Jefferson County Wisconsin ARES/RACES
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The Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES®) and Jefferson County ARES (JEFCARES) is a volunteer radio communications service available to federal, state, county and local government, as well as not-profit organizations. ARES® consists of more than 600,000 U.S. amateurs nationwide who have voluntarily registered their services and formed an organized pool of operators to provide reliable primary or secondary communications links for governmental agencies and/or not-profit organizations when needed.
Every licensed amateur regardless of membership in ARRL or any other local or national organization, is eligible for membership in ARES®. The only qualification, other than possession of an Amateur Radio license, is a sincere desire to serve. Because ARES® is an amateur radio service, only FCC licensed amateurs are eligible for membership. At the local level our primary task has been to provide emergency communications. Our training is focused on disaster preparedness and public service.