Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ARES) Info

Are you interested in learning more about ARES? If so, contact your ARES County Emergency Coordinator (EC) or ARES District Emergency Coordinator (DEC) from the Leadership Directory linked below.

Leadership Directory – South Carolina Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ares-sc.org)

ARES

South Carolina Amateur Radio Emergency Services – SC ARES (ares-sc.org)

Emergency Communications Resources

South Carolina Amateur Radio Emergency Service/ Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service Tactical Communications Guide (ares-sc.org)

ARES Strategic Plan (arrl.org)

ARES Nets (with links)

Tuesdays 6 PM HF Net – 6 PM on frequency 3.990 MHz, LSB

SC Midlands ARES Training Net – South Carolina Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ares-sc.org)

Thursdays 8:30 PM on repeater 147.330 MHz (+) offset, PL tone 156.7 Hz

SC Statewide ARES HF Net – South Carolina Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ares-sc.org)

Central SC CARC Simplex Net (with link)

1st and 3rd Wednesdays each month on frequency 146.400

Central SC CARC Simplex Net – The Columbia Amateur Radio Club (w4cae.com)

Other

South Carolina Interoperable Communications (sc.gov)

RATPAC (google.com)

Forms

This is the URL of the FEMA site where you will find all of the forms, in PDF.

No need to print them all, you will only need 4 or 5 printed out and carried with you during an assignment.

Your A.R.E.S. Emergency Coordinator can answer any questions you have regarding which of these forms you should print out and have with you.

https://training.fema.gov/icsresource/icsforms.aspx

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Links to FEMA courses

IS-100.C: Introduction to the Incident Command System

IS-200.B: ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents

IS-700.B: An Introduction to the National Incident Management System

IS-800.C: National Response Framework, an Introduction

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