Contact your local A.R.E.S. Emergency Coordinator
How do
you join Suffolk County RACES?.
If you are a R.A.C.E.S. member or would like to become
one,
you must fill out the required paperwork and
complete the following E.M.I. training:
Suffolk County, LI, NY R.A.C.E.S. Application &
Loyalty Oath .pdf file
.pdf files are created with
Acrobat Exchange 4.0
IS-100 - Introduction
to Incident Command System, I-100
and
IS-700 - ICS An Introduction
to The National Incident Management System, (NIMS).
Upon completion you must send the filled out Suffolk County RACES Application
Form and
a copy of the certifications to your Local RACES Radio Officer.
They will in turn send a copy of your paperwork to the County Radio Officer,
who will in turn notify the Local Radio Officer when you will be scheduled for a
photo session.
At this time the following additional training is suggested but not required for R.A.C.E.S.:
IS-800a - ICS An Introduction
to The National Response Plan, (NRP)
IS-200 - ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents
Link to E.M.I. Training:
http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/crslist.asp
Send all R.A.C.E.S.
applications to your local R.A.C.E.S. Radio Officer
In this web
site you will find information on
A.R.E.S.; R.A.C.E.S.;
Skywarn; NDMS and links to
Suffolk County Fire, Rescue and
Emergency Services,
Suffolk County Police Department,
Suffolk County Government
Agency's,
American Red Cross,
(FEMA) Federal Emergency Management Agency,
and
other agencies served by the
Suffolk County, Long Island Amateur Radio
Emergency Services, SCLIARES.
If you
are interested in Amateur Radio Emergency Communications,
please feel
free to check into the net, or just listen in.
The Suffolk County ARES/RACES Net runs Monday nights at 9:00PM local time
on the WA2LQO Repeater, 145.330 MHz. (FM) 136.5 pl and -600hz,
or check with your local town to see if they have a ham radio club, group, or
association
that is part of SC LI A.R.E.S..
If you go to
our Links page you can see if we have a link to your town's ARES/RACES page!
The
Suffolk County R.A.C.E.S. Radio Officer is Bill Fastenau, WB2QGZ.
The Suffolk County
A.R.E.S. District Emergency Coordinator is David Wagner, KC2RCE.
If you
have info for or need info on A.R.E.S./ R.A.C.E.S. e-mail David for ARES or Bill for RACES.
Send Email to [email protected]
