CRITICAL LINKS FOR INFORMATION

Mt. Airy Composite Squadron’s Emergency Services Officer is:

Denise Sharp, 1st Lt, CAP              Cell:  301-938-2146        

Mt. Airy Members involved in Emergency Services:        

Zach Bowen

Josh Newsome

Sean Barker

Austin Cirulli

Dean Trombley 

Please speak with any of the above about their ES experience, and training requirements.

E-mail

Mt. Airy Squadron’s e-mail list serve:  You will be added to our e-mail list serve when you join the squadron.  If, for some reason, you do not receive e-mails, notify either Cadet Zach Bowen, or Officer Tim Bowen, so this can be rectified.

Maryland Wing’s e-mail list serves:  You must subscribe to these e-mail lists.  Before you can subscribe, you need to create an account on the Maryland Wing Website.  Only limited information is visible to the public when visiting the MDWG site.  To access everything available to CAP members, you must create an account and login.

Here’s how to create an account:

• Go to Maryland Wing’s website:  www.mdcap.org

• In the right margin of their home page, click on the link to “Register for an Account.”  You will need your CAP ID number.

• Once you have created an account, go back to the home page.  Again, in the right margin, click the link to “login.”  Use your new username and password to login.

Now that you are logged in, you can subscribe to the e-mail list serves.         

• In the brown menu bar across the top of the home page, click on the link to “SUBSCRIBE.”

• You will want to sign up for two INFO groups:  MDWG-INFO and Group 1.  (Maryland Wing is divided into 3 groups.  Mt. Airy Squadron is part of Group 1).  You will receive messages from both lists regarding ES training and opportunities.

Other useful areas on the Maryland Wing Website

As stated above, to access these areas, and all that is offered to CAP members by Maryland  Wing, you must create an account and be logged in.  If you haven’t already done so, follow the instructions above for creating an account.

Calendar:  From MDWG’s homepage, click on the link for “CALENDAR” in the brown menu bar across the top.  Check the Wing calendar often for information on ES training and opportunities across CAP’s Maryland Wing.  This may include: 

• Search and Rescue Exercises (SAREX’s) – These will include aircrew,  mission base, and ground team training, weather permitting

• Weekend or One-Day Field Training Exercises (FTX’s) – Ground Team only

• Tabletop Exercises

•  ICS Classes

• CPR and First Aid Classes

 Maryland Wing’s Emergency Services Page: From MDWG’s homepage, click on the link for Emergency Services, found in the left margin.  You will find links to all available ES information here.  This information will be limited if you have not logged in.

National Training Opportunities

National Emergency Services Academy (NESA)

This is an ES immersion course held each summer at Camp Atterbury, Indiana.  Two consecutive one-week sessions are conducted, whereby aircrews, mission base, and ground crews are compiled from cadets and officers across the U.S.  Large scale Search and Rescue exercises are held, along with classroom and field training exercises.  Both Basic (GTM 3) and Advanced (GTM1 and 2) Ground Team Search and Rescue Courses are available.  Each of these are one-week courses.  This is one way to complete your ground team training quickly, but you must apply during the prior winter, when National Cadet Special Activities are offered.  You must attend an Encampment prior to attending NESA.  Training is also available for Incident Command System, Mission Aircrew (Observer, Pilot, or Instructor), First Responder, and Team Leader. 

You can visit the NESA website here:  http://ngsar.homestead.com/home.html                       

Each year, Maryland Wing arranges vanpools to transport cadets and seniors to and from NESA.

If you register for NESA, please be sure to let 1Lt Sharp know, so that your name can be submitted to the individuals handling transportation. 

1Lt Denise Sharp and Cadets Zach Bowen and Josh Newsome have all benefited from the NESA program, and would be happy to share their experiences and answer any questions you may have.   

Click here to read an article about Cadet Bowen’s experience at NESA in 2006: http://www.mtairy-cap.org/news/060807_nesa.htm

National Headquarters Website

Go to National Headquarters e-services at https://www.capnhq.gov. You will be prompted to enter your user name and password. If you do not have a user name and password, follow the instructions to create an account.  You will need your CAP ID number.

Once you are logged in, the following areas will be helpful in your ES training quest.  You can find them listed in the left margin of the e-services home page.

CAP Online Exams:  You can click on this link to locate the CAP 116 Test (Parts 1 and 2), and the CAP 117 Test, Parts 1, 2, and 3.  These are “open book” tests.  You may use your computer’s browser to open several windows, to access the regulations which you are being quizzed on.  (See below under CAP Pubs and Forms).  Right click on your mouse to activate a search window and look for test topics within the regulations.

**NOTE:  To find the ES tests, scroll down to the second light blue box on the CAP Online Exams page, titled “Operations.”  For the 116 Test, only Part 2 is listed in the box.  However, if you click on this link, you will be routed to the Online Test System where you will find a drop-down box.  Click on this box to locate CAPT 116 Part 1.       

 You will also find a link to the FEMA Courses (ICS and IS) in the blue  “Operations” box.

CAP Pubs and Forms:  If you click on this link, you will be directed to your choice of CAP publications; indexes, regulations and manuals; pamphlets; and forms. 

You can print paper copies of any training manual from this area.

For ES Personnel and Trainees, this is a regulation of importance:

CAPR 60-3:  CAP Emergency Services Training and Operational Missions  

According to the CAP National Headquarters website:  “This regulation prescribes concepts, standards, and policies that govern all Civil Air Patrol (CAP) supervisory, ground, and flight personnel in the training, qualification, and execution of CAP operational missions. “  It is recommended that you open this regulation in a separate browser when taking the CAP 116 Tests.      

My Operations Qualifications / National Reports:  This is where you will be entering the skills which have been signed off as “passed” on your SQTR, so that your qualifications can be verified / approved by MDWG HQ.  Once on this page, if you click on the “Emergency Services” link in the menu bar across the top, you will find your CAP 101 Card, and a blue tab labeled “SQTR Entry.”  Use this area to enter the tasks you have passed.  The card will list you as being Trainee Status until all requirements are met and approved.  You will need to print this card and carry it with you to participate in ES training exercises and, once you are qualified, ES missions.

You can also print paper copies of your updated SQTR’s if needed.

Any comments and/or suggestions: webmaster@mtairy-cap.org.