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- October 2025 In-Person MeetingOctober 29, 2025, 7:00 PM is our next in person meeting of the Dane/Iowa County ARES/RACES team. There will be no Net Meeting on that night. We’ll be meeting at the Dane County Emergency Operations center at 2982 Kapec Rd, Fitchburg, WI 53719. For those who cannot be there in person we will have a virtualContinue reading “October 2025 In-Person Meeting”
- Bike the Barns 2026Bike the Barns 2026 will ride on September 20, 2026. In the meantime you can find their website at: https://www.csacoalition.org/bike-the-barns
- Dairyland Dare 2026The Dairyland Dare 2026 will ride on August 1, 2026. In the meantime their website can be found at: https://www.dairylanddare.com/
- Horribly Hilly Hundreds 2026In 2026 the Horribly Hilly Hundreds will ride on June 13, 2026. More Information will be added as it becomes available. In the meantime you can follow their website at: https://www.friendsofbluemound.org/horribly-hilly-hundreds-bike-ride/
- Materials for SET 2025Starting at 1:00 pm on Oct 4, 2025 Dane/Iowa County ARES/RACES will testing a subset of our activations frequencies, including using the stations at the EOC, Hospitals and operators at home or mobile. For an overview of how the net will be conducted, a list of frequencies (ICS205), the Net Script and to view theContinue reading “Materials for SET 2025”
- In-Person meeting – September 24, 2025 at Dane County EOCWe will meet in person on Wednesday (or virtually if you can’t make it) on September 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM at the Dane County Emergency Operations Center at 2982 Kapec Rd, Fitchburg, WI 53719, USA We expect to participate in this year’s SET (Simulated Emergency Test) on October 4 at 1:00 pm. We’ll discussContinue reading “In-Person meeting – September 24, 2025 at Dane County EOC”
- Activation: Milwaukee Flooding Damage AssessmentWe have officially been requested by Emergency Management and the IMT to assist with damage assessment. We are looking for ARES members to assist Tomorrow 8/12 and Wed 8/13 from 7AM until 5PM, or as much of that time as possible. Time assignment is 7AM at the command post in Glendale to receive training. OperationsContinue reading “Activation: Milwaukee Flooding Damage Assessment”