Alabama Amateur Radio Emergency Service

 

 

 

Nets / Maps Training Leadership Exercises Miscellaneous
Section ARES NET AL ARES Database Section Emergency Coordinator

SET information

 		Alabama Emergency Plan
Alabama Repeater and EC Map ARRL EC-001 DEC/ EC contact list

Real Time SET Status Updates

 		Alabama EMA Emergency Operations Plan
Alabama Map List ARRL EC-002

Alabama Repeater and EC Map

 		ARRL National Earthquake Drill 2007 Alabama Emergency Net Honor Roll
AL ARES Map Training   Alabama SET Report Archive


 Welcome to the Alabama Section of ARES

 

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.

 

 

ARRL Alabama Section Emergency Coordinator

Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114

205.824.8930
205.824.8960 fax
205.253.4867 cell
 n1lf@arrl.net

les@highnoonfilm.com
 

 

*  Latest News and Activities  *

 

On May 7th the Alabama Department of Homeland Security and the Alabama Section of the American Radio Relay League, Amateur Radio Emergency Service conducted a Communications Interoperability Exercise, Catastrophic Hurricane Landfall.  The exercise was a learning experience and a great success.  We appreciate all that contributed to this successful exercise!

Exercise Article

ARRL Web story

Exercise Incident Action Plan

More information

 

 

Photo Courtesy Norfolk Southern Railroad.

Used with Permission.

Birmingham Hamfest ARES Forum to Kick Off "Operation Highball" SET 2009

 
Section Emergency Coordinator, Les Rayburn, N1LF will be hosting a special training forum for all ARES leadership and volunteers at this year's Birmingham Hamfest on May 2nd. Scheduled for 2:00PM on Saturday, this ARES forum will give volunteers the chance to review this year's major exercises including the ARRL New Madrid Earthquake Drill, CSEPP, and the Simulated Emergency Test of 2008.
 
But it will also be a jump start towards this year's SET exercise, "Operation Highball". Working with the Alabama Emergency Management Agency and railroad officials, the October 2009 exercise will focus on railroad incident response.
 
"This year's SET is going to be very different than past years" said Rayburn, "we'll be offering a lot of training about railroad operations, HAZMAT, and emergency response leading up to the exercise." A special video devoted to railroad emergency response will be shown at the Birmingham Forum, as well as similar events in Huntsville and Montgomery. Club programs are also planned, along with weekly training on railroad communications and operations specifically designed for weekly ARES net training.
 
"Our goal is to push out small, bite sized training modules that EC's can use for their weekly FM ARES Nets", Rayburn elaborated, "the hope is that by the time the drill comes around in September, we'll all be a lot more knowledgeable about railroad operations and better prepared to respond".
 
District Emergency Coordinators and Emergency Coordinators are highly encouraged to attend this year's ARES forum, which will also feature updates on the states new ARES Activation and Notification System, the new digital mode MT63, and other topics related to ARES. In addition, copies of the new 2009 Alabama ARES Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) will be available, along with copies of the new 2 Meter ARES Repeater Map developed by ASEC Hub Harvey, N4HUB.
 
ARES will have a booth on the hamfest floor, manned all day Saturday by SEC, Les Rayburn, N1LF along with many District Emergency Coordinators. He invites everyone interested to stop by and offer comments and suggestions. "My goal for the booth on Saturday is to listen, not lecture. I'm really interested in getting feedback and criticism from amateurs about how ARES is doing in Alabama. We've made great strides in the past year, but have a long way to go" commented Rayburn.  

More information about the forum contact:  SEC, Les Rayburn, N1LF

More information about the Birmingham Amateur Radio Club Hamfest can be found at: http://www.w4cue.com

 

 

 

Hot-Wash: ARRL National Earthquake Drill 19 December 2008

By Alabama Section Emergency Coordinator Les Rayburn, N1LF

Download Report

 

As a result of the Earthquake Drill, a statewide contact list and repeater map have been generated. 

Please send updates or additions to Hub Harvey, N4HUB, Jefferson County EC,  N4HUB @ arrl.net

 

Alabama Repeater and EC Map

 

Alabama Frequency List (Excel)

 

 

2008 Alabama ARES Simulated Emergency Test Report

 

 

Alabama Emergency Plan Appendix F:

Alabama ARES / EMA Counties by District

The Alabama District map has been restructured to match the AL State EMA/Homeland Security districts. This will give each DEC an EMA counterpart, just as the county EC has had a county EMA counterpart. 

 

ARES Registration

 

Interested in registering you services and skills with Alabama ARES?  Fill out his online form. This for will be automatically sent to the SEC and your county EC.

 

If you do not receive a confirmation email within 24hours please re-submit your application

 

ARRL Message Form Information

 

ARRL message form instructions

 

Blank ARRL message form

 

Online ARES Registration Form

 

ARES Information

ARES FIELD RESOURCES MANUAL

Alabama Weather Service Information

 

Huntsville

 

Birmingham

 

South Alabama - Mobile/Pensacola

 

South Alabama - Tallahassee, FL

 

Alabama Radar Map

 

NWS Upcoming Storm Spotter Classes

Training conducted by the National Weather Service

 

Birmingham NWS

 

Huntsville NWS

 

 Spotter Information  

 

Miscellaneous

 

Disaster Go-Kits

 

FEMA NIFOG Version 1.3

 

Alabama ARESMAT

Amateur Radio Emergency Service Mutual Assistance Teams

contact Les, your SEC at alsec@arrl-al.org for more information.

 

 

AlabamaARES.org

 

 

Please send ARES suggestions to n1lf@arrl.net

Home