org/

NEXT MEETING:
The next meeting will be Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 7:00 PM at the St. Johns County EOC Located behind the Agricultural Center Near SR 16 and I-95.

St. Johns County ARES Contact Information

CROWN DISTRICT DEC
ST. JOHNS COUNTY EC	WE4MJ, Mike Jordan
DEPUTY EC	W4KRT, Fred Wetzel
LOGISTICS AEC	W4YB, Jerry Carver
LIAISON AEC	VACANT
NETS AND WEBSITE MANAGEMENT AEC	W4KTJ, Larry Slight
RECRUITING & TRAINING AEC	KC1SS, Peter Kelleher KI4RTI, William Pemberton
TECHNICAL PROGRAMS AEC	K4IFX, Hugo Bauknight
ADMIN. AEC	WN1B, Bob Stephens
MEDICAL AEC	KD4FOX, John Dimsdale KJ4SGQ, Terry Dimsdale
LICENSE CLASS LEADER	KJ4MQF, Linda Duty

LOCAL AMATEUR RADIO NEWS

The KX4EOC repeater is located in St. Johns County Florida, on the west side of I-95, just south of State Road 16. The tower can be seen from I-95 and is adjacent to the St. Johns County Emergency Operatons Center and the agency we serve, St. Johns County Emergency Management.

As required by regulation, the repeater identifies itself every 10 minutes, alternating between recorded voice and Morse Code.

When not in use for emergencies, special events or training nets, the repeater is available for routine use by any licensed amateur operator. Your participation is welcommed and we ask only that the repeater be used in a professional and couteous manner in keeping with the spirit of amateur radio tradition.

Use of the repeater requires observation of the following minimum operating standards at all time:

1. Emergency, priority and any ARES-related traffic have priority on the repeater.

2. Give break-in traffic immediate attention to determine the nature of their traffic. Assist as needed.

3. Profanity, obscene or lewd comments and negative references to others based on gender, ethnicity, race, sexual preference or religion is expressely prohibited.

4. Don't dominate the frequency. Take time out periodically to allow others to join in or make a call.

5. Always remember that there are others listening and violations will be reported to the proper authorities.

New EE3 Antennas are available. Please contact either Peter, KC1SS or Bob, WN1B for details.

ARES® TRAINING REQUIREMENTS

IS-100 Introduction to Incident Command System

IS-200 ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents

IS-700A National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction

IS-800B National Response Plan (NRP), An Introduction

When you complete one of these courses, notify Fred Wetzel, W4KRT

As mandated by the Department of Homeland Security and the State of Florida, the following training is now required for all ARES members and volunteers supporting emergency radio operations:

NIMS 700A

IS 100

In addition to this EC's ,AEC's and Deputy EC are required to take:

IS 200

These courses are sponsored and provided online at no cost by FEMA at the following web address:

http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/crslist.asp

In addition to the above FEMA courses all St. Johns County ARES Members are required to read the Basic Emergency Communications training Course and to take the short quiz afterwards. Please let Fred Wetzel know when you have read the information and taken the quiz. The quiz if for self reflection and you need not turn it in.

All volunteers are encouraged to take the level 1 ARRL EmComm course and EC's AEC's and Deputy EC's are encouraged to take level I and II of the ARRL EmComm Courses. For more information please click on the CCEP image below. ARES now requires the level I course to be taken before being deployed out of your home District.

If you need assistance taking these classes please let us know. You are encouraged to go online and take the courses from home. Once you register on the FEMA site you can take the courses at your leisure. You can study as long as you like and then come back to the course as often as you like until you have completed the entire course. The page remembers what you have completed at any given time and will pick up where you left off the last time you were logged into the course. It only takes a couple hours for each course and It's simple and easy as well as informative.

Once you have completed each course just send a quick email to the St. Johns County ARES Deputy EC, Fred Wetzel with the confirmation email of successful completion from FEMA and let him know you have completed the course. Fred's email address is hfwetzel@comcast.net