A New ProgramA New Mission

Who are we?Where are we?

Where are we going?

Mission Statement

The Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES ®) is a program ofthe ARRL, The National Association for Amateur Radio, which iscomprised of organized, trained, qualified, and credentialedAmateur Radio operators who augment and support vitalcommunications on behalf of the public through partner agenciesand organizations during emergencies and disasters. The missionof the Amateur Radio Emergency Service is to be an effectivepartner in emergency and disaster response, providing publicservice partners at all levels with radio communications expertise,capability and capacity, supplied by volunteer radiocommunicators.

Mission Statement

The Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES ®) is a program ofthe ARRL, The National Association for Amateur Radio, which iscomprised of organized, trained, qualified, and credentialedAmateur Radio operators who augment and support vitalcommunications on behalf of the public through partner agenciesand organizations during emergencies and disasters. The missionof the Amateur Radio Emergency Service is to be an effectivepartner in emergency and disaster response, providing publicservice partners at all levels with radio communications expertise,capability and capacity, supplied by volunteer radiocommunicators.

Mission Statement

The Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES ®) is a program ofthe ARRL, The National Association for Amateur Radio, which iscomprised of organized, trained, qualified, and credentialedAmateur Radio operators who augment and support vitalcommunications on behalf of the public through partner agenciesand organizations during emergencies and disasters. The missionof the Amateur Radio Emergency Service is to be an effectivepartner in emergency and disaster response, providing publicservice partners at all levels with radio communications expertise,capability and capacity, supplied by volunteer radiocommunicators.

Mission Statement

The Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES ®) is a program ofthe ARRL, The National Association for Amateur Radio, which iscomprised of organized, trained, qualified, and credentialedAmateur Radio operators who augment and support vitalcommunications on behalf of the public through partner agenciesand organizations during emergencies and disasters. The missionof the Amateur Radio Emergency Service is to be an effectivepartner in emergency and disaster response, providing publicservice partners at all levels with radio communications expertise,capability and capacity, supplied by volunteer radiocommunicators.

Mission Statement

The Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES ®) is a program ofthe ARRL, The National Association for Amateur Radio, which iscomprised of organized, trained, qualified, and credentialedAmateur Radio operators who augment and support vitalcommunications on behalf of the public through partner agenciesand organizations during emergencies and disasters. The missionof the Amateur Radio Emergency Service is to be an effectivepartner in emergency and disaster response, providing publicservice partners at all levels with radio communications expertise,capability and capacity, supplied by volunteer radiocommunicators.

Mission Statement

The Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES ®) is a program ofthe ARRL, The National Association for Amateur Radio, which iscomprised of organized, trained, qualified, and credentialedAmateur Radio operators who augment and support vitalcommunications on behalf of the public through partner agenciesand organizations during emergencies and disasters. The missionof the Amateur Radio Emergency Service is to be an effectivepartner in emergency and disaster response, providing publicservice partners at all levels with radio communications expertise,capability and capacity, supplied by volunteer radiocommunicators.

Mission Statement

The Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES ®) is a program ofthe ARRL, The National Association for Amateur Radio, which iscomprised of organized, trained, qualified, and credentialedAmateur Radio operators who augment and support vitalcommunications on behalf of the public through partner agenciesand organizations during emergencies and disasters. The missionof the Amateur Radio Emergency Service is to be an effectivepartner in emergency and disaster response, providing publicservice partners at all levels with radio communications expertise,capability and capacity, supplied by volunteer radiocommunicators.

Mission Statement

The Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES ®) is a program ofthe ARRL, The National Association for Amateur Radio, which iscomprised of organized, trained, qualified, and credentialedAmateur Radio operators who augment and support vitalcommunications on behalf of the public through partner agenciesand organizations during emergencies and disasters. The missionof the Amateur Radio Emergency Service is to be an effectivepartner in emergency and disaster response, providing publicservice partners at all levels with radio communications expertise,capability and capacity, supplied by volunteer radiocommunicators.

Organized

Organized Align org structure with NIMS/ICS LOCAL EC leads the team in emergency

DEC, SEC serve as resources for EC ARES Connect

Solves multiple national difficulties Reporting Membership Database – Portability Record Keeping Statistics

Trained

Trained Training will be required

ARRL Course ICS courses

100, 200, 700, 800 300, 400 Others selected as needed

SKYWARN agency provided

Trained How do we manage training? Who is qualified and when? Does everyone need it? Do leadership position require more training?

Trained Three new levels of participation Level One

All Entering the program with no training Progress through ARRL EMCOMM Training IS 100, 200, 700, 800

Level Two upon completion of above “Standard” level for ARES Participants

Level Three Complete IS 300 & 400 Qualifies for Leadership Positions

EC, DEC, SEC and Assistants

Qualified Level One

Able to fulfill most duties Target Goal = Level Two in one year

Level Two Normal Participant level Access to most sites and EOCs

Level Three Full access as granted by AHJ Qualified for ARES Leadership

Credentialed

Credentialed ARRL will provide basic ARES ID

Serve to recognize registration with ARES nationally Indicates level of complete training Confers no site access

AHJ granted ID Site access ID provided by Authority Having Jurisdiction

AHJ owns this ID/Pass Required by terms of AHJ for site/scene access

Expertise

Expertise Skills - Derived from training

Classroom On-line Net operations Traffic Handling Drills Exercises Public Service Activities

Capability

Capability Determined by an individual’s skill levels

Message handling Ability to operate as NCS Ability to follow direction Ability to lead Knowledge of local scene and environment Familiarity with local EM Leadership Team

Capacity

Capacity The determined ability of ARES to complete a mission

Sufficient Trained / Qualified Operators Sufficient Infrastructure Sufficient Mobile Units Adequate Back-up when Infrastructure Fails Pre-planned Contingencies

A situation-dependent deployment plan Reserve operators Reserve equipment

WHEN ? ? Starting now ARES Connect being implemented

Training HQ Staff Accepting Group Registrations Assigning Group IDs Beta Sections Selected – 4 largest ARES Organizations

MI, OH, WA, GA SMs and SECs will soon select sites

Plans approved by P&S Preparing Formal Guidelines for Field Organization Preparing Introductory Announcement

WHEN ? ? “Its about darned time.”

“Thank you.”“How can I help?”