VA3AVR, Tony van Roon, Amateur Radio Emergency System, member

A.R.E.S. or just ARES stands for "Amateur Radio Emergency Service" of which I am a member for the Cambridge area. ARES Cambridge works closely with 911 emergency services via the Cambridge Fire Department dispatch located on the corner of Franklin and Bishop in Cambridge.

The Ontario ARES is dedicated to providing an auxilliary emergency communications network utilizing a wide range of telecommunications equipment and technology and through objective planning of these resources to deliver a quality communications system that meets the needs of all our served clients at the Municipal and the Provincial Government levels in the interest of public safety and service.

We serve: Red Cross, Emergency Management Ontario, OPP Amber Alert, and CANWARN Environment Canada.

To read more about this service, click on the following links:

ARES Ontario - RAC ARES Ontario Information
EMO ARES Ontario - Emergency Management Ontario Operation Center VE3EMO
ARES Ontario - Photo ID - Officials Registration/Photo ID Application
ARES Ontario - Field - Field organization and Coordinators information

CANWARN - Severe Weather volunteer organization
Amber Alert - Regional Amateur Radio Alert Network (RARAN)