New Castle County Emergency Operations Group

New Castle County

Emergency Operations Group

Amateur Radio supporting the New Castle County Office of Emergency Management
Questions about ARES® or RACES (302) 689-6188

Office of Emergency Management
Contact info:

Address: 3601 N. DuPont Highway
New Castle, De 19720

Directions

Phone: (302) 395-2700
Fax: (302) 395-2705

FOR EMERGENCIES DIAL 911

(Click the logo to go to the site)

Terror-Alert.com

Delaware ARES® / RACES Registration form

Join the growing Emergency Communications movement and give back to the community when it needs help the most.

EMCOMM NEWS

House Concurrent Resolution No. 50 6/1/2010

Blizzard of February 2010 pictures

NCCEOG Picture Archive

2009 New Castle County Public Safety Awards Ceremony [May 14, 2009]

NETS:

Delaware Traffic Net-1830 local time, Monday through Friday 3.905 Mhz (+/-QRM) LSB

Delaware Emergency Phone Net- 1800 local time, Saturdays 3.905 Mhz (+/-QRM) LSB

Delmarva Emergency Net-1830 local time Sundays 3.905 Mhz (+/-QRM) LSB

CARES Net (Christiana ARES) 2000 local time, Tuesday 146.730 Wilmington Repeater

Skywarn Net 2100 Thursday many area repeaters. See the info page here

UPCOMING EVENTS/DRILLS/EXERCISES/CERTIFICATION TRAINING:

EVENTS:

DRILLS/EXERCISES:

CERTIFICATION / TRAINING

CERT:

New Castle County CERT [Community Emergency Response Team] Classes.

Happening throughout the year, call 395-2700 and ask to get on the waiting/mailing list.

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New Castle County-DE Amateur Radio Licensing/Other Classes

Classes Currently Running

None

Classes Planned in the near future:

See below for details

Get on the waiting list for the next Technician [level II] Amateur Radio class licensing class.

No classes scheduled at this time. If you are interested in getting into Ham Radio through a classroom experience, please E-mail w3rsm@ncceog.org to be put on the waiting list.

"We teach you how to be a Ham, not just how to pass the test!"

Results of previous NCCEOG Licensing Classes

For the DEMA training Calendar for classroom NIMS/ICS courses, go to
http://dema.delaware.gov/services/calendar/Trng_Cal.shtml

For FEMA NIMS/ICS online courses go to
http://www.fema.gov/emergency/nims/NIMSTrainingCourses.shtm and scroll down to the Emergency management Institute section.

ARRL Amateur Radio Emergency Communications online courses

Level 1 Amateur Radio Emergency Communications
EC-001

A basic course to raise awareness and provide additional knowledge and tools for any emergency communications volunteer. This course has 23 lesson units, is expected to take approximately 25 hours to complete over an 8-week period. Basic computer, Internet, and email navigational skills are required. Senior hams are encouraged to participate!

Each lesson consists of text, quiz questions, and Student Activities, which are required for successful completion. The course also includes an online 25 question Final Assessment. A score of 80% is required to pass. Every student is assigned a mentor/instructor to review student activities, guide him/her through the course and determine when all course requirements have been successfully completed.

Cost: $50.00 (ARRL Member), $85.00 (Nonmember)

https://www.arrl.org/online-course-enroll?co_num=EC-001

Level 2 Amateur Radio Emergency Communications
EC-002 DISCONTINUED

Level 3 Amateur Radio Emergency Communications
EC-003, Revison 2 DISCONTINUED

NEW! EC-016 Public Service and Emergency Communications Management for Radio Amateurs

Prerequisites:

ICS-100 Introduction to Incident Command System

ICS-200 ICS for Single Incidents and Initial Action Incidents

IS-700 NIMS: An Introduction

NIMS ICS-300, Intermediate Incident Command System, a classroom course, is also highly recommended, but not required. Throughout this course you will find additional FEMA courses that are referenced as preparation for topics within the course. The additional courses required are the following:

IS-800 National Response Framework

IS-240 Leadership & Influence

IS-241 Decision Making & Problem Solving

IS-250 Emergency Support Function 15 (ESF-15) External Affairs

IS-1 Emergency Manager, An Orientation to the Position

IS-288 The Role of Voluntary Agencies in Emergency Management

IS-244 Developing and Managing Volunteers

IS-120.a An Introduction to Exercises

IS-130 Exercise Evaluation and Improvement Planning

IS-139 Exercise Design

http://www.arrl.org/online-course-catalog

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Other Ham Radio Links

New Castle County Communication Corps.

N3UZ Northern Delaware VE Testing Website

Delaware Repeater Association

First State Amateur Radio Club

Kent Count Amateur Radio Club

University of Delaware A.R.C.

American Radio Relay League

ARRL Delaware Section (DE)

RACES Website

QSL.net RACES pages

Related Government/EmComm Links