Washington County Emergency Management is sponsoring an ACES Basic certification course. The course fee is $35 with the workbook or $15 without the workbook.  The ACES Basic Student Workbooks can also be purchased directly from Amazon; we recommend that if you can purchase the book in advance from Amazon to please do so!  ICS 100, 200 and 700 are required prior to certification.  You may take the course if you haven't completed the FEMA courses and you will receive your ACES certificate after completing the FEMA courses.  Students are required to bring a radio and manual for programming practice and passing traffic.
Pre-registration is required. Contact Aaron Fox K7ALF at aaron_fox@washingtoncountyor.gov with questions of for more information. The course will be held at the Washington Street Conference Center (221 S First Avenue, Hillsboro, OR 97123-3901). Priority will be given to Portland UASI-region registrants (Clackamas, Clark (WA), Columbia, City of Portland, Multnomah, and Washington counties) but ANY participant from Oregon or Washington is welcome. Please email Aaron if you DO NOT have your amateur radio license so we can make accommodations with respect to exercises.