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4. SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA ARES GROUP EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS TRAINING Serve the function you signed up to serve! DO NOT talk to the press – let the served agency’s PIO do it! Be sure you sign-in as a volunteer.

5. SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA ARES GROUP EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS TRAINING Network Theory & Design of Emergency Communication Systems Characteristics of Communication Channels Characteristics of Communication Channels Telephones Telephones Cellular Phones Cellular Phones Fax Fax Two-Way Radios Two-Way Radios Trunked Radio Systems Trunked Radio Systems Packet Radio Packet Radio Store & Forward Systems Store & Forward Systems Other Modes Other Modes

6. SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA ARES GROUP EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS TRAINING Emergency Communication Organizations & Systems ARES ARES RACES RACES SATERN SATERN Rapid Response Team (RRT) Rapid Response Team (RRT) ARES Mutual Assistance Team (ARESMAT) ARES Mutual Assistance Team (ARESMAT) MARS MARS NTS NTS Local Radio Clubs Local Radio Clubs SHARES SHARES FNARS FNARS REACT REACT EAS EAS

7. SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA ARES GROUP EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS TRAINING Served Agency Communications Systems State & Local Government Radio Systems State & Local Government Radio Systems Medical Radio Systems Medical Radio Systems Community Repeater Systems Community Repeater Systems Trunked Radio Systems Trunked Radio Systems APCO 25 Radio Systems APCO 25 Radio Systems Telephones Telephones Satellite Telephones Satellite Telephones Satellite Data Systems Satellite Data Systems

8. SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA ARES GROUP EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS TRAINING Basic Communication Skills Listening Listening Microphone Techniques Microphone Techniques Brevity & Clarity Brevity & Clarity Plain Language Plain Language Phonetics Phonetics Pro-Words Pro-Words Tactical Call Signs Tactical Call Signs Station ID Station ID Completing a Call Completing a Call

9. SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA ARES GROUP EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS TRAINING Introduction to Emergency Nets Net Formats Net Formats Directed Directed Open Open Types of Emergency Nets Types of Emergency Nets Traffic Nets Traffic Nets Tactical Nets Tactical Nets Resource Nets Resource Nets Informational Nets Informational Nets

10. SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA ARES GROUP EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS TRAINING Introduction to Emergency Nets Checking Into an Emergency Net Checking Into an Emergency Net Passing Traffic (messages) Passing Traffic (messages) “Breaking” the Net “Breaking” the Net Checking Out of an Emergency Net Checking Out of an Emergency Net Level of Nets Level of Nets Nets to NTS Nets to NTS Non Voice Nets Non Voice Nets

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13. SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA ARES GROUP EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS TRAINING Formal vs. Informal Messages Formal vs. Informal Messages Informal Verbal Messages Informal Verbal Messages Formal Written Message Format Formal Written Message Format

14. SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA ARES GROUP EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS TRAINING Traffic Handling and Amateur Radio R.F. Hill Amateur Radio Club Jim Cottrell KB3DEN

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18. SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA ARES GROUP EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS TRAINING HXA__(Followed by number.) Collect landline delivery authorized by addressee within [....] miles, (If no number, authorization is unlimited.). HXB__(Followed by number.) Cancel message if not delivered within [....] hours of filing time; service originating station. HXCReport date and time of delivery of the message back to the originating station. HXDReport to originating station the identity of station from which received, plus date and time. Report identity of station to which relayed, plus date and time, or if delivered, report date and time and method of delivery (by service message). HXEDelivering station get reply from addressee, originate message back. HXF__(Followed by a number.) Hold delivery until [date]. HXGDelivery by mail or landline toll call not required. If toll call or other expense involved, cancel message and send service message back to originating station. Handling Instructions

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30. SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA ARES GROUP EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS TRAINING The Importance of the Signature The Importance of the Signature Copying Hints Copying Hints Modified Message Form for Disaster Modified Message Form for Disaster Service Messages Service Messages Logging & Record Keeping Logging & Record Keeping

31. SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA ARES GROUP EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS TRAINING Writing Techniques For Message Copying & Logging Writing Techniques For Message Copying & Logging Message Authoring – Them Or Us? Message Authoring – Them Or Us? Message Security & Privacy Message Security & Privacy Informal Messages Informal Messages

32. SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA ARES GROUP EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS TRAINING Practice Message Handling Exercise

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34. SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA ARES GROUP EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS TRAINING  Net Control Station (NCS)  Alternate Net Control Station (ANCS)  Net Scripts  Net Members  Bulletin Stations  Liaison Station  Relay Stations  Non Voice Modes

35. SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA ARES GROUP EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS TRAINING  What is the ICS?  What the ICS is not!  The ICS Structure  How Does An EMCOMM Group “Fit- In” The ICS?

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37. SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA ARES GROUP EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS TRAINING Jump Kits Pre-Planning Information Training & Education

38. SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA ARES GROUP EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS TRAINING Initial Notification by Served Agency Group Alerting Systems Telephone Tree Paging E-mail Texting Self Activation I have been notified – Now What?

39. SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA ARES GROUP EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS TRAINING Home & Family First House Family Should You Leave at All? Your First – The Mission Second Food Water Sleep Personal Hygiene Safety in an Unsafe Situation Shelter Protect Your Eyes & Sight

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