B.E.A.R.S. - W4TCH

Hurricane Preparedness

• NOAA National Hurricane Center
• Hurricane Watch Net
• My Fox Hurricane
• Storm Team 8 Hurricane Guide

Tampa Bay Area Amateur Radio Clubs

• Brandon Amateur Radio Society, Inc
• Clearwater Amateur Radio Society, Inc
• St. Petersburg Amateur Radio Club
• Sun City Center Amateur Radio Club
• Tampa Amateur Radio Club

Free F.E.M.A. Online Courses

LINKS for the IS 100,200,700,800 free online courses from FEMA for First Responders. This series of four courses are for middle to upper management and must be completed by 2014. Most First Responder Agencies have already complied with this federal mandate.

Hospital Volunteers should take at least IS 100H. Depending on your current responsibilities more courses may be required. Taking all 4 courses would take a total of 15 hours conservatively. You can stop and resume the material but not the exam which must be completed at one sitting.

The courses are online and state how long they will take and after successful final completion of the open book exam you are sent via email, a printable certificate. Links checked as correct as of 07/07/2011 AG4ZG.

• Introduction to Incident Command System IS 100B, or For Hospital workers and volunteers use this version of IS 100H.
• ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents IS 200B, or For Hospital workers and volunteers use this version of IS 200Hca.
• National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction IS 700A.
• National Response Plan (NRP), An Introduction IS 800B.

• Citizen's Guide to Disaster Assistance.
• Are You Ready? An In-depth Guide to Citizen Preparedness.
• Ham Radio Operators might want to take this one also. IS 802B.