Washington County, Utah ARES

D I X I E A M A T E U R R A D I O C L U B , I N C .

Utah's "Dixie" is located in southwestern Utah

The Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) is a nationally organized group of over 35,000Federally licensed Amateur Radio operators who have voluntarily registered their services and formed an organized pool of operators to provide reliable primary and secondary communications links for governmental agencies and/or non-profit organizations when needed. Local groups participate under the "umbrella" of the national ARES organization which is administered as part of the American Radio Relay League, the National Organization fro Amateur Radio.

Locally the Washington County ARES group serves Washington County, Utah and all Municipal agencies within Washington County. WCoARES also serves the St. George Marathon, The American Red Cross, the Huntsman World Senior Games and any other non-profit organizations upon request.

The e-mail mesage below was sent to Club members on May 15, 2010. In case you did not get that e-mail please copy the text from it below and paste it into a new e-mail message.

Then fill in the requested information and send that e-mail to the Washington County ARES Coordinator Hal Whiting at this e-mail address: washington.co.ut.ares@gmail.com

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From: Hal Whiting [mailto:washington.co.ut.ares@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2010 12:10 PM
To: w7drc@arrl.net
Subject: ARES Radio Operator Information Requested

Greetings to all DARC amateur operators:

Thanks to those of you who provided ARES applications at the last DARC Meeting. Due to the large numbers of operators who have moved in, moved out or just relocated, in the past two years, I am asking for your updates if you wish to begin or continue participation in ARES. This information will be used for organizational planning and training events with ARES.

Additionally, I have been asked to provide a list of those operators who are eligible and willing to participate in county emergency operations. This will be included in the planning and exercise program.

Please reply to this email with information added to the text (use as much additional space in your e-mail as necessary to provide the information requested):

Name:

Address:

City:

State:

Zip:

Emergency phone numbers:

Email addresses:

Other contact information:

Amateur Radio License Class:

ARRL Emcomm Courses:

Local ARES Emcomm Courses:

Previous ARES experience:

CERT involvement/responsibilities:

ERC involvement/responsibilities:

Employment with Fire/Police/Medical agencies:

Equipment capabilities:

Training desired:

Position and responsibilities desired:

Thank you in advance for your participation. I look forward to assisting in building our ARES organization and with the invitation to become involved locally with the county we have an opportunity to grow and develop.

Thank you,

Hal Whiting, KI2U
Washington County ARES Emergency Coordinator

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