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 The Office of Emergency Management (OEM) will be conducting G-300 Intermediate ICS (20 hours) and G-400 Advanced ICS (12 hours) training in August 2010.  Registration for this training is through Preparing Texas (http://www.preparingtexas.org/) website.  Applicants for the training will need to create a user account on the Preparing Texas website and then register for the appropriate course(s) after the user account has been established.  All training will be conducted in the Amarillo/Potter/Randall EOC located at 808 S. Buchanan St.  Seating is limited; registration is on a first come, first serve basis. 

G-300 – ICS-300: Intermediate Incident Command System for Expanding Incidents

This course provide training on resources for personnel who require advanced application of the Incident Command System (ICS). This course expands upon information covered in the ICS-100 and ICS-200 courses.

Target Audience:
State, county, local officials and volunteers who may assume a supervisory role in expanding incidents or Type 3 incidents.

G-300 Intermediate ICS:  August 10 & 11 – 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., August 12 – 8:00 a.m. to noon.

G-300 Prerequisites: ICS-100, ICS-200, IS-700

 G-400 – ICS-400: Advanced Incident Command System, Command and General Staff

This one and a half day course provides training and resources for personnel who require advanced application of the Incident Command System (ICS). The course expands upon information covered in the ICS-100 through ICS-300 courses.

Target Audience:
State, county, local officials and volunteers who may assume a supervisory role in expanding incidents or Type 3 incidents.

G-400 Advanced ICS: August 12 – 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., August 13 – 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

G-400 Prerequisites: ICS-100, ICS-200, IS-700, IS-800, G-300

ARES Deployment Vest with Pockets (Solid) $24.95

This reflective style vest is similar to the type you’d see police or runners wearing. Place this green “bib” over your shirt or jacket. Solid neon with front pockets and large front and back reflector panels. Imprinted with the words “AMATEUR RADIO EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS” on one side and the ARES logo on the other. Lightweight. Fold it up, and store this small handful in your immediate-response kit. Great for ARES volunteers, emergency and public service use.

ARES Deployment Vest (Mesh) $15.95

This reflective style vest is similar to the type you’d see police or runners wearing. Place this green “bib” over your shirt or jacket. Constructed of neon mesh with large front and back reflector panels. Imprinted with the words “AMATEUR RADIO EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS” on one side and the ARES logo on the other. Lightweight. Fold it up, and store this small handful in your immediate-response kit. Great for ARES volunteers, emergency and public service use.

PARC ARES Chair Bob Sanders, N5TBD, has advised us in the last ARES meeting that reflective vests such as these will be a requirement in almost any emergency deployment scenario. Bob suggests that we all purchase a vest from the ARRL. You can purchase your own from the links above, or you can bring cash, check or a money order in to the next ARES meeting on July 13th, and we can submit a bulk order for all ARES members and save some money on shipping. If necessary the vests can be paid for once they are received.

Now you can receive text message alerts directly to your cell phone. This feature can be used by the site administrators to notify users of pending SKYWARN activation, or any emergency which may require ARES activation. To sign up to receive this service from PanhandleARES.org simply enter your phone number with the area code into the right column of the website under “Text Message Alerts”

If you have signed up for Text Message Alerts, and you would like to be removed from the list, please email me with your phone number and service provider. christopher.seright@dhs.gov

Spotter training will be offered at our ARES meeting on March 9, 2010, and will be open to the public. Please remember that this certification is only valid for 2 years. If you are unable to attend the training at the ARES meeting, there are many more training sessions available. Follow the link below for more information.

2010 Spotter Training Schedule

What: “Scouting for Meteorologists” is a biennial outreach by the National Weather Service in Amarillo to Girl Scouts of the Texas Oklahoma Plains, and Boy Scouts of the Golden Spread Council, who are interested in weather as a career or hobby. Scouts are invited to become a “Meteorologist for a Day” and to meet and interact with meteorologists from different segments of the career field, such as television, emergency management, storm spotters and the National Weather Service. Participants will have the opportunity to:

• Generate a forecast or a warning
• Participate in a severe weather simulation
• Create a brief TV weather broadcast
• Provide weather support during an emergency incident
• Experiment with weather models
• Learn the concepts of storm spotting
• Prepare for a career in meteorology

Where: National Weather Service office at 1900 English Road, Amarillo, Texas 79108

Who: Registered Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts who are currently enrolled in grades 6-12

When: Saturday, March 27 from 8:30 am to Noon.

TWITTER ADDED TO FEDERAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE NETWORK –

FEMA said that beginning next January individuals in distress will be able to send direct messages to @t911help and, in turn, the root servers at Twitter will tap IP addresses and geolocation databases to track down and alert the closest first responders. Read on:
http://ifwnewsletters.newsletters.infoworld.com/t/4696736/120835154/179947/0/

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