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?”