ARRL SEC

The ARRL Section Emergency Coordinator (SEC)
Partly taken from www.arrl.org

The Section Emergency Coordinator (SEC) is a Field Organization Appointment and is the assistant to the Section Manager (SM) for emergency preparedness.  The SEC is appointed by the SM to take care of all matters pertaining to emergency communications and the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) on a sectionwide basis.  The SEC post is one of the top importance in the section and the individual appointed to it should devote all possible energy and effort to this one challenging organizational program for Amateur Radio.  There is only one SEC appointed in each section of the ARRL Field Organization.

SEC qualifications and functions:

1. Encourage all groups of community amateurs to establish a local emergency organization.
2. Advise the Section Manager on all section emergency policy and planning, including the development of a section emergency communications plan.
3. Cooperate and coordinate with the Section Traffic Manager  so that emergency nets and traffic nets in the section present a united public service front, particularly in the proper routing of welfare traffic in emergency situations.  Cooperation and coordination should also be maintained with other section leadership officials as appropriate, particularly with the State Government Liaison and Public Information Coordinator .
4. Recommend candidates for Emergency Coordinator and District Emergency Coordinator appointments (and cancellations) to the Section Manager and determine areas of jurisdiction of each amateur so appointed.  At the Section Manager's discretion, the SEC may be directly in charge of making (and cancelling) such appointments.  In the same way, the SEC can handle the Official Emergency Station appointments.
5. Promote ARES membership drives, meetings, activities, tests, procedures, etc., at the section level.
6. Collect and consolidate Emergency Coordinator (or District Emergency Coordinator) monthly reports and submit montly progress summaries to the SM and ARRL Headquarters.  This includes the timely reporting of emergency and public safety communications rendered in the section for inclusion in QST.
7. Maintain contact with other communication services and serve as liaison at the section level with all agencies served in the public interest, particularly in connection with state and local government, civil preparedness, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Red Cross, Salvation Army, the National Weather Service, and so on.  Such contact is maintained in cooperation with the State Government Liaison.
8. Section Emergency Coordinators are encouraged to earn certification Levels 1, 2, and 3 of the ARRL Emergency Communications Course (see http://www.arrl.org/cce/)

Recruitment of new hams and League members is an integral part of the job of every League appointee.  Appointees should take advantage of every opportunity to recuirt a new ham or member to foster growth of Field Organization programs, and our abilities to serve the public.

Requirements : Full ARRL membership; Technician class license or higher.

Online Application for Station Appointment can be found at http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/forms/fsd187/form.html