[K3CAL] ARRL Courses

[Jim Tetlow]

Guys, you made me go back and look at my earlier letter. 

 

I'm sorry for the confusion I never said you needed EC-001 for RACES.

 

EC-001 is ARES certification, not RACES. 

 

We are a RACES and ARES club.

 

I have all my FEMA /NIMS RACES certs. FEMA is FREE!

 

I was looking into getting ARES Certified as it would reinforce Traffic and
message handling. 

 

I know you do not have to be certified EC-001 to work in the EOC (RACES) as
of now. 

 

Knowing the EC-001 methodology would be a great advantage to a RACES
operator. I have not found a FEMA course in RACES as of yet (still looking).


 

I know you do not have to be certified to work ARES events and incidents,
but I was disappointed to find there was a cost for the course (non
reimbursable).

 

I just didn't feel it was right to charge volunteers for this course.

 

I totally agree with Wayne's and Dick's comments, I think I confused the
facts between RACES and ARES (which could be typically easy to do).

 

 

 

Regards,

Jim Tetlow

 

K3UGA

jimtetlow at chesapeake.net

 

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