Resources

Here are some resources that you may find useful.

Contra Costa RACES/ARES web links

• Contra Costa County Volunteer Services
• Mount Diablo ARC ARES/RACES page
• Contra Costa RACES (This Site)

Contra Costa CERT web links

• Contra Costa County Cities Citizen Corps/CERT Committee (C8)

Links/Chats/Lists

• Department of Transportation Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG).
• WISER - Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders.
• Strong Signals has an extensive list of Frequently asked Frequencies
• California OES
• California OES ACS
• California OES ACS Inland Region
• California OES ACS Southern Region (1/06)
• World Radio Relay League (WRRL) - new organization focused on emergency communications and response (5/06)
• EMCOMM - monthly newsletter and information
• National RACES
• National RACES Mailing List

Emergency Communications Plans

• National Emergency Communications Plan (PDF, 83 pages - 4.09 MB)

Fire Service information(6/06)

• http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/niicd/index.html
• http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/niicd/documents.html  
• http://www.nwcg.gov/pms/pubs/pubs.htm
• http://www.nwcg.gov/pms/pubs/large.html#FirelineHandbook 
• http://www.training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/ICSResource/
• http://www.training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/ICSResource/ICSResCntr_JobAids.htm
• http://www.training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/ICSResource/assets/J-158.pdf 
• http://www.training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/ICSResource/ICSResCntr_Forms.htm 

Outside area RACES Handbooks:

• Livermore RACES (download links)