This Web site is dedicated
to Amateur Radio in general, and specifically to Emergency
Communications in the Mid-Ohio valley.
Emergency Communications in the Mid-Ohio Valley
Wood County Emergency Communications, Inc. (WCEC)
is a non-profit, all-volunteer Amateur Radio organization that
provides backup, overload, and emergency communications to support
public safety agencies, and also provides volunteer communication
support for community events.WCEC also holds a seat on the
Wood County Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC).
All licensed Amateur Radio operators who are members of WCEC are also
members of the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES),
many are members of the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES),
many are members of the local Community Emergency Response Team
(CERT),
and most have received training in the National Incident Management
System (NIMS).
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Amateur Radio License
Examinations in Wood County
Members of
Wood County Emergency Communications who are certified Volunteer
Examiners provide Amateur Radio license examinations on the second
Saturday of every month at the Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department, 211
76th Street, Parkersburg.
Click here for the current schedule.
Join Our Weekly Net
The WCEC
weekly phone net is every Sunday night at 20:30 (8:30 PM for you
non-radio people) on 147.255 MHz with a PL tone of 131.8. (Three
remote receivers are tone activated, one receiver requires no tone.)
On the first Sunday of the month the net operates simplex. The net is
open to all licensed Amateurs, and runs for about 45 minutes. A
schedule of other local nets is
here.
MID-Ohio Valley Regional CERT
The
Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program educates people about
disaster preparedness for hazards that may impact their area and
trains them in basic disaster response skills, such as fire safety,
light search and rescue, team organization, and disaster medical
operations. Visit
our website.
Communications
Unit Leader (COML) Resources
The
All-Hazards Type III Communications Unit Leader training course
is provided by the Homeland Security Office of Emergency
Communications. This course trains emergency responders to serve as
Radio Communications Unit Leaders
(COMLs) during
all-hazards emergency operations under the National Incident Management
System and Incident Command System (NIMS/ICS). This training will
significantly improve communications across the multiple disciplines
and jurisdictions responding to an incident. Resources for COMLs are
here.
Wear Your Emergency
Medical Information
Most people
know they should carry a card in their wallet that provides the
Emergency Room staff with information about critical health concerns.
Most people don't know that they have to be conscious to hand that
information to the E.R. doctor!Here's what to
do.
Protect Your Gun Rights
Why are your
personal rights to keep and bear arms so critically important? Because
only you are responsible to defend your property, your
life, and the lives of your family. The police have no
responsibility to protect you, only to try to identify and
apprehend the person who rapes your daughter or murders your son. [More
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human body, to heal itself naturally.
In
these uncertain times, all of us are all looking for something that we
can count on, something that will give our lives and our families
meaning and stability. We believe that the only “something” that will
never fail is a SomeOne — Yeshua HaNatseret, the Lion of Judah,
Israel’s Messiah, and the living Son of G-d. Find out
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The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program educates people
about disaster preparedness for hazards that may impact their area and
trains them in basic disaster response skills, such as fire safety,
light search and rescue, team organization, and disaster medical
operations. Using the training learned in the classroom and during
exercises, CERT members can assist others in their neighborhood or
workplace following an event when professional responders are not
immediately available to help.
This site is
your comprehensive source for
emergency
alerts on situations affecting the Mid-Ohio Valley Region and
information on
Emergency Preparedness for Wood and Wirt Counties in West
Virginia, whether it involves Hazardous Materials emergencies, flu
pandemic, or other incidents that may occur. Community alerts are also
promulgated as quickly as possible utilizing the LEPC's
Facebook and
Twitter
pages. Wood County’s LEPC was
formed in its current form in December of 1997, and consists of
representatives from: all levels of county and city government;
emergency first responders (law enforcement, fire, and Emergency
Medical Services); area businesses and industry, and the community at
large. The site includes LEPC
meeting information,
bylaws,
FAQ, and
links to regional, state, and national preparedness websites.
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delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an
unscrupulous mainstream media which holds forth the proposition that
it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.” - Unknown
U.S.
Embassy Releases Video Taking
Tough Immigration Stance…On Jews!
But the
so-called “President” is still doing
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING
to defend our southern border, and preventing our southern
states from defending it!!
In
these uncertain times, all of us are all looking for something that we
can count on, something that will give our lives and our families
meaning and stability. We believe that the only “something” that will
never fail is a SomeOne — Yeshua HaNatseret, the Lion of Judah,
Israel’s Messiah, and the living Son of 
