Last night marked the half-way point for the NCRC’s Technician Class in Foster RI. The students, about 25 of them, are VERY engaged and doing well.
Our educational outreach will generate a bunch of new hams, mostly in the West Bay area when the exam is held on October 27th.
RIEMA is holding a free AUXCOM training class for licensed hams who have completed the required online Emergency Management Institute training (IS-100.b, IS-200.b, IS-700.a, and IS-800.b). The class will be held Saturday and Sunday, September 26-27, 2015 at the RIEMA Warehouse from 8 AM to 5 PM. The RIEMA Warehouse is located at 279 Danielson Pike, North Scituate, RI. The class is limited to 30 students, so sign up early.
You can sign up online here: https://riema.wufoo.com/forms/trgauxcomm-auxiliary-communications-workshop/
The NCECT-100 EmComm course begins this Wednesday, April 8 at 19:00 hours in the Portsmouth EOC, located in the Portsmouth Fire Station at 2300 East Main Road in Portsmouth.
John King is running the class and might be able to accommodate a few last-minute students. He can be reached at wa1abi at cox.net.
John King, WA1ABI, has announced the next Emergency Communications Technician Training Course (ECCTC) will begin at 7 PM on Tuesday March 3rd. This class will be held on seven consecutive Tuesdays at the Portsmouth EOC. The course is open to all licensed Amateur radio operators. Preference is given to residents of Newport County, but enrollment is open to all Amateur operators on a space available basis.
This training course equips the student with the knowledge and skills needed to serve as an Emergency Communicator in an Emergency Operations Center, a Red Cross evacuation shelter, or a Medical Emergency Distribution System Point of Dispensing. These skills are applicable to operations in many other public safety emergency communications venues. No prior knowledge of public safety or emergency communications is assumed or required. See the course syllabus for information on the subject areas covered in this course.
The OSECA net debuted this past Tuesday, December 2, at 1900 local time on the KA1RCI Network. By any definition, it was a rousing success, with 32 check-ins in just over an hour. John King, WA1ABI, had the honor of being the first Net Control station.
OSECA stands for Ocean State Emergency Communion Alliance. It was formed with a goal of providing a forum for those hams involved in EmComm throughout the state. Representatives from multiple EMAs checked in (Providence, Coventry, No. Smithfield, Wakefield, Narragansett, Westerly, and Portsmouth, to name a few), as well as other served agencies and non-emergency public service groups.
The OSECA net is held on the FIRST and THIRD Tuesday of each month at 1900 local time on the KA1RCI Network. Despite its focus on EmComm, all hams, especially those who are looking for an agency to join, are encouraged to participate.