ARES D6

ARRL Colorado District 6 Amateur Radio Emergency Service (D6) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization which covers Park County. D6 presently is made up of around 30 members with various skill levels and from several counties. Many are members of the Park County Radio Club, but that is not required. We have a Board of Directors that has formal training or special skills in various areas and the Board members are listed here.

Over the past several years D6 has been involved in a number of situations which called for communication back up, such as the "Buffalo Creek" fire in 1996, the "Alma situation" in 1998, the "Hi Meadow Fire" in 2000, the "Snaking", "Black Mountain", "Schoonover", and "Hayman" fires in the summer of 2002.

For the purpose of emergency communications D6 has installed a HF and VHF station at the sheriff's comm. center in Fairplay. Several of the team's members are "Red Carded," and a few are even "Arduous Red Carded" for communication service on the fire lines.

For more information about ARES on the national level, visit the ARES information pages at the ARRL. http://www.arrl.org/

"ARES" and "Amateur Radio Emergency Service" are registered servicemarks of the American Radio Relay League, Incorporated and are used by permission.

This website is hosted courtesy of Park County Radio Club, Inc.