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ES Training

Getting Started in Emergency Services

The General Emergency Service (GES) exam is the first requirement needed to start training for Ground Team, Mission Scanner, Mission Observer, Mission Pilot, Mission Ground Support, and more than 20 more mission related duties. It can also lead to further qualifications such as Emergency Services Officer (which is Specialty Track 213).

General Emergency Service (GES) Rating

Instructions: Locate CAPT GS 116 in eServices under the Learning Management System. The test is now available in AXIS.

Since this is an open book exam, you may want to download a copy of the Powerpoint presentation to your computer so you can easily review the material as you take the online quiz. A clever way to do this is to open two windows on your computer, one with the presentation and the second one with the test. Read the test question and then review the presentation for the answer. This may sound like cheating, but you’ll actually be learning the material, and that’s the objective. At the end of the test you’ll be told whether you passed.

Once you have passed the test(s):

Download your ‘Certificate(s) of Completion’
Save a copy for your personal records
Consult the latest Org chart to identify the current Emergency Services Officer
Email a copy of your certificate(s) to the ES Officer so that the he/she can keep the records up to date for inspections. Alternately, print a copy and hand deliver or snail mail it to the appropriate ES officer.

FEMA Courses & Continued Training

Many ES ratings will require FEMA courses. These courses are free and many are available online through FEMA's website under the IS-course List.

You should begin working on IS courses 100, 200, 700, 26

Note: IS-100, ICS-100 and I-100 are the same thing.

One or more parts of CAPT 117, available in eServices in the Learning Management System and AXIS will be required for further ES ratings so this is a good time to take the tests and print the certificates as you did the CAPT 116.

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Here’s a few of the more popular ratings under ES

Ground Team Member 1, 2 and 3

Ground operations are a critical function to CAP’s mission operations. Without ground teams, there can be no rescue in SAR. Cadets and adult members may both become qualified in Ground Team tasks and participate in missions. The following training is used to prepare our ground operations personnel:
Ground & Urban DF Team Task Guide
Ground and Urban Direction Finding Team Curriculum

Equipment: ES Packing List – 24/72 hour Packs

Urban Direction Finding

This certification ties into Ground Team tasks, however you can earn this rating separately. Both cadets and adult members may receive this rating.

Mission Scanner (MS) Training

Process:

Attend a class with a certified CAP instructor and take an exam, or have any SET qualified member(s) sign off individual Specialty Qualification Training Records (SQTR) items.
Participate in two airborne training missions as a Mission Scanner.
Have your SQTR signed off by the instructor.
Go to NHQ eServices and input your accomplishments.
Print your updated 101 card and SQTR, and keep a copy for your records. Also provide a copy of your SQRT to your unit’s Emergency Services Officer.

Mission Observer (MO) Training

Process:

Attend a class with a certified CAP instructor.
Take an exam. Have your SQTR signed off by the instructor.
For the Advanced training, operate instruments in the plane and plan searches and missions. Participate in training missions.
Have your SQTR signed off by the instructor.
Go to NHQ eServices and input your accomplishments.
Print your updated 101 card and SQTR, and keep a copy for your records. Also provide a copy of your SQRT to the Emergency Services Officer.

Mission Pilot Training

Glass Cockpit Transition Training: This is a 383MB .ZIPed (compressed) file from the DVD distributed to the attendees of the December FITS training. This is a very large file containing many great presentations, pamphlets, and articles. It will take from 5 to 10 minutes to download.

Click here to download then decompress.

More Information on Emergency Service Training

Specialty Qualification Training Records (SQTR) Information
Read CAP Regulation 60-3 for more information. This regulation prescribes concepts, policies, and standards that govern all Civil Air Patrol (CAP) supervisory, ground, and flight personnel in the training, qualification, and execution of CAP operational missions. Additional guidance is found in CAPR 60-1, CAP Flight Management; CAPR 60-5, Critical Incident Stress Management and other directives governing specific CAP policies.