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ARRL releases new ARES & NTS Manuals

5/21/2015

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This came across the ARRL - ARES twitter feed this morning

Here's the link to the new ARES Manual. http://t.co/yNVluYPfyi The NTS Manual can now be found here http://t.co/uhlzQ2dKZh

— ARRL - ARES (@ARRL_ARES) May 21, 2015
Those links are:

ARES Manual
NTS Manual
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ARES and CERT

12/20/2013

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​One of the groups I belong to on LinkedIn.com has just finished up a long discussion on Community Emergency Response Teams and Amateur Radio Emergency Service.

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Too Much of a Good Thing?

10/17/2013

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​More than one professional in the field of Search and Rescue or Emergency Response Management has been known to say that “hams can be too much of a good thing.” What they refer to is the propensity of hams to respond en-mass to a call out without regard to their own skills, physical limitations, body condition, time commitment, and mental state.

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EMC002 - An Incident or Disaster?

10/25/2012

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EMC002 - An Incident or Disaster? Posted Spring 1996.

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EMC001 - Emergency Means What?

10/24/2012

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In the early 1950s, the California State Office of Emergency Services began issuing bulletins to assist agencies and radio operators to become more familiar with RACES. They were issued periodically until 1985, at which time they began to be issued weekly over voice and digital radio systems of Amateur Radio and in print. Originally intended for California, increased demand, and a 1988 request by the ARRL for national distribution, led to their eventual worldwide distribution. With the development of the Internet, demand for these materials soared, leading to their being put online on several FTP sites and a couple of websites, including mine.

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Volunteers: What "They" expect from "You."

10/24/2012

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This information is pulled from ACS Bulletin EMC061 “Command Bill of Rights,” originally released 16 Jan, 1997.

​While the presentation is old, the information is just as pertinent today as it was back in 1997.  As a volunteer, you need to keep the following information in mind.


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ARES E-Letter for October 2012 Released

10/17/2012

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ARES E-Letter for October 2012 Released
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