Amateur Radio Emergency Services and How ARES Worked In The April 27, 2011 EF-4 Tornadoes In Central Alabama

In Episode #15, our guest is Steve Ayers, the Emergency Coordinator (EC) for St. Clair County, Alabama, Amateur Radio Emergency Services Group (ARES).In this episode we discuss the role and organization of ARES and how the St Clair group goes further in providing information and services to the community and to served agencies such as the EMA, FEMA, and the Red Cross.We discuss the events of the killer tornadoes of April 27, 2011, which took the lives of over three hundred lives in Alabama, and the EF-4 tornado that killed a dozen in St. Clair County.We also discuss getting into ham radio,  ham radio testing, and Steve explains ham radio "nets" in detail.He references the groups Facebook page for those wishing more info, and his e-mail address for those who would like to communicate with him directly.E-mail: [email protected]: St Clair Count Alabama ARES/RACES