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Posts in category Tornadoes

Integrating Pets into Your Emergency ...

Kitten being rescued from flood
What is the PETS Act? The Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act (PETS) of 2006 was passed following Hurricane Katrina.     Images of abandoned animals, as well as the knowledge that many individuals and families refused to evacuate when they found that they couldn’t take their pets with them spurred legislators into passi [...]

A Profile of the Arlington CERT progr...

A photo of the sculpture "Menotomy Indian Hunter," by Cyrus Dallin
The First CERT Program in Massachusetts The success of the Arlington, Massachusetts CERT program is due to the vision and dedication of a few individuals who believed that citizens have an important role in community preparedness, response and mitigation. Sticking with their vision for decades, Joe Marshall and a few other individuals are cre [...]

Workplace Safety Preparedness, Includ...

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Planning and Responding to Workplace Emergencies Does your workplace have an Emergency Action Plan (EAP)? Nobody expects an emergency or disaster. Yet emergencies and disasters can strike anyone, anytime, anywhere. Employers should establish effective safety and health management systems and prepare their workers to handle emergencies before [...]

Get Weather Ready Video

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Saturday of National Severe Weather P...

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Has your weather gotten any better? It’s Saturday of NSWPW, which means the theme is Just the Beginning This week, you learned how to take the next step in severe weather preparedness by knowing your risk, being prepared and inspiring others   While National Severe Weather Preparedness Week is over, the need to be prepared is not. Tornad [...]

Weather Alerts: Thursday of National ...

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What’s a “Watch?” What’s a “Warning?” Watch this video and find out NOAA and FEMA have designated the theme for today, Stay Tuned for Weather Alerts. There are a number of ways you can obtain severe weather information without having to touch that dial. Each one has pluses and minuses. It’s important [...]

It’s Wednesday of National Severe Wea...

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Make a Plan! Don’t wait for trouble to strike! Taking a little time now to prepare for bad weather can save you, your family, your pet, or your business, a boatload of grief. The theme for Wednesday of this year’s National Severe Weather Preparedness Week is Make a Plan. Whether you’re a business, a family, a university, or a school, yo [...]

It’s National Severe Weather Pr...

NSWPW Poster 2014
With the unwieldy name and typical tongue-twisting acronym, National Severe Weather Preparedness Week (NSWPW…NISSWAPOW?) kicks off this week (yesterday, Sunday March 2nd, actually). The NOAA site notes that In 2013, there were seven weather and climate disaster events with losses exceeding $1 billion each across the United States. These [...]

Preparing for the Storm

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Four Steps to Staying Safe & Healthy in an Emergency Winter storms are inevitable. Most people know what groceries they need, as empty store shelves confirm. But it’s not only eleventh hour shoppers that can get into trouble. People know what groceries they need How can you make sure you can stay safe and healthy when a big winter storm h [...]

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