The Washoe County Amateur Radio Emergency Service exists to provide emergency communications via Amateur Radio, when regular communication systems are overloaded or fail. Our primary mission is to link Served Agencies to the Washoe County Regional Emergency Operations Center, and to provide links between other critical facilities, including schools, hospitals, and support agencies We provides communications links out of area, including links to State Emergency Operations Center or FEMA. In the event of a disaster, our members perform a number of tasks, including: •Emergency and Supplemental Communications: •Inter-Agency Communications when normal channels are not available. •Health and Welfare Information via the American Red Cross (ARC) and to out-of-area family via radio email.