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Dan Reilly, Warning Coordination Meteorologist National Weather Service, Houston

Dan Reilly, Warning Coordination Meteorologist National Weather Service, Houston. Overview of StormReady Program. StormReady. What is StormReady? What are the benefits? How to apply. What is StormReady?. Focuses on improving communication of weather hazard information to communities

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Dan Reilly, Warning Coordination Meteorologist National Weather Service, Houston

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  1. Dan Reilly, Warning Coordination Meteorologist National Weather Service, Houston Overview of StormReady Program

  2. StormReady • What is StormReady? • What are the benefits? • How to apply

  3. What is StormReady? • Focuses on improving communication of weather hazard information to communities • Encourages severe weather awareness programs so citizens no what to do in the event of severe weather • Helps community leaders and emergency managers strengthen local safety programs

  4. Goal of StormReady • “When the National Weather Service issues a severe weather warning, the goal of StormReady is to make sure everyone knows about it, they know what to do, they do it and live.” John Ogren, NWS • Focus on Warning Reception, Warning Dissemination, Emergency Planning for Weather Events, Public Education, Spotter Training, etc. • All about increasing public safety through communication of information between NWS, EMCs and the general public

  5. StormReady Community • The StormReady Community could be a town, county, college, university (ex: Texas A&M), Indian nation, commercial or military site • StormReady would recognize the community if they have their own EM representative, have a 24-hr warning point and EOC staffed during severe weather and meet other requirements

  6. 1559StormReady Sites, 48 Universities as of February 11th

  7. StormReady Incentives • Improves the timeliness and effectiveness of hazardous weather warnings for the community • Helps local emergency managers justify costs of hazardous weather-related programs • Rewards local hazardous-weather mitigation programs that have achieved a desired performance level • Provides an “image incentive” to the community

  8. How does a Community become StormReady? http://www.stormready.noaa.gov/

  9. Guidelines Depend on Population

  10. StormReady RecognitionProcess • Apply – Fill out application found on web site; recommend using the Word form (easiest to modify based on feedback) • MIC (Gene Hafele) and WCM (me) review application, go over anything that may need to be adjusted, clarified • StormReady Advisory Board (SRAB) verification team (Me, Gene, RLO) perform on-site verification visit to check off criteria are met • If criteria are not met, SRAB suggests improvements and works with the community to implement necessary changes • If criteria met, StormReady Recognition granted and a recognition Ceremony is held for the community

  11. At the Ceremondy Successful Applicants Receive: • StormReady Certificate of Recognition letter from local NWS Office Meteorologist in Charge, valid for 3 years • Two official StormReady signs • Authorization to use the StormReady logo • Instructions for acquiring additional signs • Listing on the National StormReady Website

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