Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES)

We Want You!!! — Join ARES Today!

To get involved with ARES, you merely need to fill out the application. You can start this process by clicking this link. You’ll need to select your county on the map, (hopefully Cleveland), select the VOLUNTEER position, enter some contact information, and don’t stress over the Comments section. ARES membership is available to amateur radio operators of any license class. No experience is necessary. Join today, while you’re here, and then start your online training, as you have time, as shown below.

National Weather Service 2020 Training Schedule

Each year the National Weather Service creates a severe weather training program that is a ‘must have’ for amateurs doing weather service. The 2020 schedule should appear at the start of the year. But, take a look here, and you’ll find the 2019 training schedule.

FEMA Training

One of the requirements of being an ARES member is to continue to attend online training sessions. FEMA offers a number of these online, and you can access them at the FEMA Independent Study website. The following classes are the ones to start with and are the minimum requirements for ARES member.

• FEMA Independent Study Program course list. Of particular interest are:
  • IS-100.c – Introduction to Incident Command System
  • IS-200.c – Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response
  • IS-700.b – An Introduction to the National Incident Management System
  • IS-800.c – National Response Framework, An Introduction
• Communication Training from the American Radio Relay League (ARRL)
  • On-Line Emergency Communication Classes and Continuing Education
  • ARRL Amateur Radio Licensing Classes
  • Learn from home with more ARRL on-line courses, especially for emergency communications volunteers
• On-Line Digital Emergency Communication Courses
  • Winlink 2000
  • Narrow Band Emergency Messaging Software (NBEMS)

Cleveland County ARES Presentation

Cleveland County ARES Emergency Coordinator Mark Kleine N5HZR gave a presentation on April 13th titled ARES, SKYWARN, and You. Clicking this link will let you see this presentation PowerPoint.

ARRL Communications Training

The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) has a number of training classes, and the one that is required for ARES work can be found on the ARRL Online Communications Class website.

ARES Documents

• ARES Manual
• ARES Field Resources Manual
• National Interoperability Field Operation Guide
• Auxillary Communications Field Operation Guide
• NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards
• Google Public Alerts
• Near-Vertical Incidence Wave Antenna
• NWS Storm Ready Program
• NWS SkyWarn National Program

ARES Oklahoma

More information is available about Oklahoma ARES is available at http://www.aresok.org/