Educational Web Sites


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Training

  • ARRL Level 1, 2 and 3 et.al.
    ARRL Certification and Continuing Education (C-CE)
    Please consider taking: Level 1 Amateur Radio Emergency Communications EC-001
    Per ARRL as of 3/15/06: There are no grants available, at this time, for course reimbursement.
    ARRL UPDATES AMATEUR RADIO EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS LEVEL 3 COURSE
  • FEMA Online Training
    Emergency Management Courses at a virtual school. Certificates are provided. Course and registration are free.
    FEMA Independent Study Program: Priority Courses:
    IS-100 Introduction to Incident Command System
    IS-700 National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction
    IS-200 Basic Incident Command System (IS-100 is a pre-requisite)
    IS-800 National Response Plane, An Introduction
    IS-242 Effective Communication (There is a lot more to communication than talking on the radio. There are three parts to any communication; the sender, the receiver, and the channel. We are just the channel.)
  • ARRL Certification and Continuing Education (C-CE)
    Radio related courses other than EmComm.
  • Red Cross
    First Aid and CPR

  • Red Cross
    Disaster Services Training

  • Basic Storm Spotter Training

  • Community Hurricane Preparedness


    • Colorado ARES has some very good online training, including "Basic" training, testing, Emergency Coordinator, and NTS training.

    The following sites offer some good training material and may be used for general training by the Philadelphia ARES group. Please note that as these are for Virginia RACES not everything may not be applicable to Philadelphia ARES.
  • RACES Training
    Courtesy of the Arlington, VA Radio Public Service Club

  • RACES Training
    Courtesy of Virginia RACES, Inc.
  • SATERN Training Courtesy of SATERN, North American Command, Chicago.

    Suggested Reading

    Reference: The ARRL catalog

  • EPA ARES Emergency Communications Plan
  • The ARRL Emergency Communication Handbook
  • Emergency Power for Radio Communications -- by Michael Bryce, WB8VGE
  • ARES Field Resource Manual -- This manual is intended to serve as a quick trainer and field resource guide for the emergency communicator.
  • Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Course -- Level I -- This manual provides an introduction to Amateur Radio Emergency Communications.
  • Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Course -- Level II -- This manual provides intermediate instruction for the Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Course.
  • Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Course -- Level III -- This manual provides advanced instruction for the Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Course.
  • The ARRL Net Directory -- Also contains excellent Message handling instruction pages.
  • Public Service Comunications Manual S1C1

  • NOAA Storm Spotters Guide


    • Guidelines for supporting a Public Service Event.
    Reference page, miscellaneous information.