St. Johns County Amateur Radio
Emergency Service®

                         When all normal means of communications fail!

       KX4EOC
   ALERT LEVEL: 
     NO ALERT


                    Site Index

 
  Meetings
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  Net Control Schedule 
  Net Control Preamble
  Crown District Nets  
  Enter ARES Time    
  Frequencies
  Shelter Information
  Go Bag Information
  Training and Nets 
  St. Johns ARES Calendar
  Training Requirements
  St. Johns ARES Basic EmComm
  Basic EmComm Quiz
  Contact

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
  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: 
Tuesday August 17, 2010 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

LOCAL AMATEUR RADIO NEWS

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