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Everything I need to know about ARES, I learned from Noah's Ark...

ONE:    If there's an emergency, don't miss the boat.

TWO:   Despite local loyalties, we are all in the same boat.

THREE:            Plan ahead. It wasn't raining when Noah built the Ark.

FOUR: Stay fit. When you're 60 years old, someone may ask you to do something really big.

FIVE:    Don't listen to critics; just get on with the job that needs to be done.

SIX:      Build your future on high ground.  Have your emergency kits prepared.

SEVEN:            Speed isn't always an advantage. The snails were on board with the cheetahs.

EIGHT: You can't help others, if you don't take care of yourself and your family.

NINE:   Remember, the Ark was built by amateurs; the Titanic by professionals.

            AMATEUR RADIO - PROFESSIONAL BY NATURE, AMATEUR BY CHOICE!


2010 EVENTS

(updated 2010-07-30)

 

Oct 2,  Likely SET date

     30,  Durham ARES field exercise


 

LINKS
(updated 2009-05-17)

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ONTARIO

Red Alertinformation about pending or occurring disasters, is distributed by The Weather Network.  

EMO has an email subscriber list that allows you to select the types of email messages you receive from them. 

EMO’s website

The EMCOMM station at the Emergency Management Ontario EOC has it’s website at http://www.emoares.org   This is an official source of information about EMO and EMCOMM / ARES participation. 

Incident Management System self study course IMS100, is available free.  It can be downloaded, and you would then take the online exam.  

LOCAL

Durham Region has an automatic mutual aid agreement with York Region EmComm. 

Toronto ARES has an excellent website. 

For local status information, including traffic accidents and road closures, check the OPP reports from the Orillia Communications centre.

OTHER

Emergency Radio website http://www.emergencyradio.ca/  For national information. 

Ontario’s ARES Section Emergency Coordinator (SEC) has his website at http://www.racaresontario.ca   This site is the official source of ARES information in Ontario, and usually has emergency updates on the front page. 

Ontario ARES forum.  http://www.aresontarioec.ca/forum/   This forum includes links to many ARES websites in the province.  Despite the name, the forum is open to all ARES / EmComm members in Ontario. 

ARRL ARES E-Letter.  http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/ares-el/   Typical discussions are about their local emergency responses, and discussions of equipment and issues. 

 

FREQUENCY LISTINGS

Updated:  2010-02-29

 

PROVINCIAL

Amateur

146.500

Ontario Provincial ARES simplex

ARES Calling channel

442.8500

 

VA3SNM

136.5 PL PROCOM NET, Wide Area net west of Toronto, Thursday evening net.

147.330+

VA3BAL

103.5 PL  Wide area NET,  east of Toronto

 

IRLP reflector 9035

Wednesday 20:00 local nets.

 

IRLP reflector 9207

Emergencies only

3.742

Ontario Provincial ARES 80m

 

7.153

Ontario Provincial ARES 40m

 

GTA WIDE

146.460

Simplex 21

VHF coord. channel in GTA

446.025

Simplex 41

UHF coord. channel in GTA

442.075

VE3GTU, Toronto 4G Goodwood

PL 103.5.  Can be either standalone or linked for common Durham, Toronto, York Region use.

462.6750

 

GMRS Ch.20-22

 

ARES to organizers Encode  & Decode PL 141.3

462.7125

FRS Ch. 7-0

ARES to organizers

YORK REGION

Amateur

146.565

York Simplex 1.

Public Service

147.570

York Simplex 2.

ARES simplex

146.850-

VE3LSR-1  Simcoe County for northern York region

Encode PL 156.7

147.150+

VE3KES Barrie

Echolink 8294

IRLP 2236 for northern York region

Encode PL 141.3

 

Commercial

158.535

St. John Ambulance. GTA, York, Durham

Simplex

153.665

Fire paging

Simplex.  This is the frequency that Richmond Hill fire uses to page EmComm

152.435

Richmond Hill Fire

Simplex

PL 162.2

 

NEARBY ARES DISTRICTS

Amateur

147.120+

VE3OSH, Durham ARES

Oshawa

 

147.375+

VE3SPA,  Durham ARES Pickering

 

146.880-

443.550+

53.190-

VE3PRC 

Peel Region.

Echolink 1939

145.430-

VE3MIS Mississauga

Encode PL 103.5

145.130-

VA3GTU Toronto ARES, Repeater 2A

Optional encode PL 103.5

 

147.000+

VE3RAG Barrie ARES Net Mondays at 1930 hrs

PL 156.7

 EmComm members should be able to program their radios with both the repeater frequency (with offset), and the repeater frequency as a simplex channel (without offset).   This will allow repeater frequencies to be used, even when a repeater is off the air. 

Times are Eastern Time, unless shown otherwise.

Corrections and updates are welcomed.