Code of conduct
All ARES members are expected to abide by the ARRL Iowa Section ARES Code of Conduct.
How to Join
There is no membership requirement to check into the weekly net on Sundays! Hoping to see you there!
If you are interested in joining JC ARES/RACES please fill out the following application form and send it to the JC ARES Emergency Coordinator (email address on the contact page).
Johnson County Emergency Management (JCEMA) Requirements
All amateur radio operators participating in emergencies with JCEMA must complete the FEMA training courses. A secondary reason for requiring these courses is that grant money from various government organizations requires certification of all emergency participants, including volunteers.
Federal Emergency Management AgenCy
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) REQUIRES all volunteers, including amateur radio operators, to have completed the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) IS-100, IS-200, IS-700 and IS-800 course material. These courses are available as on-line independent-study courses that are free of charge at the links below.
First, to enroll in these classes, you will need to obtain a FEMA Student Identification Number (SID). Register for a FEMA SID
Then, you will need to complete the following courses and send a copy of the completion certificates to the JC ARES Emergency Coordinator:
- IS-100: Introduction to the Incident Command System
- IS-200: Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response
- IS-700: An Introduction to the National Incident Management System
- IS-800: National Response Framework, An Introduction
Background Check
To obtain certain operating privileges with our JCEMA, a criminal background check is required. For more details contact us.
ARRL Class
We also highly recommend the ARRL EC-001, “Introduction to Emergency Communication” course so that everyone has fundamental knowledge of how amateur radio operates as part of emergency communications.