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What does it mean to be StormReady?
Nash County is recognized as a StormReady community. StormReady communities are better prepared to save lives from the onslaught of severe weather through better planning, education, and awareness. No community is storm proof, but StormReady can help communities save lives.
StormReady
is a nationwide community preparedness program that uses a grassroots approach
to help communities develop plans to handle all types of severe weather—from
tornadoes to tsunamis. The program encourages communities to take a new, proactive
approach to improving local hazardous weather operations by providing emergency
managers with clear-cut guidelines on how to improve their hazardous weather
operations.
To be officially StormReady, a community must:
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Establish a 24-hour warning point and emergency operations center |
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Have more than one way to receive severe weather warnings and forecasts and to alert the public |
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Create a system that monitors weather conditions locally |
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Promote the importance of public readiness through community seminars |
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Develop a formal hazardous weather plan, which includes training severe weather spotters and holding emergency exercises. |
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