Monroe County Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES)® is an amateur radio public service organization based in Monroe County, New York, and is open to all licensed amateur radio operators.
We are a program of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the national membership association for amateur radio operators in the United States. We also work closely with the Rochester Amateur Radio Association.
We participate in training and emergency exercises so that we can serve other agencies during times of communication failure. Although the primary purpose of ARES is to provide emergency communication, ARES members also routinely provide non-business communications support to other public events.
We meet on the fourth Thursday of every month, 7:00 PM, at the Rochester Chapter of the American Red Cross, 50 Prince Street, in Rochester, New York. We also meet on the air on the second Thursday of each month, 9:00 PM on the K2RRA 146.88 (-) repeater.
We have an e-mail list that we use to keep members informed. To join the list, click here.
For more information about ARES, read some of these articles:
| NIMS Training for RACES Members |
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| Written by Jim DiTucci, N2IXD | |
| Wednesday, 24 May 2006 | |
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In-person classes are scheduled for the following dates. You must be a member of RACES to sign up and attend: IS-100 and IS-700 (choose one of the three options) |
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| Last Updated ( Thursday, 25 May 2006 ) |
| Monroe ARES Net Thu, Jan 8th, @9:00pm - 09:30PM |
| WDN Simplex Night Thu, Jan 15th, @9:30pm - 10:00PM |
| ARES/RACES Meeting Thu, Jan 22nd, @7:00pm - 09:00PM |
| ARRL EmComm EC-001 Registration Open Fri, Feb 6th |
| Monroe ARES Net Thu, Feb 12th, @9:00pm - 09:30PM |
| WDN Simplex Night Sun, Feb 15th, @9:30pm - 10:00PM |
| ARES/RACES Meeting Thu, Feb 26th, @7:00pm - 09:00PM |
| ARRL EmComm EC-001 Registration Open Fri, Mar 6th |
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Here is information I received from Fred Rion who is responsible for coordinating NIMS training for Monroe County employees. He has forwarded announcements of classroom-based training opportunities which are available to RACES members. NIMS certification ICS-100/IS-700 and ICS-200/IS-800 will be required for all RACES members who require access to the EOC and RACES radio room in the near future.