Overview

  The Amateur Radio Relay League’s (ARRL) Amateur Radio Emergency Service  (ARES®) in Stafford County and the Stafford County Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES) are combined into one Stafford County Emergency Communications (EmComm) team.  All other volunteer emergency radio services, such as REACT and SATERN, are encouraged to join us or develop a coordinated relationship with our team.

Stafford's EmComm team serves the Stafford County Emergency Manager, Stafford County Sheriff's Office, 911 Center, and Fire/EMS department. We have a formal appointment by the Chief, Stafford County Emergency Management Division (Gerald "Jazz" jaskulski).

Our EmComm team is a member of ARES® District 4 - Upper Rappahanock. District 4 consists of these counties: Louisa, Rappahannock, Culpeper, Madison, Orange, Spotsylvania, Caroline, King George, Stafford, and the City of Fredericksburg. More information about District 4 is available at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VA_ARES_D4/. The Virginia ARES® web site is at http://www.aresva.org/aresva.html.

 

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Local Contacts (All Volunteer Ham Radio Operators)*

• EC/RO:  Stafford ARES® Emergency Coordinator (EC) and RACES Radio Officer (RO) since 10/01/05:
  • Bart Bartholomew, N3GQ [Extra Class] (N3GQ (at) ARRL dot net)
  • Former DEC-4 and ASM for Northern Virginia from 2006-2008

• AEC/ARO:  Stafford Assistant EC/RO for Operations since 10/01/05:
  • Emmett Price, K3EP [Extra Class] (K3EP (at) ARRL dot net) 
  • Former Stafford County EC from 2001-2005

• AEC/ARO:  Stafford Assistant EC/RO for Administration since 10/01/05 since 10/01/05:
  • Dee Bartholomew, K3KAT [Extra Class] (Dee_Bartholomew (at) msn dot com)

• AEC/ARO:  Stafford Assistant EC/RO for MARS since 10/01/05:
  • Jack Cavanagh, KB4XF [Extra Class] cjcav (at) earthlink (dot) net 
  • Former DEC-4

• AEC/ARO:  Stafford Assistant EC/RO for EOC Operations since 04/19/08:
  • Andy Miles, KJ4CCU [General Class] super8hare (at) verizon dot net

• AEC/ARO:  Stafford Assistant EC/RO for 911 Center Operations: 
  • TBD - position vacant; volunteer needed! 

• ARES® DEC-4: District 4 ARES®/RACES Emergency Coordinator since 04/01/08: 
  • Tom Lauzon, KI4AFE (at) ARRL dot net
  • Also EC/RO for Spotsylvania County 
  • Note:  All District-4 ARES® ECs are also RACES ROs

• ARES® A-SEC: Assistant Section (State) Emergency Coordinator for Emergency Nets since 04/01/05:
  • Emmett Price, K3EP [Extra Class]  (K3EP (at) ARRL dot net)
  • Former Stafford County EC from 2001-2005

• ARES® A-SEC: Assistant Section Emergency Coordinator since 04/01/08:
  • Tom Gregory, N4NW [Extra Class] (N4NW (at) N4NW dot org)
  • Former VA SEC from 2004-2006 

 *AEC=ARES® Assistant Emergency Coordinator; ARO=RACES Assistant Radio Officer

Local Contacts (Stafford County Gov't)

• County Fire Chief Rob Brown via:
  • Gerry Jaskulski, Chief, Emergency Management Division 

Please see the Standing Operating Procedures, issued to the Emergency Communications Team Members, for more information, some of which is “close hold.”

 

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Weekly Combined Radio Net

The weekly combined SARA and EmComm radio net is on the air every Thursday at 2000 hours local time on the 145.270 MHz and 444.450 MHz repeaters. During the net, the tone (CTCSS) is turned off. The tone is enabled at all other times. For more repeater information, please check the SARA Net page. The repeater trustee, Emmett, K3EP, was also the previous EC for Stafford County from 2001-2005. Join us!

 

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SATERN Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network

A Note About Ham Radio EmComm Support and the American Red Cross : Stafford County, other members of ARES District 4, and other Virginia and US localities, are looking at establishing a relationship with SATERN, the Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network. MORE...

 

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ARRL Numbered RADIOGRAMS

“Numbered messages have been established for some of the more common texts sent during emergencies and holiday seasons. When this common text can be used, an ARL NUMBER is substituted for the text and sent. The delivering station reads the actual text to the address, not the ARL NUMBER.

“The letters ARL are inserted in the preamble in the check and in the text before spelled out numbers, which represent texts from this list. Note that some ARL texts include and in the text before spelled out numbers, which represent texts from this list. Note that some ARL texts include insertion of numerals or words.” Please click on the link for more information: http://www.ncarrl.org/nets/number_mesg.html 

 

 

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