Training, Certification & Credentialing
Levels of Certification and Requirements
Applicant (P)
Applicant has three months to complete the Associate Requirements. If Associate level is not attained, the application is voided and applicant must wait one year to reapply.
Requirements:
Restrictions: BCARES (Sheriff's) ID is not issued at this level
Associate (A)
BCARES (Sheriff's) ID will be issued at this level
Requirements:
- IS-100.b - Introduction to Incident Command System, ICS-100
- IS-200.b - ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents
- NCS Qualified
- Attendance at a BCARES Orientation Session
Restrictions: Deployment to established facilities only (EOCs, shelters, fair grounds, hospitals, etc.) No emergency restricted zones. No solo deployments.
Facility Support (F)
Requirements:
- All Associate Requirements
- IS-700.a NIMS An Introduction
- Operations Qualified [do 1 of 3]
- NCS qualified (annually)
- Packet Qualified (annually)
- ATV Qualified (annually)
- WEBEOC Trained and Qualified
Restrictions: Deployment to established facilities only (EOCs, shelters, fair grounds, hospitals, etc.) NO emergency restricted zone deployments.
Field Support (S)
Requirements:
- All Facility Support Requirements
- Emergency First Aid & CPR Card (bi-annually) (Most First Aid and CPR cards are good for 2 years.)
- Carry Test (CT) — Carry a fully-loaded ATV backpack with one 29 AHr battery 100 yards. No time limit. (annually)
Restrictions: None
Field Qualified (Q)
Requirements:
- All Field Support Requirements
- IS-800.B National Response Framework, An Introduction
- IS-802 Emergency Support Functions Communications
- ATV Repeater Operation & Troubleshooting Qualified (annually)
Restrictions: None
Optional / Advanced Certifications
Boulder County Training
- EOC Radio Operations Qualified (Operation of Yellow Channel)
- Boulder EOC Qualified
- Longmont EOC Qualified
- CU EOC Qualified
- Broomfield EOC Qualified
ARRL Training
FEMA Incident Command Training
- IS-244.a Developing and Managing Volunteers
- IS-250 Emergency Support Function 15 (ESF 15) External Affairs: A New Approach to Emergency Communication and Information Distribution
- IS-288 The Role of Voluntary Agencies in Emergency Management
- IS-701.a NIMS Multiagency Coordination System (MACS) Course
- IS-704 NIMS Communications and Information Management
- IS-775, EOC Management and Operations
- IS-813 Public Safety and Security Annex
- ICS-300 Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents
- ICS-400 Advanced ICS Command and General Staff - Complex Incident
- IS-1 Emergency Manager: An Orientation to the Position
- IS-3 Radiological Emergency Management
- IS-808 Emergency Support Function 8 (ESF 8) Public Health Medical Services
- G250.7 RNA - Rapid Needs Assessment
- DA - Damage Assessment - Guidelines for Performing Damage Assessment Activities at the Local Level
Other Training
- Red Card: Firefighter One (e.g., Colorado Firecamp)
- CERT
- Skywarn / Weather Spotter
- COFRAC
Additional Training Documentation
BCARES Personal Training Record - Print a copy to use for tracking your training progress
NCS Self Evaluation- Evaluate your own performance as a Net Control Station
73 ATV Article 1992 BCARES - Good article to review during Orientation Training
Add Television to your ARES Tool Set - An ATV success story
That letter is posted under “News” here: http://bouldercountyares.org/2011/12/bcares-certification-and-credentialing-program/
I found the link to the letter but I don’t see any “news” link anywhere. What am I missing?
What arrangements will there be for training and/or testing on the local requirements:
– Carry test
-ATV Repeater Ops and Troubleshooting
– EOC Radio Ops (Yellow Channel)
Thanks and 73,
KC0JCC Joe
The training committee is developing a list of trainers and dates for training. We hope to have those announced around the time of the annual meeting.
Great looking web site. Tried to find your meeting schedule but couldnt. I will be passing through your area in the mid of January and would attend your meeting if I can.
Drop me a note and fill me in on your schedule.
Scott
Scott.Byington@schneider-Electric
Hi Scott,
We only have one meeting per year. It is in January though. We’ll be meeting on January 23 at the Boulder County Clerk & Recorders Office, 1750 33rd St., in Boulder, CO. This will be a very informative meeting and will have our demo equipment which includes portable ATV, Packet and Digital incl. D-STAR. We’ll have our demo helicopter SAR Drone and ATV robot plus one of our member’s will demo his GMC SUV which is really a comm. vehicle to behold. Developed for the DHS. Our served agency, the Boulder County Sheriffs Office will have our Sheriff speak to the goup on this past years events, floods and wildfires that we participated in plus our County OEM will be there too. Any other info, please contact me.
73,
Jack Ciaccia, WM0G
BCARES PIO
ARRL CO Section Manager
303-587-0993
Jerry (N0OUW): Andy (K0ABP) and I would like to sign up for the 17 April WEBEOC training session. I’m not sure I am signing up in the right place, so I will send an e-mail to you if there is no response in a few days. Thanks,
Jane – KC0FGE
Sorry if I missed it, but when we complete a FEMA course, where do we send the electronic certificate that was emailed to us?
73,
Devin
KD0QVV
The link ‘WEBEOC Trained and Qualified’ appears to be broken. I am forgetting what exactly we had planned for that Link. Could it be that we were planning to put the WEBEOC Guide there? Or maybe I need to create some text to explain what is involved and how that training is conducted etc. What are your thoughts, Ron?