Owen County Indiana
Amateur Radio
Emergency Service
Communications
Plan
Produced
by Jim Baughn K9EOH
Table of Contents
1. Membership in ARES
shall consist of two levels, Affiliated and Active.
2. External Licensed
Personnel Assets
3. Unlicensed Personnel
Assets
4. Personal Support
expectations
1. Activating the Owen
County Emergency Plan
3. Operational Personnel
Resources
1. ARES
Membership Calling List
2. RACES
Membership Calling List
4. Net
Control Station Procedures
6. Indiana
Skywarn Counties And Frequencies
11. Uniform
Equipment Standards
17. Spencer-Owen Community
Schools
20. Useful Non-Amateur
Radio Frequencies
A. SAFETY
While disaster response may require the taking of certain calculated risks in order for us to do our work, ARES members are responsible for their own safety and should do nothing that places them in personal jeopardy. The responder must be constantly aware of his surroundings including, but not limited to hazardous materials, fall hazards, animals, weather or poorly supported structures.
B.
FLEXIBILITY
Each disaster is unique. Preparation for ARES disaster response must be
comprehensive but not particular. The Owen County method for achieving this is
to prepare basic response elements (people, equipment, power sources,
procedures and supplies) thoroughly. Then upon mobilization, these elements
will be integrated to mitigate the effects of the particular disaster with the
most efficiency.
C.
DEFINITIONS
1. Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES)
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.
2.
Disaster
A disaster is any event, natural or man-made, that causes great harm and/or damage.
D.
ARES
ORGANIZATION
1. Administrative
There are four levels of ARES organization--national, section, district and local. National emergency coordination at ARRL Headquarters is under the supervision of the ARRL Field and Educational Services Manager, who is responsible for advising all ARES officials regarding their problems, maintaining contact with federal government and other national officials concerned with amateur emergency communications potential, and in general with carrying out the League's policies regarding emergency communications.
ARRL Field Organization/Public Service Team Leader Steve Ewald, WV1X
a. Section Level
At the section level, the Section Emergency Coordinator is appointed by
the Section Manager (who is elected by the ARRL members in his or her section)
and works under his/her supervision. In most sections, the SM delegates to the
SEC the administration of the section emergency plan and the authority to
appoint District and local ECs. Some of the ARRL sections with capable SECs are
well organized. A few have scarcely any organization at all. It depends almost
entirely on whom the section members have put into office as SM and whom he/she
has appointed as SEC.
Section Emergency Coordinator Tony Langer W9AL - w9al@arrl.net
b. Local Level
It is at the local level where most of the real emergency organizing
gets accomplished, because this is the level at which most emergencies occur
and the level at which ARES leaders make direct contact with the ARES
member-volunteers and with officials of the agencies to be served. The local EC
is therefore the key contact in the ARES. The EC is appointed by the SEC,
usually on the recommendation of the DEC. Depending on how the SEC has set up
the section for administrative purposes, the EC may have jurisdiction over a
small community or a large city, an entire county or even a group of counties.
Whatever jurisdiction is assigned, the EC is in charge of all ARES activities
in his area, not just one interest group, one agency, one club or one band.
District Emergency Coordinator Region 7 David Pifer N9YNF n9ynf@arrl.net ( Owen, Greene, Clay, Sullivan, Vigo, Vermillion, Parke, Putnam)
Owen County Emergency Coordinator Jim Baughn k9eoh@arrl.net, Home 812 828-0629, Cell 317 373-5193 Monitors 146.52 and 146.58 Simplex, 146.985 Spencer Repeater, 146.895 Gosport Repeater.
E.
PERSONNEL
1. Membership in ARES shall consist of two
levels, Affiliated and Active.
a. Affiliated
Agrees to participate in ARES responses when the emergency is major and
all resources that can be brought to bear are needed. Additional participation
in ARES activities is optional with the member.
b. Active
Agrees to participate fully including fulfilling the requirements set
forth below.
1.
Participation
in most weekly ARES nets.
2.
Become
an ARES Net Control Station by being listed on the rotation list of NCS
stations. (See Section G.3)
3.
Be
prepared to activate whenever the Owen County ARES is activated by served
agencies for responses or drills. (See Appendix 14.)
4.
Participate
in training and non-emergency public service activities. (See Appendix 13)
5.
Conform
to uniform equipment standards. (See Appendix 11-12.)
6.
Provide
for personal support without re-supply for at least the initial 24 hours of any
response.
2. External Licensed Personnel Assets
a. Owen County licensed
non-ARES members
b. Monroe County ARES/Bloomington
Amateur Radio Club (BARC)
c. Morgan County
ARES/RACES
d. Greene County RACES
3.
Unlicensed Personnel Assets
Unlicensed people willing to provide meaningful assistance are welcome.
Each must be responsible to a licensed operator. On-air activities by such
individuals are discouraged, but possible within Federal Communications
Commission regulations for the purpose of response or training.
4. Personal Support expectations
During the operation, personnel are expected to provide the following
support:
