Amateur
Radio Emergency Service (ARES)
ARES is
an emergency communications group sponsored by the American
Radio Relay League (ARRL) since 1935. At the local level,
each county is assigned an "Emergency Coordinator".
ARES has
Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with a variety of agencies
at the national level, such as FEMA, American Red Cross, Salvation
Army, and the National Weather Service.
The Emergency
Coordinator for Crook County is VACANT; the Emergency Coordinator
for Jefferson County is Norm McIntosh, K1GER.
Please
visit the ARRL ARES
web page to learn more.
Radio Amateur
Civil Emergency Service (RACES)
Created
by the federal government after World War II, RACES addressed
the need for Amateur Radio operators to function as an integral
part of state, county, or local "Civil Defense"
agencies in time of national emergency or war.
Today,
"Civil Defense" is known as "Emergency Management"
in most states, and RACES operators support local served agencies
such as the Crook County and Jefferson County Sheriff. In
Oregon, the Sheriff's Office is responsible for Emergency
Management.
Please
visit the ARRL RACES
web page to learn more.
Membership
Guidelines
ARES and
RACES are both volunteer organizations, but serve different
agencies. Leaders suggest that Amateur Radio operators join
BOTH organizations for the greatest flexibility.
Please
note that ARES registrants must register with the Emergency
Coordinator serving their county of residence, and RACES applicants
must apply to the Sheriff (or his representative) serving
their county of residence.
Application/Registration
Forms
ARES Registration
Please
send completed Crook County ARES
registration forms to TBD . Please send completed Jefferson
County ARES registration forms to Norm McIntosh at
P.O. Box 1019, Madras, OR, 97741.
Crook
County RACES Application
Please
send completed Crook County RACES
Applications to Crook County Sheriff, Attn: Deputy Michael
Ryan, 308 NE 2nd St., Prineville, OR, 97754
Jefferson
County RACES Application
Please
send completed Jefferson County
RACES Applications to Jefferson County Sheriff, Attn: Mark
Carman, 675 NW Cherry Lane, Madras, OR, 97741
Break Tags
When net
communication gets heavy, someone may have a quick solution
to a problem that is taking up too much valuable airtime for
discussion, but can't break into the net to share it. Break
Tags deal with such a scenario.
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