Greene County CERT

Fall 2020 CERT Basic Training Course Registration is now available! This partially virtual course starts October 5th. You can register here: http://ow.ly/7L0y50Byhyo For further information, call our office at 417-826-6040.

The Springfield-Greene County Office of Emergency Management echoes sentiments made by Springfield Mayor Ken McClure regarding Springfield Police Officer Mark Priebe. Officer Priebe sustained serious injuries while acting bravely in the line of duty, and our thoughts and prayers are with Officer Priebe and his family.

If you are able, please consider giving! Check Community Blood Center of the Ozarks, too, for donation opportunities!

REMINDER: CERT Membership meeting tomorrow night, Nov 19 at 6 pm. It will be held at the Greene County Public Safety Center. Look forward to seeing you!

Greene County Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) presents Ham Radio Technician Class and Testing. The class starts October 5th and continues October 12th, It will be held at the Public Safety Center, 330 W. Scott in Springfield. Each day starts at 8 am and runs until about 4 pm with a lunch break around noon. The lunch breaks are about an hour giving everyone time to go out and get a meal on their own. The book needed for the class is the 2018-2022 Technician Class... by Gordon West. This is an Amazon link,https://www.amazon.com/2018-2022-Technician-Cl//0945053908 to the book. There are other places the book can be acquired. Please be sure it is the 2018-2022 version. It is recommended to Study this book before coming to class as the class is a review of the information in the book. Testing -- The licensing test is the last half of the class on the 12th. There are also online test prep sites listed here (and there are others) that are handy to use to prepare for the test: https://hamexam.org/ or https://course.hamradioprep.com/ . Contact information: Mike Hoffman, KDØIWW, 417-569-5586 John Wall, KD0ONE, 417-827-4319