 Dallas County RACES and ARES provides emergency radio communications in support of the Dallas County Office of Security and Emergency Management's mission by handling emergency traffic during such emergencies when normal public service communication systems are not functioning or are overloaded. RACES/ARES will respond for declared emergencies which may involve natural disasters (storms, floods, fire, earthquakes), large-scale accidents, industrial accidents, hazmat incidents, weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, war, civil defense/preparedness, and homeland security. The most notable activation was for the recovery efforts for the Challenger Space Shuttle.
When activated, RACES/ARES members will operate from an Incident Command location or from the well equipped Dallas County EOC. Multiple HF/VHF/UHF operating positions are provided by the County along with digital Packet and APRS capability. All rigs are commercial grade Kenwood transceivers.
 RACES/ARES members are all volunteers from the local community and dedicated to the mission of serving the citizens of Dallas County, Texas. Each member has undergone extensive training and certified in NIMS and ICS protocols. Simulated emergency training events are provided a minimum of two times each year. County wide on-air training nets are conducted each month with each local city group providing on-air training a minimum of two times each month. All members have a minimum participation requirement for training as well as a required public service event participation requirement. Each member is required to attend a National Weather Service Skywarn school at least once every two years.
For information on becoming a member of Dallas County RACES/ARES please contact:
Rodrick Jones, EM-Operations, RLJONES@dallascounty.org
Repeaters:
Primary: 146.700- PL 110.9 and 441.925+ PL 110.9
Backup: 442.400+ PL 110.9
Monthly training nets are conducted on the first Sunday of each month at 8:00 p.m. on 146.700
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