| OZARES is Ozaukee County's ARES (Amateur Radio
Emergency Service) and
RACES (Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service). ARES is sponsored by a
private,
non-profit organization,the American Radio Relay League. RACES is
sponsored
by the US Government Federal Emergency Management Agency, and
administered
by the Divison of Emergency Management of the State of Wisconsin.
OZARES
members are all Amateur Radio Operators, individually licensed by the
Federal
Communications Commission. They are trained emergency communicators who
have
volunteered personal time, skill and equipment to serve in the public
interest.
While OZARES is a private, volunteer organization, it is
permanently attached to the Ozaukee
County Department of Emergency Management by mutual consent and to the
mutual
benefit of Ozaukee County and OZARES.
Jon Gilmore,
KB9RHZ
Emergency Coordinator
Skip Douglas,
KA9DDN
Assistant Emergency
Coordinator (Training)
Stan Kaplan,
WB9RQR
Assistant Emergency
Coordinator (Nets)
Cindy Douglas,
KA9PZG
Assistant Emergency
Coordinator (PR/Liaison)
Last Updated: 12 January 2007
©2002 - 2007 OZARES
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