When All Other Forms of Communications Fail... Ham Radio Still Works!

21st Century Capabilities for Today’s Emergency Communications Needs

May 22, 2021
5 min

Indiana Amateur Radio Emergency Services District 1 Helps Search for Missing 12-year-old Boy

Indiana Amateur Radio Service District 1 personnel were called to assis in the search of a missing 12-year-old boy in Hammond, Indiana.

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Nashville Bombing Proves the Need for Amateur Radio Emergency Communications is Higher than Ever

Allen Bottorff, District Emergency Coordinator

Dec 27, 2020
3 min

Nashville Bombing Proves the Need for Amateur Radio Emergency Communications is Higher than Ever

Christmas Day bombing of an AT&T building in Nashville proves the need for Amateur radio Emergency Communications is higher now than...

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Cyber Attack! 9-1-1 is Down! The Hospital Phones Failed! Activate the Emergency Communications Plan!

Allen Bottorff, District Emergency Coordinator

Dec 23, 2020
11 min

Cyber Attack! 9-1-1 is Down! The Hospital Phones Failed! Activate the Emergency Communications Plan!

Call in the Calvary! Dispatchers are unable to dispatch or communicate with public safety personnel. EMS personnel cannot communicate...

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ARES D1 Public Information Officer

Dec 12, 2020
3 min

Up, Up and Away!

ARES D1 Member and Affiliate Goal Announced - We Want YOU! Also, tell your friends, neighbors, co-workers and people you talk to on the...

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Indiana ARES District 1’s Resurrection Sparks Interest

ARES D1 Public Information Officer

Dec 5, 2020
3 min

Indiana ARES District 1’s Resurrection Sparks Interest

The Number of SKYWARN Severe Weather Spotters and Emergency Communications Volunteers Doubles in Just Two Months and is About to Do it...

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ARES District 1's Participation in Nationwide Red Cross Messaging Drill, a Success

ARES D1 Public Information Officer

Nov 15, 2020
2 min

ARES District 1's Participation in Nationwide Red Cross Messaging Drill, a Success

Exercise Focused on Transmission of a Completed ICS-213 Message Form via Winlink. MERRIVILLE, Ind. (Nov. 14, 2020) – Amateur Radio...

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ARES District 1 Deploys to Hobart for Simulated Emergency Test

ARES D1 Public Information Officer

Oct 4, 2020
5 min

ARES District 1 Deploys to Hobart for Simulated Emergency Test

General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS) Radio Operators - Key Partners in Success.

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ARES Presence Returns to Indiana District 1 After Multi-Year Absence

ARES D1 Public Information Officer

Sep 23, 2020
3 min

ARES Presence Returns to Indiana District 1 After Multi-Year Absence

Emergency Management Training and Certification, Alignment with National Incident Management System (NIMS), Use of Modern Emergency...

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Organizational Resurrection

Indiana Amateur Radio

Emergency Service

(ARES)

District 1

Serving Lake, Porter, LaPorte, Jasper and Newton Counties

When All Other Forms of Communications Fail... Ham Radio Still Works!

21st Century Capabilities for Today’s Emergency Communications Needs

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