Greater Rockford Area Emergency Communications and Services
Winnebago
County ARES®, ESDA, SKYWARN and RACES Information
Where
you fit in:
You
do not have to be a member of the ARRL to be a member. You do not have to spend
money. You don’t have to spend every other weekend training for a disaster.
You ONLY have to dedicate as much spare time as you want to public service.
In our training meetings, we learn more about our hobby, emergency operations
and things we can do to be better prepared ourselves and our stations should the
need arise. Winnebago County ARES has a good working relationship with the
Winnebago County Emergency Services Disaster Agency. They provide us with
communication support by actively maintaining and upgrading dedicated radios and
computers in the County Emergency Operations Center. They also helps us
facilitate training, education, special events, meeting areas.
It's
time for us to submit a new application form to our New EC indicating our desire
to participate in ARES®. Please take a moment to download this application.
Please follow directions of Net Control. You can
contact Wayne at 397- of each year, updating the information for the EC.
Winnebago County SKYWARN Contact is
Pat
Aimers – N9SOC.
We are
proud to have a very active SKYWARN group here in Winnebago County.
Operations are conducted any time there is a severe weather watch or warning.
Operations take place one the 147.195 repeater. Please follow directions
of Net Control. You can contact Pat at: paimers123@yahoo.com.
Winnebago County ESDA Contact is
Pat
Aimers – N9SOC.
If you are interested in working with disaster communications you must be
affiliated with Winnebago County ESDA in order to fully participate. Affiliation
is a requirement of the Sheriff of Winnebago County, as the county assumes
responsibility for the integrity of the people assigned in disaster events. ESDA
affiliation automatically enrolls you in RACES. ESDA Affiliation allows for
rapid clearance for access to disaster scenes and, provides State Workman's
Comp Insurance when on County callouts for SKYWARN, ARES and/or
RACES events. You can download a copy of the
Winnebago
Co. ESDA here. Once completed and notarized, you can
mail it to, or drop it off with:
Dennis Lollie
ESDA Director
425 W. State Street
Rockford, IL 61101
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