Fall/Winter LAFD Radio mentoring courses will be open to ACS, CERT and Community members, as well as sworn firefighters interested in getting their FCC Ham radio operator license.
These Free FCC exam prep courses are offered through the LAFD Volunteer Mentoring Program and they are designed with flexibility in mind, so that enrollees may do home study on weeks where they can't make it to Station 88 (at 5101 North Sepulveda Blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA 91403).
The Technician Class license prep course, to be held on Saturday mornings during November and December, is great for sworn LAFD staff who want to improve their communications skill set. On a practical level, Firefighters on strike teams have used Ham frequencies to be able to get themselves out of danger while working brush fires.
This course will also improve the student's general radio operating skills and will focus on current technologies related to radio-- such as Voice Over Internet communications tied into radio (VOIP/Echolink), APRS (e.g. GPS married with radio), the operation and set-up of tactical repeaters, and the utilization of satellite radio (a technology widely used by FEMA USAR task forces countrywide & many OES organizations around North America).
The flexible class schedule is as follows:
Saturday, November 17, 2007 - 9-11 am lecture & study hall
Saturday, December 1, 2007 - 9-11 am lecture & study hall
Saturday, December 8, 2007 - 9-11 am lecture & study hall
Saturday, Dec 15, 2007 - 9-11 am lecture & study hall
For online registration and additional course information for both levels of exam prep please visit http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=2UZhDzxfvEwmOaKAc96_2f0w_3d_3d
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