2021 Training & Exercise Calendar - Updated September 15th
(Trainings & Exercises are subject to change during the year)
- Jan 14 - POD Preparation/HIPAA/Media/Situational Awareness by ARES Staff
- Jan 24 - Winlink review filling out and sending ICS309 by KIØEP
- Jan 30 - Communication Exercise - NCR Winter Field Day - Regional ARES Groups - (0930-1200hrs)
- Feb 11 - 911/PSAP, & Public Safety Dispatching by Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office 911 Trainer Cory Rieck
- Feb 25 - DTRS Radio System overview - Special Training by KBØUBZ/NØOEM
- Mar 11 - HazMat Awareness by Randy Perlis CDPHE/Weather Preparedness by KBØUBZ/KDØUFO/NØOEM
- Mar 14 - Winter Storm Blizzard - Operation Snow Dump 2021 - (0800-1800hrs)
- Apr 08 - SKYWARN Training by NWS (Open to the Public & All ARES Members - starts at 1830hrs)
- Apr 11 - NET Exercise - Operation Triple Break - (0930-1000hrs)
- Apr 24 - Weather Exercise - Operation Cherry Bomb - Regional ARES Groups - (0800-1500hrs)
- May 06 - Winlink/EMCOMM by KIØEP/DMR by KE0DC/Weather Reporting Protocol by KB0UBZ
- May 08 - World Red Cross Day EMCOMM Exercise (Nationwide Exercise)
- May 13 - SKYWARN Training by NWS (Open to the Public & All ARES members - starts at 1830hrs)
- May 16 - NET Exercise - Operation Now What - (0930-1000hrs)
- Jun 10 - Search & Rescue by WØJEN & K0KHA / MARS by WØUAW / ARES Operation/Response Manual by KCØVAQ
- Jun 17 - Cancelled - Night Exercise - Operation Do You Know (1900-2030hrs)
- Jun 26-27 - ARRL Field Day - Regional ARES Groups
- Jul 08 - County Fair IAP by KBØUBZ - (In Person Meeting at ACSO Substation at 19:30hrs)
- Jul 10 - Table Top Exercise - Operation Merry Go Round (0930-1230hrs at ESC Room 147)
- July 22-25 - Arapahoe County Fair - Regional ARES Members (See Public Affairs webpage for further details )
- Aug 12 - AAR of County Fair by KBØUBZ / Sept & Oct Exercise Updates / County Infrastructure TTX by N0OEM
- Aug 23 - NET Exercise - Alert System Drill at 0945 hrs
- Sep 05 - East I70 Corridor Exercise/Event - Operation Big Boy 4014 (1200-1900hrs)
- Sep 09 - AAR Big Boy Exercise / East I70 Corridor Plan by N0OEM / Drones by KD0UFO
- Sep 11 - Text Alert Readiness Drill at 0945 hrs
- Oct 02 - Colorado SET Exercise - (0900-1300hrs - TBA Further Details)
- Oct 14 - Colorado SET Exercise AAR by N0OEM & ARES Staff
- Oct 23 - Great Colorado Shake Out Exercise (TBA - Further Details)
- Nov 10 - OEM Update by OEM Nate Fogg / ACSO Dispatch Update by Corey/Tiffany - Tour OEM & Dispatch
- Dec 04 - SKYWARN Recognition Day Exercise (TBA - Further Details)
- Dec 09 - Training & Exercise AAR & LLIS of 2021 / 2022 Plans by ARES Staff
2020 Training & Exercise Calendar
- January 9: Winter Net Training. by John, ADØPD
- February 13: Winter Go Bags. by Ben, KBØUBZ and Yaesu Fusion system, by Mark, KA0TPG
- March 12: ICS Forms. by Randy, N0OEM (Meeting Cancelled - COVID)
- April 9: Ham Software. by Mark, KD5DKQ
- May 14: AuxComm. by Emit Hurdelbrink, WØUAW
- June 11: Arapahoe County OEM Nate Fogg - COVID 19 (Summer Wx Exercise June 20)
- July 9: Damage Assessment - by Randy, N0OEM (Damage Assessment Exercise July 19)
- August 13: Shelter Communications by ACARES Staff (Shelter Exercise August 29)
- September 10: National Traffic System (NTS) & Medical/Hospital Communications - by KBØUBZ
- September 16: ICS refresher & updates - Make up from cancelled March training - by ACARES Staff
- October 3: (Colorado ARES Statewide SET from 8am-12pm)
- October 8: Fusion Communications - by KEØDC & WØSUN
- November 12: DMR & WinLink Communications - by KEODC & KIOEP
- November 14 (Red Cross EMCOMM Exercise - Nationwide)
- December 5: (SkyWarn Recognition Day 2020 - Nationwide)
- December 10: ACSO Command Post & 2020 Review of Exercises & Training - by ACARES Staff
How to Use COTRAIN, the Colorado state training web site:
- Browse to http://train.org/colorado/welcome
- If you do not have a COTRAIN account, click on the Create an Account button; if you have an account, log in and skip to step 5
- When the COTRAIN Create Account page appears, fill in the fields as directed and click Create Account
- Log in using your new user name and password
- To check what courses COTRAIN has on file for you, click YOUR LEARNING and then click on the Your Transcript tab
- To see what courses are available for you to take, click on COURSE CATALOG
All monthly training/meetings are being held on Google Meet at 19:00 hours. Beginning with the August 2021 meeting, we will resume in person meetings.