Activation Levels

CT ARES ® Alert Levels CT ARES ® Alert Level Conditions Current Status Level 0 – Inactive! Normal Conditions.  No known event likely to occur.       Level 1 – Alert! Will only occur if something happens (time to load the car, make sure everything is ready). Level 2 – Standby! High likelihood of deployment – make final preparations. Level 3 – Deploy! Will only occur if a served agency asks for help.

Your EC and DEC are your points of contact as always.  In case of emergency when phone service is disrupted, the following (in priority order) are the best ways to volunteer.  Please remember that anyone who self dispatches will be turned away.

The ways to check in when phone service is disrupted are:

First Choice – Your local ARES^® 2-meter or other communications links

Second Choice – The linked repeater system – The CT ARES^® Resource and Planning Net:

Third Choice – 3.965 MHz – CT Phone Net and Statewide HF Communications

During non-emergencies please contact your EC, ADEC, or DEC.