Our Mission: "To provide emergency communications support to our communities and served agencies through professional emergency communications training and proficient utilization of state-of-the-art amateur radio communications capabilities."
The Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) consists of licensed amateurs who have voluntarily registered their qualifications and equipment for communications duty in the public service when disaster strikes. Every licensed amateur, regardless of membership in ARRL or any other local or national organization, is eligible for membership in the ARES. The only qualification, other than possession of an Amateur Radio license, is a sincere desire to serve. Because ARES is an amateur service, only amateurs are eligible for membership. The possession of emergency-powered equipment is desirable, but is not a requirement for membership.
Amateur Radio is the only true fail safe emergency communications solution precisely because it is not a fixed network that can go down. Trained and FCC licensed amateur radio operators establish radio communications links when commercial networks are overloaded, severely degraded, or inoperable by establishing infrastructure and communications when and where needed.
Southwest Idaho Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES®) consists of ten Southwestern Idaho Counties:
Emergency Managers click here to request support for your county. Amateur Radio Operators click here to request support for your county. Roadmap to budgeting and incorporating Amateur Radio into your communications and Interoperability plan here.
The leadership and membership of Southwest Idaho ARES are committed to utilizing our Amateur Radio knowledge, skills, and abilities to serve the public as defined in FCC Part 97.1 Basis and purpose.
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