Marion County Amateur Radio Emergency Communications

Hello All: On behalf of Alex Chabra (IDHS EOC manager), Mike Palmer and myself we would like to welcome you and thank you for your application to become a part of IDHS R.A.C.E.S. Part of the process will involve a brief interview and getting your photo taken for an ID card. The photo will be head and shoulders only. Your ID will be mailed to you if you are approved for membership.
Some of the people receiving this email are already staff for the agency but will still need their photo taken for their ID card. If you haven’t already supplied the documentation required for membership please bring it with you as no ID will be issued without it. The documents include a copy of your amateur license, NIMS certificates IS-100, IS-200, IS-700 and IS-800 issued by FEMA. Interviews will be conducted at the Department of Public Safety Conference Room located at 47 South State Street, Indianapolis, IN 46201 at 2:00pm on Sunday April 1st , 2012. Please be prompt. We look forward to meeting with you and the prospect of a renewed commitment to our county and its volunteer amateur radio personnel, citizenry, and government. If you can’t make the initial interview one will be scheduled in May and each successive month as necessary to facilitate our membership drive. If you should have questions please feel free to contact Alex, Mike or myself.

The winter Statewide R.A.C.E.S. Test will be conducted on Saturday January 21,
2012 at 0900 to approximately 1000 Eastern Time (0800 to 0900 Central). These
guidelines are unchanged from the July, 2011 test.

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