WRC ARES Documents and Information

2023 WILDFIRE INFORMATION LINKS

1. The live incident feed for the Riverside County Fire Department https://rvcfire.org/incidents

2. Riverside County Fire Incidents Details
   https://rvcfire.org/incidents/fact-sheets

3. The CalFire Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
   fire.ca.gov

4. CAL FIRE/Riverside County Fire Department Tweeter Feed
   (6) CAL FIRE/Riverside County Fire Department (@CALFIRERRU) / Twitter
   

5. Red Cross Shelter Information
   https://maps.redcross.org/website/maps/ARC_Shelters.html

6. Road Closures: Caltrans
   https://roads.dot.ca.gov 

7. WatchDuty Website:
   Watch Duty Wildfire Map  

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TRAINING & EXERCISES INFO

• WRC ARES Standardized Training Task Workbook (v2.6)

  • 24-Hour GoKit List

• WRC ARES April 2023 Simplex Exercise Documents & Forms – Zipped (Update Available Monday April 24th) 

• How To Take ICS Classes Online – September 2018-v2

• ARES Concept of Operations _01_ From SEC

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FORMS AND REFERENCE

• ICS-213 ARES Message Form 

• NEW ICS-213 Form with Phonetic-032518

• ICS 214-Activity Log

• ICS-309 ARES/RACES Comm Log

• NBEMS Basic Setup & Test v5 (PDF)

• ARES Manual (PDF)

• Baofeng HT Programming Flowchart

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ARCHIVES

• ARES Red Cross EMCOMM Drill Nov 14th 2020
• Old Riverside County ARES SOP (PDF)  – Out of Dated – For Reference Only

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ARES NETs Training Drill
Saturday, March 27, 2020
0900 – 1200
Zoom Recording Link
TOPIC: What are Resource and Tactical NETs and how do you participate in them.  It’s more than just “checking in”! 

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Get going with Narrow Band Emergency Messaging Software (NBEMS) – 5 videos

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Setup an Audio Practice station!