N5FDL Amateur Radio

Recommended Training Resources

Here is a list of 15 free courses that are available online, mostly from FEMA. The ARRL requires most of these for ARES senior managers. They are presented in the order in which they should be taken and courses marked with an * should be considered mandatory for the prepared Amateur Radio emergency responder. Additionally, the California SEMS class—in person, offered by Tracy CERT, will need to be completed (it’s not just a good idea, it’s the law).

*American Red Cross “Introduction to Disaster Services” 
http://www.redcross.org/flash/course01_v01/  (Not an ARRL requirement)

*ICS-100.a  (Introduction to the Incident Command System) 
http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/IS100a.asp 

*ICS-200.a  (ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents) 
http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/IS200a.asp 

*IS-700.a (National Incident Management System, An Introduction) 
http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/IS700a.asp 

(ICS-300 is a classroom course that is highly recommended, but not required)

*IS-800.b (National Response Framework, An Introduction) 
http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/IS800b.asp 

IS-802 (Emergency Support Functions Communications) 
http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/IS802.asp (Not an ARRL requirement)

IS-240 (Leadership & Influence) 
http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/is240.asp 

IS-241 (Decision Making & Problem Solving) 
http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/is241.asp 

IS-244 (Developing and Managing Volunteers) 
http://training.fema.gov/EMIweb/IS/is244.asp 

IS-120.a (An Introduction to Exercises) 
http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/IS120A.asp 

IS-139 (Exercise Design) 
http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/is139.asp

IS-130 (Exercise Evaluation and Improvement Planning) 
http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/IS130.asp  

The complete FEMA Independent Study Course List  can be found at http://training.fema.gov/IS/crslist.asp