The purpose of ARES—Amateur Radio Emergency Service—of Polk County Iowa is to provide emergency radio communications for Polk County and surrounding communities when officially activated via authorized agency.

Iowa Section Emergency Coordinator is Dan Miller AC0OF.

ARES members volunteer their time and expertise to support public service agencies when normal communications facilities are not functioning or are overloaded due to planned or unplanned events. We also provide communications support for non-profit community events, which not only helps the community, but gives us live experience in handling traffic for agencies that might call upon us for emergency communications in the future. For more information about the role of ARES in national public service communications, visit the American Radio Relay League official page on the subject.

POLK COUNTY ARES Emergency Operations Plan (99.8k PDF)

Scheduled Meetings: for 2010

Monday January 11th
Monday April 12th
Monday July 12th
Monday October 11th

Meeting Time: 7:00 PM

Meeting Location:
Johnstone Supply Classroom,
11000 Justin Drive, Des Moines, Iowa

Dan Miller AC0OF
Iowa Section Emergency Coordinator
Email AC0OF

(515)285-7981 (home)
(515) 491-0186 (cellular)