[SJRA-Members] Fwd: Auxiliary Communications (AUXCOMM) Course for Amateur Radio Operators

[Richard Lawn]

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Rick, W2JAZ

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From: Mosley, William [OIT] <William.Mosley at tech.nj.gov>
Date: Mon, Oct 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Subject: Auxiliary Communications (AUXCOMM) Course for Amateur Radio
Operators
To:


Dear Amateur Radio Colleagues,



We’re pleased to announce an upcoming Auxiliary Communicator (AUXC /
AUXCOMM) course to strengthen New Jersey’s public safety communications
surge capacity and interoperability for the upcoming year. With the FIFA
World Cup 2026, Sail 250, and the 250 Celebration for the United States our
public safety partners will be busy.

The Auxiliary Communications (AUXCOMM) course trains amateur radio
operators to serve as auxiliary communicators during all-hazards emergency
operations or planned events.

Description: This course is designed for auxiliary communicators who
volunteer to provide backup emergency communications support to "public
safety" agencies. Volunteer communications operators/groups, using amateur
radio, and other communications platforms, have been providing emergency
backup communications to the public safety sector for over 100 years. Event
planners, public safety officials, and emergency managers at all levels of
government utilize their services. Often, AUXCOMM services have been used
when other forms of communications have failed or have been significantly
disrupted. Today, nearly every state/territory has incorporated some level
of participation by AUXCOMM personnel into their communications plans. This
course focuses on auxiliary communications interoperability, the
relationship between the COML and AUXCOOM volunteers, emergency operations
center (EOC) etiquette, on-the-air etiquette, Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) rules and regulations, auxiliary communications training
and planning, and emergency communications deployment. The course is
intended to supplement and standardize a volunteer operator’s experience
and knowledge of emergency amateur radio communications in a public safety
context. Course materials and the AUXCOMM Position Task Book will be
provided to students via digital download prior to the course start date.

This course is 2 ½  days long and is limited to 20 students.

Class Prerequisites

To attend this course, applicants must have the following prerequisites:

   - An active FCC amateur radio license is recommended but not required
   - Past experience in amateur radio emergency communications
   - A desire to work with COMLs in a NIMS/ICS environment
   - An affiliation with a public safety agency
   - Completion of the following FEMA training courses:
      - IS-100, Introduction to the ICS
      - IS-200, ICS for Single Resources and Initial Incidents
      - IS-700, National Incident Management System (NIMS), an Introduction
      - IS-800, National Response Framework (NRF), an Introduction




*Dates: *March 6 - 8, 2026


*Times: *Friday 1900-2200, Saturday & Sunday 0800-1600


*Location: *Middlesex County Fire Academy
1001 Fire Academy Drive
<https://www.google.com/maps/search/1001+Fire+Academy+Drive+%0D%0ASayreville,+NJ?entry=gmail&source=g>
Sayreville, NJ
<https://www.google.com/maps/search/1001+Fire+Academy+Drive+%0D%0ASayreville,+NJ?entry=gmail&source=g>


*Registration: *Login or create new account at
https://njoets.imagetrendlicense.com/lms/public/portal#/login
Click link to register for courses towards NJ Office of Telecommunications
Services. Choose Auxiliary Communications (AUXCOMM) then
apply.
For Registration Questions: William.Mosley at tech.nj.gov / 609-575-2766


*Cost: *No cost for course

Please share course announcement with all Public Safety Affiliated Amateur
Radio Communicators.



73’s

Will
(W2WWM)
<https://www.google.com/maps/search/300+Riverview+Plaza+%0D%0A+Trenton,+NJ+08611?entry=gmail&source=g>



Will Mosley

*Statewide Interoperability Coordinator*



New Jersey Information Technology

Office of Emergency Telecommunications Systems

300 Riverview Plaza
<https://www.google.com/maps/search/300+Riverview+Plaza+%0D%0A+Trenton,+NJ+08611?entry=gmail&source=g>

Trenton, NJ 08611
<https://www.google.com/maps/search/300+Riverview+Plaza+%0D%0A+Trenton,+NJ+08611?entry=gmail&source=g>

*(**P**)rimary:* (609) 376.7156

*(**A**)lternate:* william.mosley at tech.nj.gov (eMail or MS Teams)

*(**C**)ontingent:* (609) 575.2766 or (609) 805.2327

*(**E**)mergent:* @mosly.will.njoit (Bridge4PS) <https://www.bridge4ps.com/>



What is PACE?
<https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2024-10/2024_NCSWICPTE_Leveraging_PACE_Plan_Emergency_Comms_Ecosystems.pdf>






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