Bernalillo County Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES)
text Meetings & Exercises Power Connector
New Mexico Section Manager:
Don Wood, W5FHA
( w5fha@arrl.net )
Weekly Net Public Service
Resources Repeaters
Section Emergency Coordinator:
Rick Sohl, K5RIC
( k5ric@arrl.net )
Preparedness
Training Tijeras Weather
District Emergency Coordinator:
Mike Eaton, K5MJE
( k5mje@arrl.net )
Membership Contacts Emergency Plan
Emergency Operations Plan

Here is the Emergency Communications Plan for the Bernalillo County ARES: BC-ARES_Plan.pdf
Preparedness
Are you ready for an emergency? Every emergency - whether it's a forest fire, severe weather, missing person, 911 phone center outage, or 9/11 itself - is different. However, the planning process and the basic checklist remains the same.
  • Are your handheld (and larger) batteries charged?
  • Is your radio programmed with the right frequencies?
  • Are your radios and antennas packed and ready to go?
  • Do you have a small "go kit" or bag with whatever personal stuff (and your radios) which you might need for a day or two?
  • Is your generator serviced and filled?
  • Do you have any forms you may need (e.g., Radiograms)
  • Do you know what HF/VHF/UHF nets will be used, when was the last time you checked into your local ARES net, have you made contact with your local EC lately, do you know who your EC is? And the list goes on. Nothing can take the place of good planning. And once the emergency starts, it is run on experience, training, and good judgement ... But it all starts with planning.

So ... Are you ready for an emergency?

Here's the Go-Kit Checklist from the presentation given by Ed, N5LI at the Duke City Hamfest in 2003
Last Modified: 2:10:00 PM Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Bernalillo County ARES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|