Amateur
Radio Emergency
Service
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.
Radio Amateur Civil
Emergency
Service
The Radio
Amateur Civil Emergency Service
(RACES), is a public service
provided by a reserve
(volunteer) group of Amateur
Radio Operators that is
administered by local, county
and state emergency management
agencies, and supported by the
Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) of the United
States government.
Salvation Army Team
Emergency Radio
Network
The purpose
of the Salvation Army Team
Emergency Radio Network
(SATERN) is to train and
acquire personnel skilled in
emergency communications and
message handling, who will
support Salvation Army
operations in local, regional
and international disaster
situations.
Skywarn
SKYWARN is
a concept developed in the
early 1970s that was intended
to promote a cooperative effort
between the National Weather
Service and communities. The
emphasis of the effort is often
focused on the storm spotter,
an individual who takes a
position near their community
and reports wind gusts, hail
size, rainfall, and cloud
formations that could signal a
developing tornado. Another
part of SKYWARN is the receipt
and effective distribution of
National Weather Service
information.
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