Santa Cruz County ARES Events CALENDAR

Latest Emergency Bulletins, EDIS

Current SITUATION STATUS website links

Our Web-based ARES registration form helps provide Santa Cruz County ARES ECs and the DEC with information about amateur radio Operators willing to volunteer their communications support during emergencies or for community service. This information will be shared only with ARES members and only as needed for member callout purposes. When you submit the form, you'll get a review screen to check your entries for accuracy before you send them. To update your information in the future, simply submit another copy of the form.

Primary Santa Cruz County ARES Repeaters

* Furnished by Santa Cruz County Office of Emergency Services

Santa Cruz County Net and ARES repeater locations
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Packet frequencies, Monterey Bay area

Santa Cruz County CERT frequencies

Northern California 2 Meter Band Plan

Other Frequency Lists below, farther down on this page.

Weekly Schedule of Ham Nets and Meetings, Monterey Bay Area

Monterey Bay weekly Radio Nets

ARES Training

ARRL emergency communications Backgrounder

Nice public info, EMERGENCY-RADIO.ORG

Amateur Radio Public Service Manual

local CERT for all, Community Emergency Response Teams

FEMA free online, Intro to NIMS

ARRL Certification and Continuing Education (C-CE)

Voice net procedures, S.Clara Co. audio tape transcript (small filesize text file)

Voice net procedures, S.Clara Co. audio tape (1.3MB large filesize .mp3 audio file)

Audio Tapes of the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake amateur radio net, S.Clara Co. For chronological order, listen first to the "loma1" audio file, then loma2, then loma3, then loma4

ARES Resources

blank FORMS for ARES operators

ARES Net Control Station Scripts

ARES Operating Aids

ARRL Public Service Communications Manual, ARES and NTS

ARES E-Letter

When All Else Fails...

Preparedness

EDIS email ALERT SYSTEM

Weather Warnings, NWS

SantaCruzREADY.org

READY.GOV (emergency preparedness tips from U.S. Department of Homeland Security)

Disaster Information! (CDC)

What You Need to Know When the Power Goes Out Unexpectedly (CDC)

Other Frequency Lists

Northern California Mutual Aid/Contact Frequencies, ARRL

Monterey County ARES frequencies

Santa Clara County ARES frequencies

San Mateo County ARES frequencies

Northern Amateur Relay Council of California Repeater Lists

Emergency Communications Organizations

Santa Cruz Regional 9-1-1 (Netcom)

Cal E.M.A., California Emergency Management Agency, formerly California OES

California State Auxiliary Communications Service

Monterey County Amateur Radio Emergency Services

San Benito County ARES

Santa Clara County ARES/RACES

San Mateo South County ARES

Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES)

Clubs

Santa Cruz County Amateur Radio Club

San Lorenzo Valley Amateur Radio Club

Loma Prieta Amateur Radio Club

Naval Postgraduate School Amateur Radio Club

Monterey Bay Amateur Radio Asociation (MBARA), N6IJ

ECTAR Inc. (Emergency Communications Through Amateur Radio – Monterey County)

Served agencies include:

• American Red Cross, Santa Cruz County Chapter

• Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office

• Santa Cruz County Office of Emergency Services

• Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency (annual emergency hospital drill)

• Cities of Santa Cruz, Watsonville, Scotts Valley, and Capitola.

• Dominican Hospital and Sutter, Santa Cruz and Watsonville Community Hospital

• Watsonville Fly-In and Airshow (Labor Day weekend)

• Monte Foundation for the Aptos Fireworks

• Global Cyclists Exchange (Sponsors of Strawberry Fields Forever annual bicycle tour)

• Aptos/La Selva Fire Department

• California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDF), CAL FIRE

• California State Parks

• CERT, Community Emergency Response Teams, Santa Cruz County
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• The Volunteer Centers of Santa Cruz County

Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) is a nationwide field organization of the American Radio Relay League, consisting of amateur radio operators who have voluntarily registered their services and become part of an organized team.
ARRL has working MOUs (Memoranda of Understanding) with Department of Homeland Security - Citizen Corps, FEMA, NVOAD, American Red Cross, APCO, and others.
The trained operators of Santa Cruz County ARES provide reliable primary and secondary communication links for the Santa Cruz County Office of Emergency Services, Emergency Operations Centers and Public Safety Agencies throughout the county, as well as organizations such as the Red Cross, Salvation Army, and the major local hospitals.
ARES® and Amateur Radio Emergency Service® are registered servicemarks of the American Radio Relay League, Incorporated and are used by permission.
Local ARES members are also registered in the Auxiliary Communications Service (ACS) and the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES), which are administered by local, county and state emergency management agencies, supported by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to provide radio communications for periods of local, regional or national civil emergencies or disasters.

Santa Cruz County ARES Organizational structure

Neighbors:

Monterey County DEC and ACS Radio Officer	Richard Hillbun, AF6TP 25086 Highway 1 Carmel, CA 93923-8213
San Benito County DEC and ACS Radio Officer	Tim Takeuchi, W6TST 1760F Airline Hwy, #135 Hollister, CA 95023-5634
Santa Clara County DEC and ACS Radio Officer	Scott Morse, KC6SKM 2488 Golf Links Circle Santa Clara, CA 95050-7011
Santa Clara Valley SEC Santa Clara Valley SM Pacific Divison Director	Larry Carr, KE6AGJ Brandon Bianchi, NI6C Bob Vallio, W6RGG

For more information on Santa Cruz County ARES: Cap Pennell KE6AFE, DEC for Santa Cruz County.

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