Nassau County ARES: News

Public Information
Nassau County ARES can help you with your special events. We provide communications for Marathons, Charity Walks, and Emergencies For more information, please e-mail us, or call our PIO hot-line (516) 308-ARES

Welcome to Nassau ARES

- THIS IS THE YEAR OF THE NEW RECRUIT -
Get your friends licensed, then into ARES

Nassau County ARES Meeting Information

Nassau County ARES holds regularly scheduled meetings once each month.
All interested amateur radio operators are invited to attend, whether they are members of ARES or not.

ARES meetings are held at 7:30PM on the FOURTH THURSDAY of the month.

Click here for Map and Directions

Greetings,
Thank you for stopping by to visit the Nassau County Amateur Radio Emergency Service (NCARES) website. This site is devoted to those who volunteer their precious time as well as their personal resources in an effort to provide emergency communications for federal, state and local governmental agencies along with such entities as the American Red Cross who serve the public good in times of need. We also provide public service communications for organizations such as the American Diabetes Association, March of Dimes and Multiple Sclerosis Society, supporting their efforts during public events for fundraising, outreach and public awareness activities within our community.

NCARES members are radio operators licensed by the Federal Communications Commission. Members enjoy radio as a hobby but also train and prepare for emergencies that may require the need for supplemental and support communications when conventional means are severed or become disrupted by natural, manmade or accidental events.

Any currently licensed amateur radio operator can join NCARES. We encourage membership to all who live and or work in Nassau County and do not require operators to own specific equipment although the use of battery powered, portable or mobile gear is strongly encouraged. We provide training opportunities for all members and promote collegiality between the membership through monthly meetings and weekly radio nets.

Whether it is reporting severe weather conditions to the National Weather Service or providing end of race location information to the officials of the Long Island Marathon, NCARES volunteers are there, on post while providing needed communications to those agencies and organizations who ask for our professional expertise.

NCARES is more than 70 strong but the need for additional members continues to grow as we are asked to provide more radio services to served agencies, not only of conventional voice operations but with the new digital technologies and computer driven communication newly developed. Now more than ever, I urge you to volunteer your special talents and your time to this very special need. Amateur Radio Operators will continue to provide emergency communication. That is what we do…….we provide the last mile of communications reliably to those within our community, when all else fails!

Sign up today, on line by clicking on “Join NCARES”……… just to the left side of this webpage.
If by chance you wandered on to this page accidentally and you do not have an amateur radio license, but ARES sounds interesting to you, I would encourage you to get a license. Visit www . arrl.org or www .limarc.org , where you will find people there who will help you get licensed. Study guides are posted on this website. Once you have your license, come join our group, and complete your training with us. You will then be able to assist in public service events and most importantly, to help out during emergencies by providing much-needed radio communications. You will also be proud of what you accomplish.
Thank you and 73,
Tim Cregan, N2RDB - District Emergency Coordinator
Nassau County Amateur Radio Emergency Service

ARES Events - Updated 1/31/10

We need your help for all upcoming "Public Service" events!

Please take a minute to view the calendar and register for the upcoming public service events. Your participation is essential for the success of each activity and the groups we serve while giving NCARES members critical training opportunities.

The next event is less that one month away..Please register if you can help out!

Upcoming Events:
(see calendar or click the dates below for event details)

March 28th - Suffolk Half Marathon

May 1st - LI-Marathon 5K

May 2nd - Long Island Marathon

May 2nd - MS Walk

May 8th - ARC Walk

June 12th - Red Cross Drill

Sept 26th - CERT Drill

November 7th - NYC Marathon

November 20th - Fly with the Owls

Completed Events:

Jan 10th - Ham Radio University

Thanks to all who signed up and joined in on the fun, supporting so many in their efforts to give to others, You all did a fantastic job.

Thank you for your valued support.

by w2lie on Sunday January 31 2010 - 17:06:07