Field Communications
At the heart of ARES is the capability to respond to an emergency, deploying personnel and equipment to provide critical communications when commercial or government systems fail. To maintain this capability, Delaware County ARES members utilize personally-owned equipment and tactical communication kits provided through a grant from the Pennsylvania Southeastern Counterterrorism Task Force. These field emergency communications kits greatly enhance the ability of Delaware County ARES to provide voice and data communication services anywhere in the county and region under the most challenging conditions, independent of the commercial power grid.