DNC-ARES Member Mtg

When: Saturday, April 17 2010 @ 09:00 AM EDT - 12:00PM
Event Type: Meeting
Where: Durham County EOC Broad St Durham NC
Description: Quarterly Membership meeting at EOC

Agenda: Brief Business Mtg;
Topic: Durham Emergency Management / Mobile Communications Vehicle and Interoperability
Inst: Mark Schell, Durham EM

ALL;

Below is information regarding the Durham EOC drill in July.
Contact me if you'll be available to participate.

Thanks
Randy K4XRM
EC/DNC-ARES



This is to inform you that the LEPC (Local Emergency Planning Committee) will be conducting a drill Tuesday, July 13th. The Kick off time is tentatively set for 08:00 am and plan to run for about 4 to 6 hours. The intent of the drill is to test the EOC (Emergency Operations Center) capabilities, preparedness and communications with other resources.



In the past our EOC has been only activated for weather related events. There have been very few times when the EOC needed to be activated due to an ongoing emergency in the community that taxes or our resources. This drill is to test notification procedures, timey response, and the time from initial notification that the EOC needs to activated to completely up and running. Unlike exercises in the past where everyone starts at the same point, this exercise we ask that you or your staff remain as they would on a normal day until they receive the call to report to the EOC, however we would like for you to set this day aside for the exercise. The scenario will begin without the EOC and then triggers will occur to cause the proper notification for EOC activation.



If your agency plans to attend, please let me know who and how to notify initially for responding to EOC. The initial notification is for your agency to respond, you may bring those from your agency that may have to the responsibility to report to the EOC for the training if you wish. I also would like a number of personnel you plan to have participate from your agency as lunch will be provided.



Any question or concerns, please feel free to contact me.



J. David Marsee II

Durham County Fire Marshal/Emergency Management

Safety & Training Officer

2422 Broad St., Durham, NC 27704

(O)919-560-0667 (C)919-201-9272

dmarsee@co.durham.nc.us

ALL, Below is a Training Opportunity for Durham ARES members in preparation for an upcoming EOC drill in July.

If anyone is interested, please email me and I'll get group info on to David Marsee at EM.

Thanks
Randy K4XRM
EC/DNC-ARES

As we prepare for an upcoming drill for the EOC I feel that a training/refresher on how the EOC operates and hands on training with the WebEOC will be very useful. The training session will last about 1 day. The first half of the day will be how the EOC operates and what is expected from each agency. The second half will be hands on training for WebEOC, access and actual use. We have desk tops here where we can access the software, however they are limited in number. Try to bring your laptop to use for the WebEOC portion of the class. The class date will be Tuesday, April 27th starting at 08:00.

Please forward this to anyone who may be responsible from your agency to respond to the EOC when activated. Also is an attached registration form so that I can maintain record of the number of individuals interested in the class.



If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.



Best regards,

J. David Marsee II

Durham County Fire Marshal/Emergency Management

Safety & Training Officer

2422 Broad St., Durham, NC 27704

(O)919-560-0667 (C)919-201-9272

dmarsee@co.durham.nc.us

Hello All;

ARES net training on Sunday evenings for the next few months will be a Basic Training Series.

This will help us all review and learn more about basic emergency communications which is the foundation for effective advanced skills and techniques.

I have uploaded the slides for our on-air net training in our yahoo-group and file folder named Basic Training 101 . Visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DNC-ARES/ to obtain a copy of the power-point presentations.

Sunday March 28, Learning Unit 1 Intro to Emergency Communications

Sunday April 4, NO Training, Easter Holiday

Sunday April 11, Learning Unit 2 Prerequisite to Emergency Communications

Sunday April 18th, Learning Unit 3a Communications Organizations Part 1

Sunday April 25th, Learning Unit 3b Communications Organizations Part 2

Each Learning Unit consists of a series of power-point slides (less than 20 /set) which you can view or download/print to follow along during the net. If you're having any trouble obtaining the file you may request a copy via email at ec@durhamares.org

Hope you all can make it this Sunday evening for Learning Unit 1

73's
Randy K4XRM

Hello ALL

Info about Helping with the Durham CROP Walk has been posted on the Carolina Helping Hams website.

The event is on Sunday March 21st at 2pm on the Campus of Duke University and usually has about 4,000 participants each year.

Ham Radio has been an active participant in years past and have been asked to return to help with this event.

Go to Carolina Helping Hams website to review and volunteer. Its fun and worthwhile..

73's
Randy K4XRM

Weekly Net Report, Sunday March 7th, 2010 8pm (2000 hrs)

K4XRM - NCO, Randy
KD4AGQ - NCO/2, Dan
KB4NQH - Ben
W3AHL - Steve
KF4QYY - Joseph
KG4IHX - Frank
KE4UVJ - Don

Total Check-ins 7

Training Topic - New DNC-ARES Net format / K4XRM - Randy
Preparedness Topic - Disaster Prep Tips / K4XRM- Randy

Total time: 28 mins.

All,

I have uploaded 3 new files in the files section of the DNC-ARES yahoo group.

1, DNC-ARES Training Net Script March 2010 which we'll be reviewing for net
training Sunday March 7th at 8pm.

2- DNC-ARES Net Check-in Log Form to use when operating a net

3- DNC-ARES Training Record to use ANYTIME we meet for training, work-parties
and activations.

I'll discuss each of these during the on air net training this week. Hope you
all can join the net.

73's
Randy K4XRM
EC/Durham ARES.

Invitation to DNC-ARES, and DFMA members;

There will be an MCU work party at the home of Charlie Durst on Sat March 20th , 2010 beginning at 10am. The goal is to place additional equipment and review basic MCU operations.

Anyone interested in attending RSVP to me at ec@durhamares.org and also indicate if you need info on Charlie’s address.

73’s
Randy K4XRM

Greetings ALL;

Due to some increasing conflicts with our Weekly Monday ARES net ,with reference to the availability of Net Control Operators, Non-ARES meeting conflicts on Mondays, and other net activity on Monday evening, The Durham ARES leadership team at our February Meeting resolved to move the net back to Sunday evenings effective March 1, 2010.

The Sunday evening time will be 8pm. The telephone invitation at 730p as well as the email reminders from the Yahoo Group will reflect the new day for our weekly net. Additionally we'll be adding on the air training sessions twice / month with associated power point downloads to view during the training session.

Finally, we'll also be rotating Net Control Operators through the ARES leadership, and there will be open slots for anyone who would like to learn Net Control Operations to participate as well. Any ARES members who would like to operate as an NCO in the rotation, send me an email and I'll add your name to our list.

If anyone has comments or questions, Please email me at ec@durhamares.org.

73's
Randy McCray
EC/Durham ARES

Weekly Net Report

5 Check-ins

K4XRM - Randy (NCO)
KD4AGQ - Dan
KB4NQH - Ben
KE4UVJ -Don
W3AHL - Steve



12 mins