Local Contacts

Washington State Emergency Management Division defines 9 Regions within the state.  These correspond directly to the 9 ARES Districts.  District M is the Medical Services Team (MST), District G is the Washington State Guard and both operate statewide.

Region 1

DEC Jim McCabe, AE7UQ, jrminwa at gmail.com

   ADEC: Scott Honaker, N7SS, n7ss at arrl.net

Blaine ACS:

   EC: Ryan King, K7RGK, rking807 at gmail.com

Island County:

   EC: Bob Keeton, K7MHJ, rkeeton at blarg.net


   EC: Bryan Hoyer, K7UDR, bhhoyer at gmail.com

   EC: Vacant

   EC: John Sullivan, KG7WFQ, JohnDSullivan at comcast.net

   RO: Scott Honaker, N7SS, n7ss at arrl.net

Stanwood/Camano Island:

   EC: Don Thompson, KG7UAE, kg7uae at outlook.com

   EC/RO: Jim McCabe, AE7UQ, mccabejr at earthlink.net

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Region 2

DEC Mike Montfort, KB0SVF, safetymm at aol.com 

Bainbridge Island:

   EC: Tyler Heinemann, AF7BO, af7bo at arrl.net

Lionel C. Halvorsen, K7BIX, lionelhlvrsn at gmail.com

   EC: Glenn E. Beach, KI7FXE, Monkeygr3 at yahoo.com

   EC: Dick Illman AH6EZ, ah6ez01 at gmail.com

   EC: 

   RO: Doug Blangsted, K7CDR, cdfdoug at yahoo.com

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DEC Steve Tomlin, W7SLT, stomlin2 at comcast.net

Thurston County:

   EC: Steve Tomlin, W7SLT, stomlin2 at comcast.net

Pacific County:

   EC: Robert H Cline, N7CVW, rcline496 at gmail.com

Grays Harbor County:

   EC: Doyle H Wenzel, N7UJK, N7UJK at Comcast.net

Lewis County:

   EC: William Harwell, AC7SR, ac7sr at arrl.net

City of Centralia:

   EC: Bob Wiley, KD7OWN, kd7own at comcast.net

Mason County:

   EC: John Dennis, KA4VVA, KA4VVA at gmail.com


Yelm/Tenino/Rainier:

   EC: Gary R. Hurnblad, WA7SH, WA7SH at arrl.net

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DEC Michael W. Barnhart, AE7GQ, ae7gq at comcast.net

   EC:  Michael W. Barnhart, AE7GQ, ae7gq at comcast.net

   EC:  Duaine "Butch" E. Lytle, Jr, AE7KJ, delytle at comcast.net

   EC: Kevin Widener, KE7IN, kevin.widener at gmail.com

Wahkiakum County:

   EC: Gordon Spalding, WA6TTR, gspald1383 at aol.com

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DEC Erle "Stan" Nelson, K7DKK, k7dkk1 at gmail.com


 Pierce County:

   EC Peninsula: Brady J. Friedrich, W7EC, ae7gg at arrl.net

   EC Central: Garrett Pessemier, KB7IOG, kb7iog at gmail.com

   EC East: Franklin N. Sebastian, K7FNS, fsebastian at emgwa.org

   EC South: Lorraine Nelson, K7LJN, sp_ares at rainierconnect.com

   EC Roy: Richard Watson, KD4VOM, kd4vom at arrl.net  

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District D (Air Response)

DART DEC, Dee Williamson KE7CF, dee.williamson at pse.com

Northwest Region:

   EC:  Jim Blattner, KC7JB, jim_blattner at yahoo.com

Southwest Region:

   EC: Rick Monteith, KG7TUK, rrmonteith at gmail.com

Southeast Region:

   EC: Brian Treadway, K7BDT, briantreadway@gmail.com


District E (Emergency Management Group WA)

EC: Franklin N. Sebastian, K7FNS, fsebastian at emgwa.org


District G (Washington State Guard)

CSM Richard Stickney, K7RDY, rstickney63 at gmail.com

WO1 Jared Morrison, K7BOA, jaredinsurance at gmail.com

Email errors or omissions to N7SS at arrl.net with corrected information

DEC Kirk Bellar, N7UK, n7uk at arrl.net

American Red Cross: Vacant

Auburn: Diane Costenbader, K7DLC, thekeeper at msn.com

Bellevue: John Fuller, WA7BCC, jfuller at nwlink.com

Eastside Fire and Rescue (Carnation, Issaquah, May Valley, North Bend, Preston, Tiger Mt., Sammamish, and Wilderness Rim): Jon Bromberg, W1JDB, jonbro at msn.com

Federal Way: Tony Robinson-KJ7LSA and Mike McCoy-N7VWD, ecrt at fwarc.org

Issaquah: Mike Crossley, KF7BIG, macrossley at gmail.com

Kent: Austin Hause, KF7CTM, austinhause at gmail.com

King County ECC Support: Jason Shirron, KE7EEL, jason.shirron at kingcounty.gov

Kirkland: Heather Kelly, KirklandEM at kirklandwa.gov

Maple Valley: Vacant

Medina: Cy Humphreys, N7PV, cyh3 at comcast.net

Mercer Island: Elwood D. Howse, Jr, K7EWDH, whowse at me.com

North Bend ARES: Dee Wayne Williamson, KE7CFM, dee.williamson at pse.com

North Shore: Jonathan A Rumsey, K7RMZ, jon.rumsey at gmail.com

Port of Seattle: Russ Read, N7HOV, russ_read at hotmail.com

Public Health Amateur Radio: Allan Persyn, K7NWR

Puget Sound Energy ARES: Dee Wayne Williamson, KE7CFM, dee.williamson at pse.com

Redmond: Matthew Harris, KI7APY, ki7apy at Redmond-ARES.org

Renton: Brian A. Birmingham, KF7ZDL, bbirming at msn.com

Sammamish: Gene McConaughey, K7GLM, k7glm at arrl.net

Sea-Tac: Kenneth W. Higgins, KE7GOW, ke7gow at yahoo.com

Seattle ACS:  

   Director/RO:  Timothy C. Helming, WT1IM, Tim.Helming at seattle.gov

   Deputy Director: Catherine A. Middleton-Hardie, KJ7DYG, Catherine.middleton-hardie at seattle.gov

   Deputy Director/EC:  David Wilma, KG7LEA, davidwilma at comcast.net

Shoreline: John B. Slomnicki, N7TPM, shorelineacs at gmail.com

Snoqulamie Valley: Rowland Brasch, K7RWB, rowland.brasch at gmail.com

Tukwila: Mark Lium, N7WSU, mlium at comcast.net

Vashon Island: Mark Ellison-Taylor, W7OZT, markellisontaylor at gmail.com

Woodinville: Paul R. Nicholson, KI7E, Paul.KI7E at gmail.com

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Region 7

DEC Vacant

Chelan County:

   EC/RO: Laura Kozma, W7LMK, Laura.Kozma at CO.CHELAN.WA.US

Douglas County:

   EC/RO: Laura Kozma, W7LMK, Laura.Kozma at CO.CHELAN.WA.US

Okanogan County:

   EC/RO: David C. Bittenbender, KI7IAM, dcbitt at msn.com

Grant County:

   EC/RO: Edward A. Spalding, KG7NCS, easpalding at grantcountywa.gov

Kittitas County:

   EC/RO: Robert A. Smith, AI7CS, ai7cs at arrl.net

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Region 8

DEC Randolph C. Koehler, KI4EZU, ki4ezu at yahoo.com

Yakima County:

   EC: C Jo Whitney, KA7LJQ, cjo at televar.net

   EC: Mikel D. Potts, KB7POT, kb7pot at arrl.net


Klickitat County:

   EC: Bud Nolen, W7DNE, cmh at gorge.net

Benton County (Three Rivers AUXCOMM):

   Lead: Mark G. Hunn, KI7SI, ki7si at arrl.net


Franklin County (Three Rivers AUXCOMM):

   Lead: Mark G. Hunn, KI7SI, ki7si at arrl.net

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Region 9

DEC C.M. Sam Jenkins, WA7EC, CMSamJ at gmail.com

Spokane County:

   EC:  Asa Laughton, W7TSC, w7tsc at arrl.net

Ferry County:

   EC: C.M. Sam Jenkins, WA7EC, CMSamJ at gmail.com

Stevens County:

   EC: Baron T. Lundberg, KI7FDU, baronofcolville at peoplepc.com

Pend Oreille County:

   EC/RO: Patrick Molvik, KK7KPB, pat at molvikengineering.com

Lincoln County:

   EC: Gary Bytnar, AD7XG, ad7xgradio at gmail.com

Asotin County:

   EC: Vacant

Adams County:

   EC: Vacant

Whitman County:

   EC: Thomas Storer, KI6DER, KI6DER at Prodigy.net

Garfield County:

   EC: Vacant

Columbia County:

   EC: Mikel Potts, KB7POT, kb7pot at arrl.net

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District M (Medical Services Team)

ASEC Marina Zuetell, N7LSL, N7LSL at arrl.net
MST RO: Carlos M. Smith, AA7SB, aa7sb at msn.com

District 3:

   Keith Solveson, N5MUR, solveson at yahoo.com

District 5:

   Don Marlatte, KD7TDG, kc7tdg at gmail.com

District 6:

   Charles Barnes, KG7GKO, cbarnessj at gmail.com