 | ARES stands for Amateur Radio Emergency Service and RACES for Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service. Both represent formal, national groups with local chapters. The difference between the two is that participation in ARES is open - any ham can call into ARES nets, while RACES is more formal. You have to apply for RACES membership and swear an oath administered by the local RACES representative. |  |
Our RACES representative is Carl Zager KB9RVB. Monroe Country Emergency Communication Plan Working in concert with the Monroe County ARES-RACES Group, BARC has prepared a formal Volunteer Emergency Communications Plan for Monroe County, Indiana. The following links provide details of the plan. | Document | Pages | Word | PDF |
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| Volunteer Emergency Communication Plan | Cover-74 | Word 12.1 MB | PDF 1.5 MB | Individual Components of the plan:
| | Cover - Introduction | Cover-8 | Word 5.6 MB | PDF 471 KB | | Mitigation | 9-13 | Word 371 KB | PDF 267 KB | | Preparedness | 14-22 | Word 212 KB | PDF 294 KB
| | Response | 23-34 | Word 2.9 MB | PDF 509 KB | | Recovery - Conclusion | 35-39 | Word 2.8 MB | PDF 301 KB | | Appendix - MOU/SOU w/ FEMA | 40-43 | Word 61 KB | PDF 89 KB | | Appendix - MC EMA RACES | 44-50 | Word 143 KB | PDF 147 KB | | Appendix - FCC 47/94 E | 51-52 | Word 51 KB | PDF 82 KB | | Appendix - ARES - RACES Application | 53-54 | Word 121 KB | PDF 117 KB | | Appendix - SOU w/ Red Cross | 55-59 | Word 67 KB | PDF 114 KB | | Appendix - MOU w/ National Weather Service | 60-61 | Word 53 KB | PDF 75 KB | | Appendix - MOU w/ Salvation Army | 62-63 | Word 53 KB | PDF 80 KB | | Appendix - CIBA Hilly 100 | 64-68 | Word 89 KB | PDF 259 KB | | Appendix - State Science Olympiad | 69-70 | Word 50 KB | PDF 97 KB | | Appendix - ARRL Message Form | 71-73 | Word 89 KB | PDF 186 KB | | Appendix - ARES-RACES Asset List | 74 | Word 63 KB | PDF 59 KB |
(Note: You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to read the PDF versions. You can download it for free from Adobe) Other Emergency Service Documents and LinksMonroe County Emergency Management Website
FCC Part 97 Subpart E - Providing Emergency Communications
Amateur Radio Emergency Communication
ARRL-ARES Emergency Coordinator
ARES Information
RACES Information
Amateur Radio Nets (Acrobat file)
Some Thoughts on Net Participation (Acrobat file)
Skywarn Nets and Local Weather Nets (Acrobat file)
Severe Weather Criteria (Acrobat file)
Net Control Training and Operation: General Background (Acrobat file)
Message from Frank O'Bannon, Governor of the State of Indiana (Acrobat file)
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