SUMTER COUNTY
Amateur Radio Emergency Services Association (ARES)
Sumter County, Florida
EMCOMM Organizations
Below are the six organizations in Sumter County that do some type of amateur emergency radio communications.
| Organization | Agency Served | Leader | Requirements |
| CERT of The Villages | Villages Public Safety | Commander: Oren Miller Radio Team Lder: Dennis Chick |
Background Check, CERT Basic Course IS-100, 200, 700, Annual training, minimum events, meetings |
| TVARC - ECT Emergency Communications Team |
Wildwood Police Dept | TVARC President: Ron Adcock Team Leader: George Rutkoskie |
TVARC dues paying member |
| RACES | Sumter County Emergency Management | Emergency Mgr; David Casto RACES Officer: Gene King |
Background Check IS-100, 200, minimum meetings, nets |
| HCARC (Hog County Amateur Radio Club) | None | Leader: Gene King,
Linda Rouse, Rodger |
HCARC dues paying member |
| Sumter SKYWARN | National Weather Service | Tampa Bay NWS: Daniel Noah Sumter Leader: Verne Vetlach |
SKYWARN course |
| Sumter ARES (Amateur Radio Emergency Services) |
TVRH (Villages Hospital) and
future hospitals Florida Health: Sumter Co. |
County Emerg. Coord:
Ed Nance Hos Team Lder: Spike McKenzie |
Two-tier membership 1. Events - application of licensed ham 2. Agency - their requirements, currently none |
| Organization | Scope of Activities |
| CERT of The Villages |
The radio team which used only a couple of radio team members during and after the Hurricane Irma. They did use about 80 regular members for various duties associated with the hurricane and do many military and square events throughout the year. After a RACES request, two members will be helping RACES if there is a hurricane. |
| TVARC - ECT |
During the last hurricane, Wildwood was without power for 9 days, new relationship scope unknown. Some events |
| RACES |
Their limited scope is to serve the EOC and storm shelters during the storm. |
| HCARC | This has been a social organization that is starting to add Emcomm. Sumter Fair, Bushnell Christmas Parade |
| Sumter SKYWARN | Weekly SKYWARN Nets and Storm Nets with reporting to the National Weather Service. |
| Sumter ARES |
The primary scope is serving the hospital during and after the storm or during surges or power outages plus events during the year (i.e Hearts for Our Hospital Bike Ride, hospital exercises, etc.). This includes new hospitals being planned. ARES is also identified as a possible backup for RACES and there are MOU’s with the Salvation Army and American Red Cross for communications needs after “the Storm”. The surrounding counties have county ARES groups, and we are working on a 9-hospital communications matrix with Lake, Marion, and Citrus. Some ARES members also belong to either CERT, ECT, or RACES and use ARES to do things that the others are not doing. |
| SUMTER COUNTY ARES | |
| Agency Served | Period / Activity |
| Sumter RACES | 2016 to 2018 (meetings, events, support) |
| Sumter Landing Bicycle Club, The Villages | 2016 to Present (meetings, events, support) |
| The Foundation for the Villages Regional Hospital | 2016 to Present (meetings, events, support) |
| Sumter SKYWARN | 2016 to Present (Nets, webpage, support) |
| The Villages Regional Hospital (Central FLA Health) | 2017 to Present (meetings, exercises, support) |
| Florida Public Health - Lake County | 2018 (meetings, exercises, support) |
| Florida Public Health - Sumter County | 2018 (meetings, exercises, support) |
| Sumter/Lake Salvation Army | ARRL - revised 2018, Sumter ARES 2018 |
| Sumter/Lake American Red Cross | ARRL - revised 2016, |
| Promise Hospital of Florida at The Villages | 2018 (meetings, exercises, support) |
| Central Florida Health Emergency Room (Brownwood) | 2019 (estimated) |
| The Villages Regional Hospital II (Central FLA Health) | 2021 (estimated) |
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SUMTER COUNTY ARES |
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Emcomm Group Coordinating |
Period / Activity |
| Lake County ARES | 2016 to Present (meetings, events, support) |
| ARRL National Traffic System | 2016 |
| Marion County Hospital Group | 2018 (meetings) |
| Citrus County ARES | 2018 (meetings) |
| Sumter RACES | 2018 (meetings) |
| Sumter Emcomm Collective | 2018 (meetings) |
Last Update: 07/03/2018 © Copyright Sumter County ARES. All Rights Reserved.