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Fresno County ARES/RACES Emergency Communications
The Fresno County ARES (Amateur Radio Emergency Service) and Fresno County RACES (Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services) organizations have joined forces. Although ARES and RACES are separate entities, our members now can have dual membership and provide greater flexibility during emergencies. Using the same operators and the same frequencies, an ARES group also enrolled in RACES can "switch hats" from ARES to RACES and RACES to ARES to meet the requirements of the situation as it develops. For example, during a "non-declared emergency," ARES can operate under ARES, but when an emergency or disaster is officially declared by a state or federal authority, the operation can become RACES with no change in personnel or frequencies.
A joint weekly net is held every Monday night at 19:30 hours on the N6HEW Repeater.
147.15 (+) PL of 141.3
Packet radio is up during the net on 145.030 and sign on to AC6WS-1.
All Fresno County hams are encouraged to participate if they have a desire to serve the community and a willingness to become proficient in emergency communications. If you have a question or would like to join Fresno County ARES/RACES, you may call:
ARRL San Joaquin Valley Section Manager (SM)
Dan Pruitt AE6SX 559-779-2974
Fresno County Emergency Coordinator (EC)
and Fresno County RACES Officer
Glen Caine N6HEW 559-292-4611
Click here to Join Fresno ARES
MAY 2012 ARES/RACES REPORT
Hi All,
This last month our activities slowed down to a manageable pace. Dan Pruitt, AE6SX and Gary Greenberg, KI6OYW, had a meeting with the committee at Kaiser to continue the effort of getting the radio gear and antennas in order. The purpose is to make it feasible for Kaiser to contact their sister hospitals in the north with either VHF or UHF and the south with HF radios. Their antenna system was severally damaged last winter and is in need of repair and upgrading. Dan and Gary have been working with vendors to compile a plan to get this project completed. They will continue to work on this and will keep us all updated on their progress. This last month we helped CARP with the March of Dimes Walk for Babies. The responsibilities were to man the rest/water stops as well as the golf carts that ferried the supplies from stop to stop. From what I have been told the project went well but as in any exercise there is always room for improvement. Rob Mavis AE6GE and Dan Pruitt AE6SX are waiting for the after action reports to be returned and then they will put together a report and suggestions for improvement. The participants for the event were: Gary Greenberg, KI6OYW Dwaine Breazeale, KG6SYA Randy Scroggins, KI6NHT Kevin Turner, KJ6EPI Joe Cabral, KJ6TYS Dan Pruitt, AE6SX Rob Mavis, AE6GE Patrick May, K6BRW Gary Gleim, W6OCW Steve Wichert, AG6JI Paul Sullivan, W6VPS Dave Tipton, KJ6UFY Ray Harkins, KB6LQV Ben Haman, WB6GBS That is all I have for participants. If you were missed on the list, I apologize for that was the combined list that I compiled. I would like to thank all that took part and remind everyone that these events are great training and we not only help the community but ourselves when we participate. Rob is now recruiting for the Shinzen Run & Walk 2012 to be held the 28th of April. If you are interested in helping, give Rob a call or email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . As always these events are great training. Hope to see you there. The monthly meeting for April will focus on preparing for Field Day in June. We will discuss the needed projects to have completed before the event. We will have other topics also so if you’re not interested in Field Day, come on down and join us anyway. We are looking for some people to take a turn as net control for the net on Monday nights. This is not a difficult task and is a lot of fun. We will provide the preamble and net roster. This is a great way to enhance your skills running a net for those times when there will be no time to train. During an emergency situation is not the time or place. If you are interested please contact Gary (KI6OYW) at 559-269-1340 or email
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Don't forget the Monday Night EmComm Net at 1930 hr. on the 147.15 MHz pl 141.3 we have some good information and camaraderie on the net. On the third Friday of the month there is an EmComm Breakfast at Yosemite Falls Cafe just north of Shaw on Blackstone at 0830hr. Last but not least is the EmComm Meeting which will be held on the fourth Thursday, at 1900 hr at the Salvation Army Citadel at 1854 Fulton Street in Fresno. 73, Glen Caine, N6HEW Fresno County RACES officer Fresno County ARES EC 559-999-7590 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it APR 2012 ARES/RACES REPORTHi All,
I hope you had a great month. We had several activities this month that made it interesting. We started the month off helping the CARP group with the Blossom Trail 10k run in Sanger. About eight of our Emergency Communication Group showed up bright and early to assist with the communication needs for the race. These races are great training for the new ham. It shows them the importance of volunteer work and how it helps out our community. This outing only took about 4 hours and let some of our new hams get their feet wet.  This is one of our new hams, Joe Cabral, (KJ6TYS) at his first volunteer activity.Dan Pruitt (AE6SX) and I met with Katrina Poitras the Emergency Service Program Manager for the Local Red Cross this month. We are trying to get re- established with them and get ready for a busy fire season. We can provide a valuable resource for them as a backup communications provider. This was the start of a long process getting an operating procedure established that works for both parties. Work will continue. We had some great training by the Salvation Army for both SATERN and ARES people Saturday the 10th of March. We were offered courses on Introduction to Salvation Army Emergency Services, Mass Feeding, ICS 100, and ICS 700 classes. Some of us took both the ICS classes and that took all of Saturday. We all learned a lot and hopefully passed the tests. The monthly meeting will have a training program showing the art of traffic handling. This will be presented by Joe Cardoza (WA6FFJ). He will teach us the correct way to fill out an ARRL message form and how to send it through the traffic system. It should prove to be a benefit to us all. I hope you all attend. We are looking for some people to take a turn as net control for the net on Monday Nights. This is not a difficult task and is a lot of fun. We will provide the preamble and net roster. This is a great way to enhance your skills running a net for those times when there will be no time to train. During an emergency situation is not the time or place. If you are interested, please contact Gary (KI6OYW) at 559-269-1340 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Don’t forget the Monday Night Emcomm Net at 1930 hr. on the 147.15 MHz pl 141.3. We have some good information and camaraderie on the net. On the third Friday of the month there is an Emcomm Breakfast at Yosemite Falls Cafe just north of Shaw on Blackstone at 0830hr and last but not least the Emcomm Meeting will be held on the fourth Thursday, at 1900 hr at the Salvation Army Citadel at 1854 Fulton St Fresno. 73, GLEN CAINE (N6HEW) Fresno County RACES Officer Fresno County ARES EC 559-999-7590 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
