K6ORI: Orinda Radio Interest Group:
Amateur, CERT, Neighborhood Watch

CERT Graduate Radio Training

The Orinda Public Safety Advisory Commission and the Orinda Radio Interest Group will present three different courses for CERT graduates and neighborhood watch captains:

• Radio 101 for CERT Team Members - this one hour course will discuss FRS and GMRS radios, licensing considerations, radio and battery care, radio settings and team frequency and tone strategies, and basic radio usage.
• Radio Networking for CERT and Neighborhood Watch teams - this two hour course will introduce the idea of a radio network that lets many people with radios work together to ensure rapid and effective communications. This course includes a drill during the session both in the room and with students scattered around the immediate area on FRS radios.
• Integrating CERT, Neighborhood Watch, and Ham Radio - this two hour course introduces the protocols and skills needed for CERT, neighborhood watch, and ham radio operators to coordinate communications among neighborhoods and with the City EOC. It covers the Orinda Disaster Plan's communications provisions and the core skills needed to establish effective communications in times of emergency.

Schedules for these three classes will be established Real Soon Now (RSN). You can email Marty Heyman to express interest in one or more of these sessions.

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