Lake County Ohio ARES
Emergency Coordinator
Mike Goffos WB8ZGH
Assistant Emergency Coordinators
Don Kocsis WA8TWM
Ed Kopcak KB8BKE
Joe Koskcvics N8JKO
Bob Mekinda K8QXO
Jim Pyle AA8OY
Weekly (except holidays) training net: Mondays @ 19:30 147.210/r
The Ohio ARES 10th District. includes the counties of Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, and Medina.
The Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) program exists to recruit licensed amateur radio operators who have voluntarily registered their qualifications and equipment with their local ARES leadership for communications duty in public service when disaster strikes. Every licensed amateur, regardless of membership in Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL) or any other local or national organization is eligible to apply for membership in ARES. Having stand by back up emergency power equipment (eg. generator or battery) available is desirable, but is not a requirement for membership.
All ARES members are encouraged, but are not a required, to take the 4 basic ICS courses, for general participation. It should be noted that some of the primary served agencies DO require basic and additional ICS training to be eligible to work in a or an emergency operations center (EOC).
ARES is a program of the ARRL and is not controlled by, nor does it control the Lake County Amateur Radio Association. The two groups operate as individual entities that are partnered to meet the same common goals.
To get involved in ARES
Fill out an ARES Registration form and submit it to your local Emergency Coordinator.
In Lake County. submit to Mike Goffos (WB8ZGH) at: < mjgoffos252@gmail.com >
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