Herriman and FEMA Emergency Information

The Herriman radio club has published a great manual for those who plan to participate in emergency preparedness. Here is the link:

http://herrimanarc.blogspot.com/p/documents.html

FEMA publishes several FREE online courses. Here are four that will make you a MUCH better emergency communicator, especially if you have to interfaced with the State, County or City governments. Also pertinent for dealing with Federal Agencies.

http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/IS100b.asp
IS-100.b - Introduction to Incident Command System, ICS-100

http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/IS200b.asp
IS-200.b - ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents

http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/IS700a.asp
IS-700.a NIMS An Introduction (National Incident Management System)

http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/IS800b.asp
IS-800.B National Response Framework, An Introduction

There is about 3 hours of course work in each. You can proceed at your own pace.

There is a web site that lists all the community events that need hams to handle communication. Here is the link:

Amateur Radio Public Service Events
http://arpse.org/