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What is Amateur Radio and what can it do for you?
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What is Amateur Radio?
  • Amateur Radio (Ham Radio) is
  • a radio service licensed by the Federal
    Communications Commission (FCC)
  • established by the Federal Communications
    Commission as a voluntary, noncommercial
    communication service

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What is Amateur Radio?
  • The Amateur Radio Service is founded by the FCC
    under the following principles
  • Recognition and enhancement of the value of the
    amateur service to the public as a voluntary
    noncommercial communication service, particularly
    with respect to providing emergency communications

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What is Amateur Radio?
  • Continuation and extension of the amateur's
    proven ability to contribute to the advancement
    of the radio art
  • Encouragement and improvement of the amateur
    service through rules which provide for advancing
    skills in both the communications and technical
    phases of the art

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What is Amateur Radio?
  • Expansion of the existing reservoir within the
    amateur radio service of trained operators,
    technicians, and electronics experts
  • Continuation and extension of the amateur's
    unique ability to enhance international goodwill

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What is Amateur Radio?
  • All amateur radio operators are licensed by the
    FCC after testing for their class of license
  • There have been amateur radio operators (or
    Hams) around since the beginnings of radio
    communications
  • Amateur radio operators have been instrumental in
    the development and advancement of radio
    communications since its beginnings
  • Currently, there are about 600,000 amateur radio
    operators licensed in the U.S.

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Communications Emergencies
  • During times of disaster
  • Normal means of communications can become
    overloaded or may not exist at all
  • Telephone lines may be down
  • Cell phone service may be overloaded or cell
    sites may be damaged or out of service
  • Internet and e-mail service may be disrupted
  • Normal radio communications links may become
    overloaded or disrupted

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Communications Emergencies
  • Some possible Maine disasters

Any of these can disrupt or overload normal
communications links
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What is the Amateur Radio Emergency Service
(ARES)?
  • The Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) was
    established in 1935 as the Amateur Radio
    Emergency Corps by the American Radio Relay
    League (ARRL The National Association for
    Amateur Radio) and was later re-designated as the
    Amateur Radio Emergency Service

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What is the Amateur Radio Emergency Service
(ARES)?
  • ARES consists of licensed amateurs who have
    voluntarily registered their qualifications and
    equipment 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 for membership in the
    ARES

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What is the Amateur Radio Emergency Service
(ARES)?
  • The only qualification for membership in ARES,
    other than possession of an Amateur Radio
    license, is a sincere desire to serve in times of
    need
  • Because ARES is an amateur service, only amateur
    radio operators are eligible for membership

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What is the Amateur Radio Emergency Service
(ARES)?
  • The possession of emergency-powered equipment is
    desirable, but is not a requirement for
    membership
  • There are about 60,000 ARES members nationally
    who volunteer their communications skills and
    equipment during times of disaster

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What ARES Does
  • ARES provides communications services to served
    agencies
  • Who are these served agencies?
  • EMA
  • Public Safety Organizations
  • Disaster Relief Organizations
  • Hospitals

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What ARES Does
  • The Amateur Radio Emergency Service provides
  • Supplemental, backup communications to served
    agencies when
  • Normal means of communications are nonexistent
  • Normal means of communications are overloaded
  • When there is a need for communications between
    served agencies when it does not exist
    (interoperability)

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What ARES Does
  • It does this through
  • Voice (Tactical) communications
  • Both local, regional and long range
    communications (up to worldwide)
  • Data (Record) communications
  • Both local, regional and long range
    communications (up to worldwide)
  • Video communications
  • Local video broadcasts through amateur television

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What ARES Does
  • What types of messages ARES can handle
  • Status or situation reports
  • Requests for logistics support
  • Messages between agencies
  • Health and Welfare messages

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What ARES Does
  • What types of messages ARES cannot handle
  • Any message that requires encryption or is
    sensitive in nature
  • Casualty reports
  • Medical information that contains a patients
    personal information
  • Shelter resident lists (that contain sensitive
    information)

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What ARES Does
  • ARES provides its communications services
  • During disasters
  • During drills and exercises
  • During planned public service events
  • Such as
  • Walk-a-thons
  • Bike rides
  • Foot races

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What ARES Does
  • Dont let the word amateur in amateur radio
    confuse you
  • Amateur radio operators are professionals
  • Many work in the communications industry
  • They have to take tests to become licensed
  • They are trained in emergency communications
    techniques
  • They are trained in the Incident Command System
    and NIMS

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What ARES Cant Do
  • In addition to not being able to handle sensitive
    messages, Amateur Radio cannot
  • Handle normal day to day communications
  • Cannot handle communications for profit making
    organizations (in their business)
  • This is due to FCC regulations regarding the
    Amateur Radio Service

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Contacting ARES
  • What to do before asking for ARES support
  • Evaluate your needs
  • Do you have a communications emergency?
  • Are your communications overloaded or
    nonexistent?
  • Know what you need
  • What type of communication is needed?
  • How many radio operators do you need?
  • Where are they to be located?
  • How long will they be needed?

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Contacting ARES
  • What to do before asking for ARES support
  • Request ARES Support
  • Through your county ARES Emergency Coordinator

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Contacting ARES
  • Things to remember
  • ARES is a limited resource
  • There is not a bottomless pit of ARES members
  • ARES members will be dispatched on the basis of
    the greatest need
  • Do not request ARES support for potential
    locations
  • If those locations have working communications
    links
  • Exhaust or overload your own communications
    capabilities first
  • Please do not overstaff

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Contacting ARES
  • Things to remember
  • ARES members are not first responders
  • ARES is a support organization
  • ARES members are volunteers
  • ARES members are not on call 24/7
  • It may take as long as 4 hours to fully mobilize
    ARES

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Contacting ARES
  • Things to remember
  • ARES partners with served agencies
  • ARES does not become a part of your organization

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Additional ARES Support
  • ARES would be happy to meet with you to discuss
    and evaluate your emergency communications needs
  • What you have
  • How it could be improved
  • What you might need
  • How ARES could fill any shortfalls

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Additional ARES Support
  • ARES can offer licensing classes to train your
    staff in becoming amateur radio operators to
    further enhance your emergency communications
    capabilities
  • ARES can present programs to your group on how to
    improve their existing communications capabilities

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Additional ARES Support
  • ARES can help you with your emergency
    communications needs
  • During disasters
  • During drills or exercises
  • For planned public service events

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Additional ARES Support
  • For further information about ARES and how it can
    help you, contact
  • Your county ARES Emergency Coordinator

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