Training
Gwinnett County ARES has developed the Basic Emergency Communications material based on the ARRL EC-001 class. This material is not intended to replace the ARRL classes but simply to ensure that all ARES members issued a Gwinnett ARES ID have met a basic level of proficiency. 

Additional training material below includes presentations from previous meetings and other useful documents.

For a list of training requirements for Gwinnett ARES, check the information on the Join Us page.
 

 
Gwinnett County Training Material
(Required to receive new Gwinnett ARES ID
     Basic Emergency Communications Material
     Basic Emergency Communications Test


     Email completed test to the AEC - Training for scoring
     and to record completion of course
ARRL EC course registration
Colorado ARES training material
         (source for most of the ARRL EC courses) 

ARRL (National) ARES Training Material
     Public Service Communications Manual (formatted)
     ARRL Public Service Communications Manual (Online)
     ARES Field Resources Manual
     Emergency Coordinators Manual

Skywarn and National Weather Service
     Basic Spotter Manual
     Advanced Spotter Manual
American Red Cross Community Disaster Education Materials
Atlanta Red Cross classroom courses
FEMA Saferooms (Check out their links)
FEMA Emergency Management Institute - Independent Study Course List
Citizen Corps - Citizen Preparedness Publications
Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Training Materials
   
Presentations and Material Available for Download
Message Handling (presented October, 2006)
Packet Primer (presented November, 2006)
Net Control Presentation (presented January, 2007)
Tornado Drill Review (presented February, 2007)
Winlink 2000 Presentation (presented May, 2007)
Search & Rescue Presentation (presented January, 2008)
          Dennis Martin S&R Case Study

Preparedness Awareness (presented February, 2008)
Weather Reporting Criteria (presented February, 2008)

Digital Saturday Presentations (March, 2008)
APRS Presentation
PSK31 Presentation
PSK31 Optimization
PSK31 Tips
Getting Started With Digipan
D-STAR Operations and Programming
D-STAR Data
Packet Basics

Using Winlink 2000