Our Emergency Services Officer is Lt. Carlos Rangel

Today, CAP nationally handles 90 percent of inland search and rescue missions, with approximately 75 lives saved each year. Our members are generally the first on the scene transmitting satellite digital images of the damage within seconds around the world and providing disaster relief and emergency services following natural and manmade disasters, including such phenomena as 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, Texas and Oklahoma wildfires, tornadoes in the south and central U.S., North Dakota flash flooding and the October 2006 earthquake in Hawaii, as well as humanitarian missions along the U.S. and Mexican border. Locally, our squadron has several members who work with Mason County Search and Rescue in addition to being available to assist with Civil Air Patrol emergencies. As part of the Emergency Services training, it is important for each member to be self-motivated to learn. Our squadron conducts classes and training missions, in addition to the training available at the Wing level. At Wing level, Washington Training Academy (WTA) holds classes September through May on the third weekend of the month. You are encouraged to attend as many of these classes as possible.

Here are some links to start your Emergency Services Training:
Familiarization with CAP e-Services:
Sign-on to the National Headquarters e-Services web site, request a password and ID (click on New first-time user link)
Update your personal and contact information in Review/Edit My Member Info
Upload your picture (review the submissions guidelines first) for your ID card and CAPF 101 Operational Specialty Qualification Card.
To print your Emergency Services Card: login to e-Services, select My Operations Qualifications/National Reports, select Emergency Services from the ribbon bar at the top, then from the 101 Card tab, click on the link to "Click here to obtain your 101 card".

Obtain General Emergency Services rating:
The pre-requisites for obtaining the General Emergency Services Rating (GES) is that you complete CAP Test 116, the FEMA IS-100 and 700 online course AND have the Curry Award.
Review Emergency Services Curriculum web page
Take CAP Test 116 General ES Questionnaire Part 1 - June 2004 - (25 Questions)
Take FEMA IS-100 Introduction to Incident Command System, I-100. Enter your completion of this online course into Ops Qual in e-Services under Emergency Services as an Achievement using the SQTR Entry tab. Provide a hardcopy for your file for validation.
Take FEMA IS-700 National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction. Enter your completion of this online course into Ops Qual in e-Services under Emergency Services as an Achievement using the SQTR Entry tab. Bring your course completion certificate to the squadron for validation.

Information to prepare for the GES116

OPERATIONS is located in the blue box on this page. You will need to complete OPSEC, 116 & 117 tests.

Ground Team Training Materials