All interested KCHEART participants are welcome to join us for the KCHEART Annual Meeting which will be held by Zoom call this Saturday, January 29, 2022 at 10:00 am – 12:00 noon. We will have the Zoom call on the big screen in Fellowship Hall, Pilgrim Community Church (where Pilot …
Leavenworth County ARES® members and interested Radio Amateurs attended a Table Top Exercise (TTX) on Saturday, January 22, 2022 at the Leavenworth County EOC in Leavenworth. Beginning promptly at 0900 hours, the session lasted until 11:15 am. Although we had three original scenarios, discussion was excellent and we managed to …
Leavenworth ARES® 2021 Year-in-Review is now available in Draft form for member review and feedback. Contact Rick, NJØP if you are interested in receiving a copy. It is a 3.5 MB PDF file. If no requests are received by Jan 10, the draft will be declared final. Otherwise, reviewers have …
ARES® Emergency Communicator Individual Task Books just received a major upgrade: Centralized electronic bookkeeping. Instead of members having to keep a paper record and print the book for sign-off for each task completion, only educational achievements need be presented. The Emergency Coordinator (EC) uses a database to keep track of …
A big thanks to the great group of Leavenworth ARES members who participated in the October 2nd KC Metro Simulated Emergency Test (SET). See the graphic that appeared in the recent edition QRZ! The official wrap-up report is due by end of October. Meanwhile, see the list of 2022 Tests …
Metropolitan Kansas City will simulate a major emergency event scenario on Saturday morning, October 2, 2021. Usually emergencies give no warning, so it is important to exercise how we will respond when the real thing hits. Emergencies are a come-as-you-are events. Through regular exercise, how to properly prepare and respond …
MECC 2021 SET on October 2, 2021 takes center stage. The Mid-America Regional Council decided last week to postpone the simulated Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attack exercise due to the increased pressure on hospitals with the recent surge in COVID cases. As hospitals respond to real-world challenges, the exercise has been …
Two requirements for higher level ARES Task Books are to be able to perform as a Net Control Station (NCS) and be able to support a net as Alternate Net Control Station (ANCS) or net Logger (LOG). Guidance for both NCS and LOG have been provided under the new Operations …
The presentation file for our joint Providence-Saint John Hospital Meeting on March 15,2021 is available for download.
ARES® Task Book is an individualized record of verified tasks completed and skill levels achieved while in service to the public using your experience as Radio Amateur. The levels closely correspond with the MECC credentialing criteria but the task book has the added advantage of being your permanent, tangible record. …