Colorado State Simulated Emergency Test (SET)

ARRL’s annual Simulated Emergency Test (SET) for Colorado is usually scheduled sometime during the Fall each year.  This year it falls on November 1st.

This nationwide exercise is the chance to test personal emergency-operating skills and the readiness of communications equipment and accessories in a simulated emergency-like deployment.  The ARRL’s Amateur Radio Emergency Service ® (ARES®), the National Traffic System (NTS), the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES), SKYWARN, Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network (SATERN), and other allied groups and public-service oriented radio amateurs are among those who are eligible to participate in the simulated exercise and to practice emergency operation plans, nets and procedures.

This year the Colorado ARES Section will organize a coordinated communications exercise for all Colorado regions and districts.  The scenario and injects have not yet been developed or announced.  The annual exercise promises to test our radio skills and equipment abilities.  We may operate from each of our served agency’s EOC and Hospital’s Emergency Radio room.

It’s a great opportunity to participate and develop skills that are invaluable if the crisis were the real thing!  Time and duration of the event to be provided by leadership.  If you want to participate, please contact OPS@aresdec.org.   For more information about our training opportunities, please contact Training@aresdec.org.