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The Olmsted S.E.T. for September 19th is less than a week away. Here are some points of information to plan for. The county aluminum tower setup is rescheduled for October 3rd at 10:00 AM for ARES training, not this Saturday as previously planned. The national S.E.T. is happening on October 3rd and 4th too. The…
The following self-directed courses are available for free through FEMA.ARES members are encouraged to take them in order to get familiarized with the Incident Command System in use nationally. IS-100b Introduction to the Incident Command System: http://training.fema.gov/IS/courseOverview.aspx?code=IS-100.b IS-200 Basic Incident Command System: http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/is200.asp IS-700 National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction: http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/is700.asp IS-800 National Response Plan (NRP), An…
NBEMS stands for ‘Narrow Band Emergency Messaging System’. It is becoming a widely accepted standard for amateur emcomm digital communications. We use NBEMS in our Thursday night net . These tutorials show how to set up and use NBEMS: Narrow Band Emergency Messaging Software (NBEMS) FLDigi (soundcard modem) and FLMsg (message handler) are the two main applications needed…
Olmsted County ARES Radio Communications Plan: Olmsted County / MN ARES Frequencies: MN ARES HF/VHF/UHF Frequency Pools Sample Channel Listing Emergency Management Grid Maps: Olmsted County Grid Map Southeast MN 11-County Grid Map [This post needs to be updated to be much more user friendly, thanks for your patience!]
An ARES net is activated when threatening situations warrant as determined by the National Weather Service in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, or by the Olmsted County or Rochester Emergency Operations Centers. Skywan nets are directed nets and all communications is controlled by the net control station (NCS) using net procedures. Contact Steve Wiebke (W0STV), for more information on becoming a…
Olmsted County ARES Organization The Olmsted county ARES (Amateur Radio Emergency Service) organization provides emergency communications for real and simulated emergency events in southeast Minnesota.The ARES organization provides emergency communications support for VOAD, Channel One, the American Red Cross, Rochester Police Department, Rochester EOC, and Fire Deparment, the Olmsted County office of Emergency Management and the…
An ARES net is activated when threatening situations warrant as determined by the National Weather Service in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, or by the Olmsted County or Rochester Emergency Operations Centers. Skywan nets are directed nets and all communications is controlled by the net control station (NCS) using net procedures. Contact Steve Wiebke (W0STV), for more information on becoming a…
The Sunday Night ARES net rotates through the Rochester VHF repeaters weekly. Schedule of repeaters is listed here.