Date	Topic	Presenter	Time
January 24	Preparing for Deployment ,  Winter Field Day	KC8YVF	7:00 PM
February 28	Operational Stress	KC8YVF	7:00 PM
March 28	Traumatic Stress	KE8AHW	7:00 PM
April 25	Saginaw County/MBS SET Prep	KC8YVF	7:00 PM
May 23	Ground Plane 2-Meter Antenna build, SET debrief	N8ERL KC8YVF	7:00 PM
June 27	Direction Finding exercise (Randle Wicks park)	KC8YVF	6:00 PM
July 25	No training	-	-
August 22	Picnic and Movie Night	KC8YVF/N8ERL	6:00 PM
September 26	Evacuation Go Kits	KC8YVF	7:00 PM
October 24	Winlink Basics	KC8VOA	7:00 PM
November 21	What to Expect in a Major Emergency	KC8YVF	7:00 PM
December 7	Holiday Breakfast	-	8:30 AM

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Training Description:

• January - Making the right preparations can make all the difference between a successful deployment and your own disaster. This training will give you some incite on preparing for a emergency deployment. Also we will be discussing plans for Winter Field Day 2019.
• February -  An emergency deployment can be a stressful event for even the best trained operator. This training will discuss ways to prepare, manage and mitigate stress when operating in an emergency environment.
• March - Handling traumatic stress is the topic of this training. Randy KE8AHW will be giving us information on ways to handle this level of stress in the event we come across this issue in a deployment. The meeting will be held at Saginaw Community Hospital on Hospital Road in Saginaw Township.
• April -  This meeting will be spent in preperation for the Saginaw County/ MBS Airport emergency exercise that will be held on Thursday May 16. All ARES members are encourged to attend this meeting as this will be our only opportunity to go over our responsibilities and discuss any issues prior to the SET.  We will also have an overview presentation on Winlink Express from KC8VOA.
• May -  Want to expand your available emeregency antenna options for your 2-meter radio. This meeting we will build a simple ground plane antenna to add to your emergency Go-kit. There will be a small cost for the materials for the build.
• June - Direction finding exercise - fox hunt exercise using teams in Randle Wicks park
• July - N/A
• August - For the picnic, please bring a dish to pass and a chair for the movie
• September - What would you take if you only had 30 minutes or less to evacuate your house due to an emergency? This training will discuss this issue and help you prepare for an emergency evacuation.
• October -  Winlink is a global radio email application. This training will cover how to get started in using Winlink.
• November - If a major disaster or emergency were to occur, what can we expect? This training will describe some of the problem areas you might expect to face.
• December - Annual awards and joint breakfast with SVARA, Daniel's Grill, 100 S Michigan Ave at Court St, Saginaw.

Directions: (from North or South)
Exit I-75 at E. Holland Ave (M-46) and travel East to N. Towerline Road.  Turn left
and travel North to Janes Road.  Turn right and travel East.  The airport will be on
your left.  Enter the main entrance.  The Pilots Lounge is located in the large hanger
building.

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