The Penobscot County ARES group meets at 1900 hours local time on the first Wednesday of each month at the Red Cross Building on Outer Hammond St. in Bangor. We may be moving, so watch this space. For directions contact Kevin Badger, N0UKM, Glenn Prewitt, N1LX or Don Tarbet, KD1XU .

Penobscot County ARES participates in emergency planning and will be happy to provide programs for organizations interested in learning more about communications during disasters. We cooperate with other emergency communication groups.

 NEW EC FOR PENARES

Kevin ‘Doc’ Badger, N0UKM, has been named Emergency Coordinator for Penobscot ARES by ARES Section Emergency Coordinator, Bryce Rumery, K1GAX.  He brings years of experience in emergency operations to the position.

 Kevin obtained his ham license in 1992 in Leavenworth, Kansas where he was involved in emergency operations for 15 years.  He worked fire, emergency medical services, emergency management, ARES, RACES, Red Cross, and MARS. 

 Next Doc worked with the Wyandotte County/ Kansas City Unified Government Emergency Management Department from 2003 to 2007.  He was CERT team leader, CERT instructor, and emergency communications specialist in RACES.  In RACES he was the Auxiliary Communications Service planning and training officer.  In 2006 both his CERT and RACES teams won the Presidential Volunteer Service Award through the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation.

 Kevin says, “I was deeply involved in getting all of the CERT teams in the 7 counties that make up the Kansas City Metro Area (2.5 million people) together for a regional team and set up a 3 tier deployment system.  Tier 1 was just your home county; tier 2 was regional deployment; and tier 3 was national deployment.”

 In 2008 he retired from the fire service with the rank of Chief of EMS and Special Operations and also retired his paramedic license.

 Badger also spent 14 years in the US Army, eight on active duty and six in the National Guard.  He left with the rank of Command Sergeant-Major.

 He reports that he is certified through the National Wildfire Coordinating Group as an Incident Command System instructor for IS 100, 200, 300, and 400.  His other training includes courses in terrorism and weapons of mass destruction, and the full set of courses offered by Maine ARES.

 Leaving Kansas, Doc returned to Maine where he lived originally.  He has lived in both Charleston and Hudson and still has relatives in the area.

   Penobscot County ARES welcomes Kevin Badger and his wide and lengthy experience in emergency preparation and management.  He fills a position that has been vacant since the departure of Dennis Bosley, WA1URS who is now serving as DEC for this region..