Colorado ARES District 24 - News

Join Us for Field Day 2010

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:11:20 GMT

ARES District 24 wants to invite you to join us for Field Day this coming weekend, June 26^th and 27^th. This is the biggest weekend of the year for ham radio operators where groups of hams all over the country go into the field and operate without commercial power or infrastructure to simulate long range radio communications during a disaster. District 24 has been planning our Field Day site since January and we're expecting about 30 participants operating 'round the clock from Saturday at noon to Sunday noon. Setup on a 75 acre parcel east of Kiowa, this is truly a beautiful spot on the Colorado plains.

The public is welcome and we encourage visitors to check out what Field Day and amateur radio is all about. The District 24 Field Day site is located 19 miles east of downtown Kiowa off Highway 86 and the GPS coordinates are 39° 15.821' N 104° 09.144' W. For more information about Field Day visit http://www.arrl.org/field-day. ∆

Correction: Field Day actually takes place on June 26-27, not June 25-26 as previously indicated [2010-06-24 07:01 UTC].

ARES District 24 Hosts Weather Spotter Training

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:21:00 GMT

By PERRY LUNDQUIST, W6AUN, EC District 24 - Monday, April 19, 2010.

  HIGHLANDS RANCH - Do you want to learn more about what causes severe weather and how to accurately report what you see?

  Join us Thursday evening 4/29 at 7:00pm when ARES District 24 hosts severe weather spotter training in Parker.

  This one-evening class is taught by a National Weather Service Forecaster from the NWS Offices in Boulder.  The evening includes both Basic and Advanced spotter training with an emphasis on safety.  The training is open to the public, so be sure to join us for an informative evening.

  The location of the training is the South Metro Fire Rescue Authority's Park Glenn facility, 10235 South Park Glenn Way, Parker, CO 80138. ∆

District 24 Supports Interface Drill

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:55:13 GMT

By PERRY LUNDQUIST, W6AUN, EC District 24 - Monday, April 12, 2010.

  ROXBOROUGH PARK - On Saturday, April 10^th, Douglas County's Office of Emergency Management organized the fourth annual Douglas County Interface Drill.

  The I-Drill is designed as a training exercise for fire responders allowing them to practice fire fighting skills needed to attack wild land fires in urban interface areas.

  At the request of Douglas County OEM, ARES and RACES personnel from District 24 provided communications support services for the I-Drill.  District 24 members set up and maintained two portable repeater sites that were used for exercise command and logistics communications.

  District 24 members also managed communications resources that were used by exercise participants during the event. ∆

New Features on ARESD24.org Keep Members Informed

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:01:04 GMT

By FLINT GATRELL, N0FHG, Webmaster aresd24.org

PARKER - Visitors to the ARESD24.org website today will see at least one new feature, the ARES D24 Twitter feed, and a new background feature, an RSS feed featuring District news.

Displayed on the left-hand side of the page, the Twitter feed will allow visitors not on Twitter to view time-sensitive updates posted by District staff. Time-critical information is important to any emergency organization, especially District 24.

The new RSS feed will enable members and visitors to keep up to date on District news featured on the ARESD24.org website.

Both features intend to make it even easier for members to stay informed about District happenings. The Colorado ARES District 24 - News feed can be syndicated to an email program such as Microsoft^® Outlook, a smart phone program such as PureRSS for Android, custom browser home page, or any other RSS feed aggregator.

To add either feed directly to your chosen feed reader, use the following links:

Colorado ARES District 24 - News: http://www.aresd24.org/news.xml
Twitter / ARESD24: http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/23558963.rss

The District employs multiple methods for communicating general and critical information to its members and served agencies, including email lists, text messaging/SMS, Skype, and especially: amateur radio. Twitter and the Colorado ARES District 24 - News feed provide even more methods of communication.∆

Training Opportunity: ICS-300, Intermediate ICS

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:35:00 GMT

By FLINT GATRELL, N0FHG, Webmaster aresd24.org
[Colorado ARES District 24 - News only]

PARKER - An "ICS-300: Intermediate ICS" course offered by the Environmental Response Training Program will be held in Lakewood, Colorado, April 26 - April 28, 2010.

District 24 Training Officer, Rob Rude (K0RAR), notified all members through the district mailing lists of the two and a half day course. All members are encouraged to continue their ICS education beyond the minimum requirements for fully-deployable status, and this course will provide such an opportunity. District 22 extended an invitation to District 24 members to participate in an ICS-300 course they sponsored last month.

Please click here for course and registration information.∆