Tuolumne County Amateur Radio Electronics Society

When ALL other Communications FAIL during an Emergency - BE SAFE BY BEING INFORMED.

With the potential for massive failures of telephone land line and mobile phone
infrastructure, during a wild fire, there is increased interest in developing
neighborhood based radio watch groups.

Everyone in a neighborhood can participate with a Family Radio (FRS),
General Mobile Radio (GMRS) or Ham Radio and enable local area or county-wide
communications without physical infrastructure. When all else fails, these
radios will work. The cost of the radios range from $20 (FRS) to $40 (GMRS)
to $100 (Ham).

The concept is that two-way radios can "relay" important information - into and
out from each neighborhood - after all other systems have failed.

Key to success is identifying interested individuals from each local neighborhood
throughout the entire county.

If you are interested in seeing this happen in your local neighborhood, please click
on THIS LINK and fill out the short form to register your interest in the program.