RACES volunteer operators are:
- Licensed Radio Amateurs
- Certified by a civil defense agency
- Able to communicate on Amateur Radio frequencies during drills, exercises and emergencies
- Activated by local, county and state jurisdictions and are the only Amateur Radio operators authorized to transmit during declared emergencies when the President of the United States specifically invokes the War Powers Act.
RACES Resource Library:
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This web site is intended to assist
in the distribution of Chautauqua County NY
RACES Auxiliary Emergency Communications
information. Updated RACES documentation and other emergency
preparedness documents are available through the
RACES Resource Library,
maintained by RACES volunteers registered with the Chautauqua County,
New Youk Office of Emergency Management:
See: NIMS Emergency Support Function #2.
Read our SOP: The NYS RACES SOP
Apply for a membership at: RACES Membership form
National Incident Management System:
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Protocols embraced by RACES volunteers across the
nation include the National Incident Management System (NIMS),
which provides a consistent nationwide template to enable federal,
state and local governments, nongovernmental organizations, and the
private sector to work together to protect against, respond to, recover
from, and mitigate the effects of incidents.
R.A.C.E.S.
Chautauqua
County NY RACES
Radio
Amateur Civil Emergency Service
Chautauqua
County Emergency Manager Julius Leone
RACES
County
Radio Officer Duane Buchweitz N2LRG
Assistant Radio Officer Doug Justham
N2ZK
Assistant Radio Officer
Tom Joneson W2TLJ
Assistant Radio Officer
Dave Thompson AB2WL
Assistant Radio Officer
Ken Vossler KG2CU
RACES Packet 145.01 N2LRG-1
RACES Repeater 146.88 K2HE 123Hz
RACES
RMS Sites 145.01 N2LRG-10 and 145.01 W2TLJ-10
Portable
Repeater 145.25 - AB2WL