Voluntary Radio Organisation, (in Swedish Frivilliga radioorganisationen FRO) is a Swedish volunteer defense organization that aims to maintain and develop excellence in Communications and Information systems (Information Technology

Information technology

Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...

 - and radio

Radio

Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...

 communication). FRO trains radio operators, technichians, squad leaders and communications staff for the Swedish Home Guard

Swedish Home Guard

The Swedish Home Guard is a part of the Swedish Armed Forces. The Home Guard consists of local defence units under the leadership of the armed forces, as well as 23 national auxiliary defence organizations.-History:...

 and civilian operators for the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency

Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency

The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency is a Swedish government agency that combines now-defunct Swedish Rescue Services Agency, Swedish Emergency Management Agency, and National Board of Psychological Defence...

, the Swedish Transport Administration and the Svenska Kraftnät

Svenska Kraftnät

Svenska Kraftnät is an electricity and natural gas transmission system operator in Sweden. It is a state-owned public utility, which was created in 1992 by splitting the former government agency Vattenfall into a power generation company and a transmission company...

 (the Swedish electricity and natural gas transmission system operator).

The organisation has a coat of arms

Coat of arms

A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...

 with the following blazon

Blazon

In heraldry and heraldic vexillology, a blazon is a formal description of a coat of arms, flag or similar emblem, from which the reader can reconstruct the appropriate image...

: "The blue field is a forked flash of gold with the tips pointing at the shield head and foot."