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Amateur Radio Emergency Service Posts its 2016 Annual Report

The Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) has posted its 2016 annual report. The 2016 ARES Annual Report focuses on documenting the value that ARES provides to the nation, states, and localities in collaboration with partners at all levels. The report features basic data drawn from Section Emergency Coordinators’ reports, a breakdown of ARES figures by state and FEMA region, and a challenge for 2017. According to the report, ARES membership in 2016 was 27,754 — up from 17,756 in 2015 — and the Service was active in 42 states and US territories. ARES volunteers responded to 33,136 events last year.

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2017 Angry Tortoise Run

angrytortoiseThe Florida Strider’s Angry Tortoise Run is Sunday February 26 @ Cary State Forest.

This year, we are looking for Seven (7) to Eight (8) people to support this event.

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26.2 Donna Marathon — (Duval County ARES)

On February 12, Duval County ARES will be supporting the 2017 26.2 Donna Marathon.  For those not familiar with the event, it is certainly one of the most important and largest attended marathons in the region raising funding to support Breast Cancer research.  Details are available at http://breastcancermarathon.com/

We are looking for operators to work at the hydration stations, rest stops, and net control.  Click here for a course map.  And, you can click here for positions that we need to fill.

Click here to sign up.