Aroostook Emergency Communication Team - ARES

Aroostook Emergency Communication Team - ARES Emergency Radio Team activated by the Aroostook EMA

We are a group of volunteer Ham radio operators who are trained and ready to be activated by the Aroostook County EMA in a time of need for Radio Communications, or to assist the National Weather Service gather information during large scale storms. We are on stand by all the time for an emergency where normal means of communication are down, or are inadequate. By utilizing amateur (Ham) radio, we

will assist any community in Aroostook county to provide communications in a disaster situation or large scale event.

05/10/2026
Stay safe! Be prepared!
05/05/2026

Stay safe! Be prepared!

EXPIRED at 4:30PM EDT
⚡Severe T-Storm Warning⚡
Portions of the North Woods through 4:30PM EDT. At 350 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Clayton Lake, moving east at 55 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

05/03/2026
04/18/2026

The storm hit at 2:47 AM.
Power out. Cell towers down. Roads flooded. 911 lines jammed.

And somewhere in a basement shack exactly like this one — a licensed ham radio operator put on his headphones, keyed up the ARES net, and became the most important person in his county.

No one called him. No one had to.
He was already there.

This is what the outside world never understands about ham radio operators. We don’t prepare for emergencies. We prepare through the hobby — every contact, every net check-in, every antenna build, every license upgrade.

So when it matters, there’s no scrambling. No hesitation.

Headphones on. Frequency dialed. Log open.
Ready.

While the rest of the world depends on infrastructure that fails — we built our own. Wire, coax, RF, and skill. Powered by batteries if we have to. Running all night if we need to.

That’s not a hobby.
That’s a calling.

Are you part of an ARES or RACES team?

Would you be ready if it happened tonight?

Drop your callsign below. 👇📻

"on to the next" as Jason Hawes would say! Here is the info on the storm moving through tonight into tomorrow, thank you...
04/04/2026

"on to the next" as Jason Hawes would say! Here is the info on the storm moving through tonight into tomorrow, thank you NWS Caribou for all you do to keep us safe and informed!

Good afternoon, here is the latest on the upcoming storm!
04/02/2026

Good afternoon, here is the latest on the upcoming storm!

The latest information from the NWS Caribou for tonight thru tomorrow
04/02/2026

The latest information from the NWS Caribou for tonight thru tomorrow

Sorry this is so late! This was the 3pm update on the Thursday night-Friday storm.Thank you to US National Weather Servi...
04/02/2026

Sorry this is so late! This was the 3pm update on the Thursday night-Friday storm.
Thank you to US National Weather Service Caribou ME for the updates.

Here is the latest on the upcoming storm from the NWS office.
03/31/2026

Here is the latest on the upcoming storm from the NWS office.

Here is the first brief from the NWS office on our storm for Tuesday into Wednesday
03/30/2026

Here is the first brief from the NWS office on our storm for Tuesday into Wednesday

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158 Sweden Street
Caribou, ME
04736

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