DARES

The Dutch Amateur Radio Emergency Service (DARES), which was founded on 12 May 2004, is a non-profit organization made out of licensed radio amateurs in the Netherlands. DARES participants are able to set up a national, continental or international radio network in case of an emergency situation, like a power outage on a large scale, a flooding, a cyber attack causing severe damage to communication networks, or other emergency situations, where the safety of a large group of people are in danger.

Regions
The DARES board (consisting of a few persons) has assigned 25 Safety regions, which are also used by other emergency services in the Netherlands:


 * NNL - North Netherlands (R1, R2, R3, R4) - Groningen, Friesland, Drenthe, Northwest Overijssel
 * R5 - Safety region Twente
 * R6 - Safety region North and East-Gelderland
 * R7 - Safety region Central Gelderland
 * R8 - Safety region South Gelderland
 * R9 - Safety region Utrecht
 * R10 - Safety region North North Holland
 * R11 - Safety region Zaanstreek-Waterland
 * R12 - Safety region Kennemerland
 * R13 - Safety region Amsterdam-Amstelland
 * R14 - Safety region Gooi en Vechtstreek (now R25)
 * R15 - Safety region Haaglanden
 * R16 - Safety region Holland Center (now R15)
 * R17 - Safety region Rotterdam-Rijnmond
 * R18 - Safety region Zuid-Holland-Zuid
 * R19 - Safety region Zeeland
 * R20 - Safety region Central and West Brabant
 * R21 - Safety region Brabant North
 * R22 - Safety region Brabant Southeast
 * R23 - Safety region North Limburg
 * R24 - Safety region South Limburg
 * R25 - Safety region Flevoland

Every region has its own Region Coordinator (RC), which keeps their region trained.