Southeast Tennessee Healthcare Coalition Volunteer Radio Operator Training Manual

Purpose This manual provides a compact, coalition-oriented framework for training and deploying healthcare-focused AuxComm operators. It is written to support student instruction, operational preparation, and exercise execution across hospitals, emergency management partners, and coalition communications volunteers.

Scope Content addresses radio operations, healthcare nets, ICS / HICS integration, HIPAA-aware communications discipline, Winlink-based formal messaging, multi-day sustainment, interoperability awareness, and exercise participation.

Primary Audience • New and developing auxiliary communicators supporting healthcare missions • Healthcare coalition leaders and emergency preparedness sta ff • ARES® / AuxComm volunteers needing a healthcare-specific operational reference