Mad Gravel Bicycle Race 2023
ARESDEC will provide communication support for Elbert County OEM and the Mad Gravel bicycle race. Event Website: https://madgravel.com/
ARESDEC will provide communication support for Elbert County OEM and the Mad Gravel bicycle race. Event Website: https://madgravel.com/
ARESDEC will provide tactical communications & situational awareness for Poker Run event staff. Full details still forthcoming. ARESDEC members should expect to observe Poker Run operations and monitor the Net, report any emergencies, medical issues, and/or disabled bikes, and report rider activity like first rider through, sweeps passing through the checkpoints, and event staff arriving […]
For a change of pace and some skills building, two members of Douglas County Search and Rescue (SAR) – Mike McDonald/K0LPM and Barry Mitchell/N0KV – are delivering a four-hour long classroom/field workshop for us Saturday July 8th at the Highlands Ranch Law Enforcement Training Facility (HRLETF). WORKSHOP CONTENT Originally, our workshop was titled “Orienteering […]
Presenter: K1POO
The Douglas County Fair & Rodeo is a longtime tradition that holds a special place in the hearts of Douglas County residents. This highly attended event has been a showcase for the skills and talents of many for generations. Complete with PRCA rodeos, 4-H, FFA and Open Class exhibitors, Jr. Livestock Sale, carnival, entertainment and […]
A regional pre-SET activity. A follow-up to the May 20th Mini-SET, this is essentially a shake-out of the DMR Talk Groups from the EOCs that will be employed in the SET. Similar to the propogation tests we perform when we conduct a facility survey for our Key Location Forms. This will likely only require a […]
Aug 9th update: Delayed. Instructor deployed to wildland fire. More info forthcoming... We’ve been having a very high number of Wx Net Activations and recently Activated twice on the same day! Spotters are doing a great job, but we’re a little thin in terms of R1D5 members that can successfully run a Severe Wx Net […]
Background: The Rampart Range Spring Poker Run is planned and run by the RRMMC (Rampart Range Motorcycle Management Committee). RRMMC is an all-volunteer, nonprofit corporation founded in 1972 to work with the Forest Service to promote and preserve dirt bike trail riding opportunities in the Rampart Range area of Pike National Forest near Sedalia, Colorado. […]
SET 2023 Table Top Exercise (TTX) DATE CHANGE. Yesterday, our Regional EC announced that the Colorado ARES Pre-SET Zoom TTX was being slipped a week to 9/16. The on-line planning event is expected to start at 0900 and last a couple of hours. Purpose of the statewide TTX is to communicate the SET game plan and […]
This orientation is provided to those R1D5 members who desire to be specially qualified to serve in the Elbert County Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in the ESF-2 Communications capacity. These specially qualified individuals , known as the ESF-2 Cadre, will be the first called when the ESF-2 function is required during an Elbert County EOC […]
Willem Schreuder/AC0KQ will help us enhance our message handling capability and prepare for the SET by presenting on NTS, Radiogram format and use, and leading a fun practical exercise to see just how good you are at sending and receiving messages over the air.