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:
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.