Amateur Radio Emergency Service Posts its 2016 Annual Report:

eHam.net News — The Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) has posted its 2016 annual
report. The 2016 ARES Annual Report
focuses on documenting the value that ARES provides to the nation,
states, and localities in collaboration with partners at all levels.
The report features basic data drawn from Section Emergency
Coordinators’ reports, a breakdown of ARES figures by state and FEMA
region, and a challenge for 2017. According to the report, ARES
membership in 2016 was 27,754 — up from 17,756 in 2015 — and the
Service was active in 42 states and US territories. ARES volunteers
responded to 33,136 events last year.

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