Amateur Radio Emergency Communications

If you're reading this page just before an emergency strikes and have not yet made preparations, it's probably too late. Accomplish what you can in the remaining moments. If you haven't yet stocked up before the emergency, get started by referring to .

If you're reading this and it's not yet an emergency, NOW (and not later) is a great time to get going on your preparations. Remember the saying: "Snooze, you lose." The Prepper's Pocket Guide: 101 Easy Things You Can Do to Ready Your Home for a Disaster is a good guide to use as a starting point.

Review your action plan with your family.

If you're reading this page just before an emergency strikes, have made your personal preparations and are getting your radios ready, refer to to get started.

If you're reading this page just before an emergency strikes, have made your personal and radio preparations and need the frequencies, refer to to get started.

If you're reading this page just before an emergency strikes, have made your personal and radio preparations, have the frequencies and want to avoid the most common pitfalls in emergency communications operations refer to to get started.