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.
Regions The DARES board (consisting of a few persons) has assigned 25 Safety regions, which are also used by other emergency services in the Netherlands:
NNL - North Netherlands (R1, R2, R3, R4) - Groningen, Friesland, Drenthe, Northwest Overijssel R5 - R6 - R7 - R8 - R9 - R10 - R11 - R12 - R13 - R14 - (now R25) R15 - R16 - (now R15) R17 - R18 - R19 - R20 - R21 - R22 - R23 - R24 - R25 -
Every region has its own Region Coordinator (RC), which keeps their region trained.
See also Amateur radio Amateur Radio Emergency Service Emergency communication
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