1. WELCOME to ARECC Level I

2. Preparations  Getting your equipment ready  Getting yourself ready  Getting your team ready

3. Getting Yourself Ready  What do you need to prepare for?  Your Jump Kit Personal Gear Operating Supplies Information Radios & Accessories

4. Personal Kit  Clothing  A couple changes of clothing - Rain gear - at least a poncho - Hat  socks and more socks - t shirts - underwear  capilene uppers and lowers (polypropylene - cotton kills)  hiking boots - sneakers  Food and Water  Three day supply of food and water (4 liters per day = 12 liters or 3 gallons)  Water purification tablets or filter  Canned fruit - canned meat - vegetables  Canned juices - milk - soup (if powdered add more water to list)  Sugar - salt - cayenne pepper - habanero pepper  Peanut butter - jelly - crackers - Gorp - powerbar - granola - hard candy - cookies  vitamins  Hygiene  towel - wash cloth - soap - shampoo - razor  tooth brush - hair brush - tooth paste - dental floss  toilet paper - paper towels - foot powder - moleskin  needle - thread - buttons - rubber bands

5. More kit…  Miscellaneous  Canteen - or water jugs  Eye and ear protection  Flashlight - spare batteries - folding knife - accessories  Matches - waxed or in case  money (change) - watch  mess kit - knife - fork - spoon  Mosquito netting - Sleeping bag  zip lock bags of various sizes - garbage bags  reading material - chess set - scrabble - cards - etc  First Aid  sterile adhesive bandages  safety pins of various sizes  disinfecting soap  latex gloves (a couple pairs)  gauze pads - 2 inch and 4 inch (4 to 6 each)  adhesive tape - roll  scissors - tweezers - antiseptic - neosporin  antacid - syrup of ipecac - laxative  chapstick - aspirin - benadryl  Any personal medications - spare set of glasses - contacts (fluids)  Sunblock - SPF 20 - 60 (depending on locality)  Insect repellent - DEET (di ethyl toluamide ) - 20 to 98 % (depending on locality)

6. More kit…  Identification  FCC license - RACES ID card - ARES ID card  Driver's license - Served Agency ID card(s)  ARECC certification cards  Papers and plans  Logbook - message forms - notepad - pencil - pen  HT operating manual - mobile rig operating manual  RACES emergency plan - Served agency plans  Maps - frequency plan

7. More kit …  Tool kit  Butane soldering iron - solder - matches  Butane lighter  Fire starter - sterno - fire extinguisher  Multimeter - DVM - hand tools  power wire - wire stripper  Cigarette lighter splitter - Auto fuses  chainsaw - extra blades - fuel mix - bar oil - scrench  duct tape - electrical tape - parachute cord (50 feet or so)  entrenching tool - compass - GPS - batteries - whistle  Comm gear  2 m HT or dual band 2 m / 70 cm HT with spare batteries (charged)  Rubber duck antenna - gain whip antenna - mag mount  adapters for RG-58 - BNC - SMA - barrel connectors  speaker mic or headset for HT  Ribbon j-pole - SWR meter  80 AH marine deep cycle battery  coax (25 feet with connectors) - short stubs too (3 feet with connectors)

8. Getting Yourself Ready  Pre-Planning What frequencies? Backup frequencies? What nets? Where to report? How to report?  Training & Education Personal training Courses

9. Getting your team ready: Training Training Possibilities Simulations Live Exercises Special Events Classroom sessions Experts Online ARECC courses

10. Training Training Objectives You need to know what you want to accomplish Develop a Plan It helps to think through the exercise Write it out Keep it Simple

11. Special Events Don’t overlook Special Events as training opportunities Parades Marathons Bike Rides Road Rallies Sporting Events Find Raisers Community Gatherings Places to look: http://www.otvarc.org/ssc/index.html

12. Equipment Choices  Transceivers HF/VHF/UHF  FRS/GMRS  Scanners  Antennas  Feedline  Batteries  Chargers

13. Equipment Choices  Cell Phones  Cassette Recorder  AM/FM Radio  Portable TV  Weather Alert Radio  Laptop Computer  PDA

14. Equipment Choices Test EVERYTHING! In an emergency, unreliable equipment is useless Don’t just test once, test regularly Setup a regular schedule to use everything Test individual elements, but also test everything together Try out the whole kit when it’s not an emergency

15. Activation  The Activation Plan Liaison to the served agency  Group Alerting Phone trees Paging Email  Self-Activation  En Route

16. Activation BEFORE YOU ACTIVATE  See to your own safety  See to the safety of your family  See to the safety of your property THEN RESPOND!

17. Setup, Initial Operation, & Shutdown  Specific to team and served agency  May need to ‘check in’ at a staging area  May need to respond to a chaotic situation  Travel may be hard or impossible  Nets may be ad hoc at first  Organization & planning may break down initially

18. Operations Setup Arriving at the site  Identification  Setup Determine who is in charge Information Gathering Shutdown Departure Debriefing

19. Operations  Security  Dealing with stress & fatigue  Dealing with egos  Message relays  Long term operation  Specialized assignments

20. Logistics  Choosing your frequencies  Resource management  Knowing your resources  Network coverage Pretesting is essential!  Battery Management  Generators & power

21. Other Opportunities  Regularly scheduled nets  Local classrooms  On-air training  Public service events  Internet

22. QUESTIONS?