Background
FNARS (FEMA
National Radio System) is a FEMA high frequency (HF) radio network to provide a
minimum essential emergency communications capability among Federal, State,
local commonwealth, and territorial governments in times of national, natural
and civil emergencies. Federal call signs for state emergency operations
centers and FEMA facilities nationwide and are typically in the WGY### group.
FEMA
According to
FEMA’s website:
FEMA’s
mission is to support our citizens and first responders to ensure that as a
nation we work together to build, sustain and improve our capability to prepare
for, protect against, respond to, recover from and mitigate all hazards.
Below, you
will find documents relating to FNARS, released under the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA).
Document Archive
FEMA
National Radio System Operators’ Quick Guide, August 2015 [51 Pages, 5.9MB]