Apr 10 2013

2013 Severe Weather Spotter Training

It’s that time of year, again! Spring means severe thunderstorms are on their way. ARESDEC will be hosting another Severe Weather Spotter training session by the National Weather Service at 7:00 PM on Thursday, April 18th, 2013, at the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office Highlands Ranch Substation.

As in prior years, this session will have two parts: the first part will focus on general weather spotting, and the second part to follow immediately thereafter will focus on advanced weather spotting. To become an official NWS-trained weather spotter, you only need to attend the first part of the session. But if you want to deepen your understanding of severe weather in Colorado, you will want to stay for the second session. New spotters will be issued a weather spotter number by the NWS in Boulder.

Reservations are not required, but we ask that you please RSVP to the Training Officer by using the information on our Contact Us page if you plan to attend this session. This event is open to the public.

The Highlands Ranch Substation is located at:

9250 Zotos Dr.,
Highlands Ranch, CO 80126

Mar 22 2013

New Member Training

New Member Training (NMT) will be held on Saturday, April 13th from 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM at South Metro Fire Rescue Authority’s Parkglenn facility.

This training is required for all members of ARESDEC to reach full “deployable” status and to remain on the roster as a member. The next NMT has not yet been scheduled. Please contact the Training Officer, Walt Burns (ABØVZ), to RSVP for this event: .

The address of the Parkglenn facility is:

10235 Parkglenn Wy.
Parker, CO 80138

Feb 18 2013

VE Testing Feb. 23rd

Our first VE session of the new year will be this coming Saturday, February 23rd at Franktown Fire Headquarters.  The facility is at the intersection of CO 86 and 83 on the SW corner.

Testing starts at 9AM and the VE Team stays until everyone who’s in the door by 10 is finished.

The test fee is $14 for all the tests you can pass.  You only have to pay again if you don’t pass and decide to do an immediate re-take.

So, study up, take those practice exams that are available on line from several sources, and come out to upgrade Saturday morning.  Bring along that person you’ve been “Elmer-ing” and encourage them to test also.

 

 

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