| 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.
Mike Yuhas, AB9ON
Emergency Coordinator
Stan Kaplan,
WB9RQR
Assistant Emergency
Coordinator (Nets)
Nancy Stecker,
KC9FZK
Assistant Emergency
Coordinator (WX)
Last Updated: 4 February 2009
©2002 - 2009 OZARES
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