Mecklenburg
County
ARES
Mission
Statement
It
is the primary mission of the Mecklenburg County Amateur Radio Emergency
Services (Mecklenburg CARES) group to provide emergency communication when
called upon for
Mecklenburg County
,
Virginia
.
In
addition, the following items are considered to be fundamental purposes for
which the group is established:
- Mecklenburg
ARES will
provide communications services to communities served for special events
such as parades, foot or bicycle races, etc., whenever appropriate for the
purpose of training and enhancement of communications skills of its
members, and to help increase awareness of the Amateur Radio Services.
- The
membership will establish a self-contained network of amateur radio
stations or other necessary equipment in locations deemed appropriate for
provision of critical information flow in an emergency situation.
- The
group will establish and constantly improve efficient procedures for
contacting members under emergency conditions and for assigning them to
critical locations.
- Formal
training programs for all members will be established in order to insure
that expectations of the members are clearly understood and that basic
levels of skills and performance required in emergency conditions of
different types will be available.
- Publicity
for Mecklenburg
CARES activities
will be provided in order to obtain more public and government awareness
of and support for the group and its capabilities.
- New
members will be sought by the group in order to maintain and expand the
necessary capabilities for it.
- Fund
raising activities will be established so that sufficient finances become
available for the further provisioning of Mecklenburg
CARES equipment
in furthering its mission.
Date last modified:
September 7, 2005 - SDC