Volusia County Emergency Management
Volusia ARES
3825 Tiger Bay Rd #102
Daytona Beach, FL 32124
Voicemail: 386-256-8404
E-Mail: contact@volusiaares.org

Groups IO - https://groups.io/g/VCEOCCST/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/volares

Free License Prep Class - Starts Sat @ 9:00 AM (Updated)

Classes continue this Saturday Morning!

If you or someone you know are interested, let us know at contact@dbara.org and we will keep you in the loop as we make updates.

Books will be lent during the class and kept for future classes.

We are continuing the classes in our original format:

next class to be held at:
Creative Pathways Preparatory Academy
4233 S Ridgewood Ave,
Edgewater, FL 32141

Edgewater I-95 exit 244. Go East over the tracks, right at Chik-fil-a, South 4.4 Miles.

Minus the Christmas decorations, next to Dollar General on the East side of US-1

 

Volunteers & Radios needed - for Cub Scout Event March 7

The area Scouting Program is organizing a Science/Technology/Engineering/Math (STEM) event for Cub Scouts (young children) entitled SCOUT STREAM on March 7 from 0930 to 1630.

Steven "Sully" Sullivan W2IEG, well known and admired Scout Training Instructor and Organizer, is putting this event together and has asked local ham clubs to provide volunteers to work with the kids AND setup at least one ham station (or 2) to demonstrate radio operation, answer questions about radio operation and perhaps even let some of the kids talk on the radio.

The event will take place at the Florida Sheriff's Youth Ranch, 1170 Youth Camp Lane Pierson, FL 32180 with about 200 Cub Scouts and possibly 200 parents (or more.) The scouts (and parents) will cycle through a series of demos over the course of a 7 hour day with each cycle lasting about 45 minutes to an hour. Rumor has it, food and drink will be available but it's always good to bring your faves in a cooler.

If you or a group of hams from your club want to help with this public service and excellent opportunity to introduce young people and their parents to Amateur Radio, please contact Sully as soon as you can to offer your assistance. His Phone number is 512-695-2922 and his email is webfilters@comcast.net.

This note is being sent to the Daytona Beach Amateur Radio Association, West Volusia Amateur Radio Society and Volusia County ARES Group. All 3 have the ability to field portable ham stations using a variety of modes. Each group has skilled, experienced individuals who have much to share and can sensibly answer questions about radios and radio operations.

Please contact Sully as soon as you can to ask questions and/or offer your services to this important Scouting Event.

Weekly Net - Volusia ARES - Sunday @ 8pm

147.150 MHz +127.3

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Next Regular Meeting - Volusia County EOC

Zoom Online if possible...

The next meeting will be held at
7pm on March 31st, 2026 at

The Volusia County Emergency Management
Building 3825
Tiger Bay Rd #102
Daytona Beach, FL 32124
Dress Code: Business Casual

2026 Hurricane Expo - Sat April 18th

The Expo will be at the Speedway in the FPL Solar Pavilion.
Saturday, April 18th, 2026 from 10 am to 4 pm EST.
Our point of contact is Edward Martinez. Edward is a Planner III at the EOC and has been assigned to coordinate the Expo. If you have questions on the day of the event he is a good one to go to for answers. I will be here to help plan and answer questions until that week. Brian Fronek NA4B has volunteered to be in charge of our Amateur Radio Group at the Expo. He will liaison between us and Edward if we need anything. Brian has Edward's contact info.
The front area nearest the boulevard will be food concessions. We'll be stationed in the back somewhere. Should be no problem setting up coax and antennas. We may need to bring our own power, tables, chairs and all the personal things you need to operate and survive for 6 hours. Prepare for any inclement weather. We're basically outdoors under the solar panels.
The only problem I foresee is maybe there will be spurious electronic interference from the solar power generation.
Maybe we could get Frank "I Find RF" Haas, KB4T to do a band sweep for us sometime between now and April 18th.
Parking will be available in the Speedway parking lot just south of the pavilion.
Let's talk about and plan who, what demonstrations would attract the most public interest at the next two meetings.
That covers all I know so far. I will update as planning progresses.