http://arc-emcomm-training.org The spring Red Cross nationwide emergency communications drill will be held on Saturday, May 8th, with Red Cross, ARES and other operators asked to demonstrate the ability to deliver digital messages using Red Cross forms to specific addresses via Winlink. For this exercise, participants are tasked with sending two messages to the Red Cross Divisional Clearinghouse for their geographic area. The exercise scenario and guidelines attached to this message provide details and instructions for operators desiring to participate. This exercise draws on lessons learned in the previous Winlink Thursday sessions. For those who have been following along, this scenario…
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2021 Spotter Training Schedule
NWS WILMINGTON OHIO 2021 VIRTUAL SPOTTER TRAINING SCHEDULEClasses are free, open to the public, and require registration via the links provided in each course description.Each class lasts about 2 hours and is led by a National Weather Service meteorologists who will discuss techniques and safety for severe weather spotting. Once you attend a class, you will receive instructions for filling out online registration forms to officially become a trained spotter and can report severe weather to your NWS office.At this time, there are no in-person spotter training courses scheduled for the 2021 spring season. Thursday, March 4th, 7:00-9:00 PM Monday, March…
NWS SKYWARN Storm Spotter Program
In most years, thunderstorms, tornadoes and lightning cause hundreds of injuries and deaths and billions in property and crop damages. To obtain critical weather information, the National Weather Service (NWS) established SKYWARN® with partner organizations. SKYWARN® is a volunteer program with between 350,000 and 400,000 trained severe weather spotters. These volunteers help keep their local comm unities safe by providing timely and accurate reports of severe weather to the National Weather Service. Although SKYWARN® spotters provide essential information for all types of weather hazards, the focus is reporting on severe local thunderstorms. In an average year, the United States experiences more than 10,000…
CERT Training
BROOKVILLE 2020 CERT Training Program A new class is beginning Tuesday, March 24th . Classes will be held every Tuesday through May 19th and will conclude with a mock disaster on Saturday, May 30th. Class is free of charge and is open to Brookville residents and those interested in learning the basics of Emergency Response. All supplies are provided. For more information or to register for the class, contact us through our Brookville CERT Facebook page, through our email at BrookvilleCERT@gmail.com or text 937-321-7534. GERMAN Township CERT Training German Township will be holding another FEMA Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)…
Feb 2020 Program
Tonight’s program will be a discussion of portable antennas. What do you use and what would you recommend? Please bring your portable antennas to display. Bob Baker, N8ADO
