Membership Application
Individuals who have read the Mission Statement and are interested in Public Service Emergency Communications and who wish to join WCEC should fill out an application and bring it to a regular meeting of Wood County Emergency Communications.
Meetings are held at 7:00PM on the first Tuesday of each month at the Lubeck Community Center, Lubeck, WV. Applicant should arrive 30 minutes before the meeting to submit their application to the Director for review.
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There are no membership fees, however members are required to abide by the bylaws, develop cretin communications skills and participate in training activities and classes as dictated by the Director and Assistant Director.
Applicants will need to authorize a background check for membership approval and individuals under the age of 18 will be required to present a signed Parental Authorization form. Wood County Emergency Communications inc. protects all information presented to it for membership purposes and does not share this information with anyone else for any reason other than a background investigation.
Training
Training consists of classroom instruction as well as practical exercises in real-time communications under varied conditions.
Emergency telephone system class
This will be held at the Eastwood Fire Station on Rt 47 on a Sunday (date to be announced).
The class will start at 9:00AM and will last from three to six hours depending on how involved we get.
We will go through the basics of land line telephone and how to set up Emergency Telephone systems.
ARES Field Resources Manual Available
A Quick Training and Field Resource Guide for the Emergency Communicator is available in Adobe pdf format. This is a must read for every Amateur who expects to be deployed in the field for emergency services work. Based primarily on ARES operations, these principles can be adapted by any local group or agency.
This paper contains a number of templates that can be adapted to your locality and situation. A great resource for any Communicator.
Public Service events
Participation in Public Service events such as parade organization, marathon communications, bike tours and rowing competitions are good exercises to hone the communicators skills.
National Incident Management System (NIMS)
Protocols embraced by WCEC volunteers include the National Incident Management System (NIMS), which provides a consistent nationwide template to enable federal, state and local governments, nongovernmental organizations, and the private sector to work together to protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of incidents.
The Emergency Management Institute has a curricula of courses that meet the requirements specified in the National Incident Management System (NIMS). Members of WCEC should be certified in the following NIMS compliant courses:
- IS-100a (ICS 100) Introduction to Incident Command System, I-100
- IS-200a (ICS 200) ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents
- IS-700a National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction
- IS-704 NIMS Communications and Information Management
- IS-800.B National Response Framework, An Introduction
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ARES Registration
Amateur Radio Operators who wish to be registered with ARES 
in West Virginia should fill out a registration form below and bring it to a regular meeting of WCEC or Mail it to:
Ken Harris WA8LLM
WV ARES District 3 Emergency Coordinator
PO Box 3328
Parkersburg, WV 26103
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Amateur Radio
Exam Sessions
What Is Ham Radio?
Read "Welcome to the world of Ham Radio" on the ARRL website to learn more about Amateur Radio.
How to use the
ARRL Radiogram
Download a Power Point presentation on how to use the ARRL Radiogram. (1953kb)
Download the ARRL Radiogram Form in pdf format. (15kb)
Training Exercises
Some of the local Training Exercises that WCEC participates in.
- Skywarn (weather spotting)
- Red Cross Disaster Training
- Amateur Radio Field Day exercises
- Weekly participation in Amateur Radio NETS
- Monthly meetings with individual training sessions