The Illinois Amateur Radio Emergency Service^® (ARES^®) is a service provided by the Illinois Section of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the national organization for amateur radio. The Illinois Section Emergency Coordinator (SEC) is Robert "Pat" Ryan, KC6VVT. The Northeast District Emergency Coordinator (DEC) is Robert "Bob" Cockream, AB9EE, who lives in Grundy County.

The Northeast District covers the Chicago area suburbs, often referred to as "Chicagoland". In addition, the district includes the surrounding counties that make up all of northeastern Illinois. Counties in the Northeast District include: Boone, De Kalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake, LaSalle, Livingston, McHenry, Will and Winnebago.

Cook County--containing the Chicago metropolitan area--is its own district and is led by Neil Ormos, N9NL, District Emergency Coordinator.

Here is a list of Emergency Coordinators in the Northeast District (click on county for Web site):

• Bob Yurs, W9ICU, De Kalb County
• Bob Cockream, AB9EE, Grundy County
• Eric Lorenz, KC9FQV, Kane County
• Dirk Wolgast, W9QA, Kendall County
• Don Whitney, K9DRW, Lake County
• Frank Carraro, KF9NZ, LaSalle County
• Ray Pfleeger, WB9RLX, Livingston County
• John Zelz, W9ZE, McHenry County
• Tim Smith, N9UEB, Will County
• Sue Peters, KA9GNR, Winnebago County