DARES

Dutch Amateur Radio Emergency Service
Abbreviation DARES
Founded 12th May 2004
Type Non-profit organization
Purpose Emergency response
Region served
Netherlands
Official language
Dutch, English
Affiliations VERON, ANBI
Staff
~300
Website http://www.dares.nl

The Dutch Amateur Radio Emergency Service (DARES), which was founded on 12 May 2004, is a non-profit organization made out of licensed radio amateurs in the Netherlands. DARES participants are able to set up a national, continental or international radio network in case of an emergency situation, like a power outage on a large scale, a flooding, a cyber attack causing severe damage to communication networks, or other emergency situations, where the safety of a large group of people are in danger.[1][2][3]

Regions

The DARES board (consisting of a few persons) has assigned 25 regions (veiligheidsregio's), which are also used by other emergency services in the Netherlands:[4]

Every region has its own Region Coordinator (RC), which keeps their region trained.[5]

See also

References


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