Mission: To support Douglas County in the event of a communications outage or overload. ARES members will work to provide essential communications to the Oregon Department of Emergency Management in Salem, Oregon; between Roseburg and Reedsport; and, with adjacent counties as determined by the County Emergency Manager.
Note: ARES will use voice and/or digital (Winlink) radio and Internet Satellite technologies.

ARES^® Douglas County ARES VHF net is scheduled for Monday evenings at 19:00 (7:00 pm) local time.
             Roseburg area use 146.900 (-) 100 Hz tone the ARES linked repeater (K7RBG) on Lane Mtn. The net backup site is 145.430 (-) 88.5 Hz tone on Scott Mtn.
             Reedsport area use (K7RPO) 145.270 (-) 123 Hz tone on Gardner Hill.
             Diamond Lake area use (K7RBG) 147.820 (-) 067 Hz tone on Cinnamon Butte.
             Tiller area use (K7RBG) 144.870 (+) 067 Hz tone.
             The systems are linked so everyone can participate. Upon mic key up, please wait two to three seconds before talking to allow the systems to link up. 
             Visitor check-ins are encouraged after the formal roll call.

ARES^® Oregon District 5 (Douglas, Josephine, Jackson, Coos and Curry County) HF NET is scheduled for Sunday at 17:00 (5:00 pm) local time.
              On 3964 KHz LSB, 7248 KHz LSB or 1978 KHz LSB, to test radio signal stregnth and quality and discuss issues of concern to District 5 ARES members.

Douglas County Oregon ARES Leadership - for contact information E-mail: DougcoARES at gmail dot com
    Leslie Wilson, KJ7EAT, EC - Emergency Coordinator
    Jerry Eifert, AE7ER, AEC - Assistant Emergency Coordinator (on temporary leave)
    Mike Harbin, W7OVN, AEC - Assistant Emergency Coordinator
    Christine Masters, AF7OK, AEC - Assistant Emergency Coordinator
    Melvina Adolf, KI7KBM, AEC - Assistant Emergency Coordinator (Reedsport EOC Station Manager)
    Jamie Winning, KI6MTG, Assistant Reedsport EOC Station Manager

    We always need more volunteers! E-mail: DougcoARES at gmail dot com for more information and how you may help your community in an emergency.

Member Handbook Information:
ARES Fact Sheet (pdf)
National ARES Plan (pdf)
ICS 213 General Message Form (pdf)
ICS 214 Unit Log Form (pdf)
ICS 309 Message Log Form (pdf)
ITU Phonetic Alphabet (pdf)
ARES_Do's_and_Don'ts (pdf)
DC ARES Emergency Radio Frequencies (2025) (pdf)
Douglas County ARES linked repeater system - detailed diagram (pdf) (Password required)
Emergency Action Plan Dec 6 2023 (pdf) (Password required)
ARES/AuxComm Membership Roster 11/07/2025 (pdf) (Password required)
US CoastGuard Radiotelephone Handbook(708KB pdf)
2017 Oregon TACTICAL INTEROPERABLE COMMUNICATIONS FIELD OPERATIONS GUIDE (pdf)
ICS Courses (Incident Command System) Link   The FEMA Website to study for and obtain training certificates for ICS 100, 200, 700, 800, and more.

Other Links of Interest:
Winlink - Global Radio EMail
Oregon ARES
OREGON ARES® STANDARDIZED TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT PLAN
National ARES Web Site
FRS-GMRS Frequency Chart
Oregon Department of Emergency Management
NOAA Weather Roseburg, Or
NOAA Weather Reedsport, Or
American Red Cross
Douglas County Sheriff's Office Home Page
Family Disaster Plan  Why talk about a Family Disaster Plan?
Fire Report (PDF Download - Current)  Incident management situation report
National Interagency Fire Center
Oregon Road Conditions
Umpqua Valley Amateur Radio Club (UVARC)
Weather Underground, Inc.: Oregon Conditions