Purpose of ARES

purpose of ares@ -second Amateur Radio Emergency Services is a volunteer radio communications service available to Federal, state, county and local governments, as well as non-profit organizations. Amateur Radio operations all over the nation have formed groups to provide reliable communications for governmental agencies and/or non-profit organizations when needed. Find out more about this service from the national ARRL organizationL
http://www.arrl.org/ares
and Federal Emergency Management Institute
https://training.fema.gov/is/