John King, WA1ABI, will be bringing Kevin Clapp (RIEMA Regional Coordinator) and Gil Woodside (RIEMA Communications Officer) to the next meeting, to be held at the Portsmouth Fire Station at 7 PM on October 8th. These gentlemen will be talking about about the RI Emergency Management Agency and their goal to engage Amateur Radio operators in EMA’s efforts.
Meeting Mon Oct 8 at the Firestation
The next meeting of the NCRC is 7 PM Monday October 8 at the Portsmouth Fire Station
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Fun at the Cystic Fibrosis Bike Event
On Saturday 9/22 Brian N1TBT and I helped provide radio support for the event. Two bike routes of 35 and 62 miles, 100 riders raised $43,000. Used the W1AEC repeater in Dartmouth. Here are the hams that participated:
CF 9-22-12 Volunteers
Ted
W1GRI
Required ECOMM Training
NCRC Members wanting to participate with the town in their emergency training efforts are required to show proof of completion of two FEMA courses, IS-100.b (Introduction to Incident Command System), and IS-700.a (Introduction to National Incident Management System). These courses are offered at no charge by FEMA (self-paced online study) and need only be taken once.
If you need to take the courses, please see the ECOMM page and select the line to NEMA Courses.