Welcome to the ARES® home page for the ARRL Idaho Section
  - the Amateur Radio Emergency Service®

The Mission of the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES^®) in Idaho:

To provide auxiliary communications and technology support services when called upon by our Served Agencies*. These services are provided by volunteer licensed Amateur Radio operators who have completed the training and coursework required by applicable Federal, State and local organizations. The ARES leadership is committed to developing the available Amateur Radio resources into a team that provides a highly reliable and professional level of service.

*Served Agencies include regional and local public safety agencies, and other public and community organizations with whom we have formalized relationships through Memorandums of Understanding (MOU’s).
 

About ARES in Idaho

In Idaho, ARES groups are organized by county and are coordinated by the individual Emergency Coordinator (EC).  It is at the county level where most of the real emergency organizing gets accomplished. This is the level at which ARES leaders make direct contact with the ARES member-volunteers.  The local EC is therefore the key contact in the ARES. The EC is appointed by the Section Emergency Coordinator (SEC), on the recommendation of the District Emergency Coordinator (DEC).  The DEC coordinates the efforts of the Emergency Coordinators so that the volunteer response is fluid and efficient.