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
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)
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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