ACS (Auxiliary Communications Service)

Marysville Auxiliary Communications Service (ACS)

Registered amateur radio volunteers who can help the City of Marysville with emergency communications during a disaster or planned event. They train, meet monthly and hold a weekly net with the Tulalip ACS team.

At a glance

Kind
ACS (Auxiliary Communications Service)
Serves
City of Marysville Emergency Management
Meets
Monthly member meetings; weekly net on Sunday evenings
Counties
Snohomish
Contact
preparedness@marysvillewa.gov

Marysville ACS is a group of registered emergency workers who train and exercise for disaster operations. Licensed operators can check in on the weekly net as visitors, and anyone interested can attend a monthly member meeting as a guest. The city’s page also links to its CERT program and to ARRL licensing resources.

The weekly net runs jointly with Tulalip ACS on Sunday evenings to check equipment and practice. The city lists its channels on its own page.

Volunteers serve through the program, not on their own: register as an emergency worker through the sponsoring agency before you help in an emergency.

Before you rely on any group: contact them, join a practice net or drill, and keep calling 911 first whenever you can.