Category: ARES

Amateur Radio Emergency Services

FEMA

ARRL and FEMA Sign Agreement: Ham Radio is as Relevant as Ever

The agreement emphasizes the importance of skilled Amateur Radio Operators in times of crisis and the role of ARES leadership within the emergency communications space.  ARES (see the ARES fact sheet at www.arrl.org/ares) is a network of trained Amateur Radio Service…

Generator

Emergency Generators Maintenance Tip

Many of us have portable emergency generators that we bought for use during electric outages. After we use them, we store them away until we need them again. Many of us just put them away in the back of the…

Arctic Weather and Seasons Greetings

Folks, The next few days are going to  be very cold.  Please do Not take this Severe Cold weather lightly.Thankfully we will only see this severe cold for a few days. We must be prepared for it and use extreme…

Hurricane Watch Net

Hurricane Watch Net

Tuesday, November 8, 2022 @ 11:00 AM EST (1700 UTC) The Hurricane Watch Net is in Stand-By Mode. The Hurricane Watch Net is closely monitoring the progress of Tropical Storm Nicole. Nicole is forecast to make landfall somewhere along the…

Amateur Radio Emergency Service

Key Message on TS Ian (NWS) 9/29/2022 1100

Hurricane Watch Net

CQ News: Hurricane Watch Net Activates as Fiona Heads North

The following is from our friends at the Hurricane Watch Net (www.hwn.org):   As of 10:00 AM EDT (1400 UTC) Thursday, Fiona remains a powerful Cat 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 130 mph. The Hurricane Watch Net will activate…

Quad State Tornado Update

Well, family time is about to overtake me!  But I thought I would take a time out from our celebrations to update you on what I know regarding the response to the Quad State Tornado outbreak.  I am notdeployed now,…

CISA Exercise story

My November 20 CISA Exercise story Just when you think all will be flawless and all bases are covered…. you don’t. I packed my satchel for transport to Harris County Homeland Security Office of Emergency Management (TranStar) to conduct the…

CISA Fusion Center Drill/Exercise

Hello EC’s, DEC’s and other interested parties, Please notify, via your normal activation notice channels, your membership of the upcoming exercise. The instruction for the drill is as follows: This first exercise will be a Texas ONLY drill.  The preferred…