Training Information
Welcome to the Harris County ARES training section. ARES ® training is a personal commitment on your part. Your leadership team; SEC, DEC, ADEC, EC & AEC's will gladly assist you, but they can't do it for you. This section is broken out by general topic material. Any of this material may be used by the units as a part of their weekly training nets in whole or part and may be changed to meet the unit requirements.
| February | PSV-101 Bike ride survival guide (3 lessons total over Feb & Mar) |
| March | PSV-101 Bike ride survival guide |
| PSV-103 Rest stop | |
| April | PRO-101 Amateur radio operators as professionals |
| KNW-102 Are you ready? | |
| May | SAF-101 Generator safety |
| DIS-104 Why we train | |
| June | WEA-112 Rita |
| EME-102 Disaster Scene | |
| July | EME-111 Ready or Not |
| KNW-112 Go Bag 1 | |
| August | NET-105 Tactical calls |
| NET-106 Operating tips | |
| September | KNW-117 NVIS 1 (2 lessons) |
| KNW-117 NVIS 1 (2 lessons) | |
| October | NET-101 ARES Nets |
| NET-109 WAN communication outage | |
| November | NET-102 Net Control |
| MSG-104 Radiogram | |
| December | WEA-105 Storm Spotter |
| FMA-108 ICS Resources | |
Digital
Emergency
- EME-101 Alert Rediness
- EME-102 Disaster Scene
- EME-103 Emergency vs Disaster
- EME-104 Emergency redux Ida
- EME-105 Evacuation Chart
- EME-106 Evacuations
- EME-107 Legalities Emergency Communication
- EME-108 Harris County Homeland Security
- EME-109 USCG
- EME-110 MARS
- EME-111 Ready or Not
- EME-112 Wilderness
- EME-113 Wireless Response
F.E.M.A.
- FMA-101 ICS-100 Student Guide
- FMA-102 ICS-200 Student Guide
- FMA-103 ICS-700 Student Guide
- FMA-104 ICS-800 Student Guide
- FMA-105 IS-26 Guide to P.O.D.S.
- FMA-106 ICS Introduction
- FMA-107 ICS Organizational Structure
- FMA-108 ICS Resources
- FMA-109 ICS Chart
In addition here are links to the FEMA web-sites for IS courses.
- FEMA IS-100 Course - Introduction to Incident Command System
- FEMA IS-200 Course - Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents
- FEMA IS-240 Course - Leadership & Influence
- FEMA IS-241 Course - Decision Making and Problem Solving
- FEMA IS-242 Course - Effective Communication
- FEMA IS-317 Course - Introduction to Community Emergency Response Teams
- FEMA IS-700a Course - National Incident Management System (NIMS)
- FEMA IS-800 Course - National Response Framework
ICS questions in a word.doc format.
Forms we use
- FRM-101 After Action Report
- FRM-102 ICS 213. This has not been updated to reflect the new Texas 213RRTX now in WebEOC
Knowledge based training
- KNW-101 Area Repeater Map
- KNW-102 Are you ready?
- KNW-103 Basic Communication
- KNW-104 Canned ham
- KNW-105 Coax Comparison 1
- KNW-106 Coax Comparison 2
- KNW-107 Cross band repeat
- KNW-108 Extend HT Range
- KNW-109 Fixed J-pole 1
- KNW-110 Fixed J-pole 2
- KNW-111 Generator
- KNW-112 Go Bag 1
- KNW-113 Go Bag 2
- KNW-114 Inappropriate use
- KNW-115 Know your radio
- KNW-116 Light Duty Tripod
- KNW-117 NVIS 1
- KNW-118 NVIS 2
- KNW-119 NVIS 3
- KNW-120 Power Pole 101
- KNW-121 Power coax cases
- KNW-122 Power Pole 2
- KNW-123 Roll up J-pole
- KNW-124 Two Way 101
- KNW-125 Ham Typing
Messages
- MSG-101 Basic Message Forms
- MSG-102 Basic Message Parts
- MSG-103 Basic Traffic Handling
- MSG-104 Radiogram
- MSG-105 Radiogram instructions
- MSG-106 ARRL message format
Nets
- NET-101 ARES Nets
- NET-102 Net Control
- NET-103 Tactical nets
- NET-104 Operating tactical nets
- NET-105 Tactical calls
- NET-106 Operating tips
- NET-107 Operating in an emergency
- NET-108 WAN after action report
- NET-109 WAN communication outage
Projects
Public service
- PSV-101 Bike ride survival guide
- PSV-102 Public Service event coordinator
- PSV-103 Rest stop
- PSV-104 SAG
- PSV-105 Field day
Safety
- SAF-101 Generator safety
- SAF-102 Heat advisory
- SAF-103 Heat related illness
- SAF-104 Safety tips, recovery operations
- SAF-105 Hide and run
Weather
- WEA-101 Lightening protection 1
- WEA-102 Lightening protection 2
- WEA-103 Lightening protection 3
- WEA-104 Lightening protection 4
- WEA-105 Storm spotter
- WEA-106 Tropical weather
- WEA-107 Turn around
- WEA-108 Heading toward hurricane season
- WEA-109 Hurricane guide
- WEA-110 Hurricane ready
- WEA-111 Ops, Houston Galveston NWS
- WEA-112 Rita
ARRL / WGD / South Texas / District 14
- DIS-101 District 14 Emergency Communications Plan
- DIS-102 ARRL Emergency Communications Manual (FSD-9)
- DIS-103 Planning effective exercises
- DIS-104 Why we train