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CUP-17-19T, ISA Exercise

13 May 2017. Infrastructure Safety Assessment Exercise
Process Overview* | Exercise Plan | After Action Report |

CUP-17-10T, PSA Exercise

28 Jan 2017. Annual Preliminary Safety Assessment Drill
Damage Assessment | START Training | PSA Training | After Action Report |

CUP-16-34T, 2016 Earthquake Comm Exercise

10 Dec 2016. Citizen Corps Exercise to open all ARKS to ARK Activation Level 2. Message passing all ARKs and 2 SCCFD stations to the EOC and County Comm.
Risk Assessment | Mixed Msgs | Drill Prep | Exercise Plan | Injects | After Action Report |

CUP-16-40T, Communications Outage Exercise, Packet Edition

7 May 2016. What-if scenario: loss of power and communications. Plan includes passing 9-1-1 message traffic by Packet to County Comm.
Overview | Drill Prep | Exercise Plan | Sent Messages | Injects | After Action Report | Comm Outage Resource Page |

CUP-16-10T, PSA Exercise

16 Jan 2016. Annual Preliminary Safety Assessment Drill
After Action Report |

CUP-15-26T, Communications Outage Exercise

21 Nov 2015. What-if scenario: loss of power and communications
Communications Risk Report | Overview | Drill Prep | General Review | Exercise Plan | Injects | After Action Report |

CUP-15-18T, Cupertino Citizens Corp Zone One Exercise

17 Oct 2015. Deploy CCC teams to assess specific areas in the City and report to the Command Post
After Action Report |

CUP-15-20T, ISA Exercise

16 May 2015. Infrastructure Safety Assessment Exercise
Exercise Plan | After Action Report |

CUP-15-10T, PSA Exercise

24 Jan 2015. Annual Preliminary Safety Assessment Drill
After Action Report |

CUP-14-25T, Field Packet Deployment

15 Nov 2014. Full Packet Deployment; 6 Packet teams were deployed to 2 ARKs opened and staffed by CERT. CERT Staff also acted as the SIM CELL and provided all message injects to the Packet Operators.
ARK Orientation | Exercise Plan | After Action Report |

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Upcoming Activities


21 Feb 2026, Field Communications Exercise
Winter Storm Communications Exercise, start from home, 8:00am to 12:00pm   

5 Mar 2026, General Meeting
Topic: TBD & Exercise Debrief; St Jude Parish Hall,19:30 to 21:00   

7 Mar 2026, Big Bunny 5K
For this annual public service event, CARES needs a net controller, field responders and a shadow. 7:00am – 10:30am.   More Details...

2 Apr 2026, General Meeting
Topic: TBD; St Jude Parish Hall,19:30 to 21:00   

7 May 2026, General Meeting
Topic: TBD; St Jude Parish Hall,19:30 to 21:00   

4 Jun 2026, General Meeting
Field Day, 4-July Prep, 4-July Fireworks PSA; St Jude Parish Hall,19:30 to 21:00   

27 Jun 2026, ARRL Field Day
Tentative: Memorial Park | Parking lot behind Quinlan Center, 10185 N Stelling Rd. 08:00 to 17:00   

4 Jul 2026, Forth of July Fireworks
Provide communication to/from 3 viewing venues to net control at Incident Command Post