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We are pleased you stopped
to visit!
Wisconsin ARES®/RACES
is actually two organizations operating transparently as one with
over 1350 ham radio operators who volunteer their
expertise, time and resources to provide primary
and supplemental communications to government agencies,
private disaster response organizations and other
nonprofit organizations. Other ARES®/RACES
organizations are present throughout the United
States. In Wisconsin, each county has an ARES®/RACES
group, which regularly trains on the air and in
formal training sessions.
Some examples of the services provided by ARES®/RACES
include:
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Severe weather spotting assistance for the National
Weather Service.
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Supplemental communications support to Emergency
Management, law enforcement, fire and emergency
medical services during all types of emergencies
and disasters.
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Primary and supplemental communications support
during disasters and communications emergencies
for private disaster response organizations.
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Primary communications for nonprofit organizations
during events and activities such as marathons,
parades and large outdoor events.
If you an ARES®/RACES member, this is
your site! It is your information portal for
all ARES®/RACES activities in Wisconsin.
Bookmark this site and visit it often.
If you are a ham radio operator interested in public
service, review this site and contact your county
ARES® Emergency Coordinator, or Bill
Niemuth, KB9ENO, at
bniemuth@new.rr.com.
If you are not involved in ham radio and are interested
in communications and public service, we want to
talk with you! We are always looking
for interested individuals who want to uniquely
serve their communities. All it takes to get
an FCC issued ham radio license is the desire to
learn.
If you are in emergency management, state or federal
government, law enforcement, fire service, emergency
medical service, health service, or a private disaster
support agency and are not engaged with your local
ARES®/RACES group, please contact me.
I’ll put you in touch with your county or district
emergency coordinator.
Enjoy our site! Learn from it, generate ideas
to take back to your organizations and then share
those ideas with us so we can share them with others.
Remember, we provide communications when no one
else can!
Best regards,
Bill Niemuth, KB9ENO (bniemuth@new.rr.com)
ARRL/ARES® Section Emergency Coordinator, Wisconsin
RACES Chief Radio Officer, Wisconsin
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