Invitation to Become a Member
Clark County ARES/RACES is a group of licensed ham radio operators who have volunteered to provide emergency and disaster communications support to our community. Members develop and maintain emergency communications skills via ongoing training and regular participation in drills and exercises. Prior to applying for membership, please take the four free on-line classes offered by FEMA (IS-800, IS-700, IS-100, and IS-200). Click here for more information about joining.
Cascadia Rising 2022 Newsletter: Click here to read the February, 2022, Edition.
Repeater changes: The Washington State Department of Natural Resources has declined to renew an amateur radio lease for the repeater site on Larch Mountain in Clark County. As a result, these repeaters are no longer operational: CLRK 25, CLRK 30, CLRK 31, CLRK 37, CLRK 42, CLRK 43. Some may be relocated and some dismantled. The Clark County ARES/RACES Handi-Card is being updated to reflect these changes.
Click on “Updated 23-February-2022” above to see older announcements
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Position Descriptions and Policies: The process of updating several sections of the Clark County ARES/RACES Resource Guide is complete. Some formatting and indexing work still needs to be done, but they have been released and can be viewed here:
• Position Descriptions and Training Opportunities
• Policy - Member Participation and Retention
• Policy - Served Agency Relationships
For a chart of training classes by position, click here.
Updated NIFOG: Version 2.0 of the National Interoperability Field Operations Guide (NIFOG) has been released by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. According to FEMA Region 10, “The NIFOG is a technical reference for emergency communications planning and for technicians responsible for radios, telephone, satellite, and internet communications, that will be used during exercises, special events or disaster response. It includes rules and regulations for use of nationwide and other interoperability channels, tables of frequencies, standard channel names, and other reference material.” Members are encouraged to download this new (August 2021) version.
Notice: Until COVID-19 meeting restrictions are lifted, all General Meetings will be virtual on either Free Conference Call or Zoom. Contact your Team Leader or the EC for the URL.
Did you miss a virtual meeting? Click here to access our meetings playlist on YouTube.