One of the largest yearly training exercises is the communications support for the Baker to Vegas Challenge Cup Race. For more information, see http://www.baker-to-vegas.org.

Newark, California is in the East Bay Section, of the Pacific Division of the American Radio Relay League, ARRL. For more information, see http://www.pdarrl.org/ebsec.

If you are interested in amateur radio or the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), a good place to start is http://www.arrl.org.

Newark has an active Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program to provide disaster preparedness and response at the neighborhood level.  For more information, see http://www.newark.org/fd/fddpcom.html.