ARES
The Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES)
consists of licensed amateurs who have voluntarily registered their qualifications and equipment, with their local ARES leadership, for communications duty in the public service when disaster strikes.
The Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES) consists of licensed amateurs who have voluntarily registered their qualifications and equipment, with their local ARES leadership, for communications duty in the public service when disaster strikes. Every licensed amateur, regardless of membership in ARRL or any other local or national organization is eligible to apply for membership in ARES. Training may be required or desired to participate fully in ARES. Please inquire at the local level for specific information. Because ARES is an amateur radio program, only licensed radio amateurs are eligible for membership. The possession of emergency-powered equipment is desirable, but is not a requirement for membership.
All club members are encouraged to join ARES and to participate in local public service events!
David Gealt KD2BVA
ARES Emergency Coordinator for Warren County
ARES Assistant District Emergency Coordinator of IT for the ENY Northern District
Mickey Corentto N2MC
ARES Assistant Emergency Coordinator for Warren County
Bernie Capron N1NDN
ARES Emergency Coordinator for Washington County
Peter Derway KE2AGV
ARES Assistant Emergency Coordinator for Washington County
Bill Passineau KD2HDD
ARES Assistant Emergency Coordinator for Saratoga County
Fred Halley W2EMS
ARES Section Emergency Coordinator for Eastern New York Section
Section Net
The ENY ARES/RACES Net:
8:00 PM on the fourth Tuesday
Odd # months (i.e. Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep, Nov): 3993 LSB
Even # months (i.e. Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct, Dec): N2ACF linked repeater system
This Net is open to all licensed operators regardless of ARES or RACES membership
As an ARES member you will be required to work on completing your Position Task Book. To do so you will need to take these free online FEMA and ARRL training courses
Start with:
FEMA IS-100.c - Introduction to Incident Command System (ICS), ICS-100
FEMA IS-700.b - National Incident Management System (NIMS) An Introduction
IS-100 and IS-700 are Prerequisites for
ARRL EC-001 - Introduction to Emergency Communication (Class Deprecated, Certificate Valid)
For even more training move on to:
FEMA IS-200.c - ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents
FEMA IS-800.d – National Response Framework, An Introduction
IS-200 and IS-800 are Prerequisites for
ARRL EC-016 - Public Service and Emergency Communications Management for Radio Amateurs (Class Deprecated, Certificate Valid)
Continued ARRL EmComm Training:
ARRL Advanced EmComm (Pending)
ARRL PR-101 - Public Relations 101 for Radio Amateurs
ARRL EmComm Leadership (Pending)
All ARES members should also be RACES members
NYS COMU Training is strongly suggested
ARES Resources:
ARES Standardized Training Plan Position Task Book (PDF) (Ver. 2.2.1)
ARES Manual (PDF) (2015)
Member Login - Eastern New York ARRL Section Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES)
ARES Field Resources Manual PDF (June 2008)
ARRL ARES Plan (07/01/2022)
DHS/FEMA ARRL/ARES MOA - Memorandum Of Agreement between FEMA and ARES - New 2014
All ARES members should also join RACES
NTS Manual (2015)