Saratoga County has joined 31 other New York counties in attaining a StormReady designation through the National Weather Service.
\nStephen DiRienzo, a meteorologist from the National Weather Service\u2019s Albany office, presented Saratoga County with the certification.
\n\u201cThe county of Saratoga is extremely proud to be one of 32 counties to receive the StormReady certification,\u201d said Board of Supervisors Chairman Kevin Tollisen of Halfmoon. \u201cI am proud of this StormReady certification and commend the county\u2019s Office of Emergency Services staff for their proactive approach to enhance public safety. Our residents should know that all of our departments are prepared to handle weather related incidents, and that their safety is our top priority.\u201d
\n\u201cThe StormReady certification recognizes the ongoing commitment to public safety by our emergency services agencies (police, fire, and EMS),\u201d said Emergency Services Commissioner Carl Zeilman. \u201cAs part of the county\u2019s preparedness efforts, this certification compliments the county\u2019s recent updates to its Comprehensive Emergency Management and Multi-Jurisdictional All Hazard Mitigation plans.\u201d
\nStormReady is a national community preparedness program that helps communities develop plans to handle all types of severe weather. In general, a community must possess a solid communication network and have a comprehensive multi-hazard emergency operations plan.
\nIn order to become StormReady, the community must:
\n\u2022 Establish a 24-hour warning point and emergency operations center;
\n\u2022 Have multiple methods to receive and disseminate severe weather warnings and information for their community;
\n\u2022 Have various methods to monitor weather conditions locally;
\n\u2022 Promote the importance of public readiness;
\n\u2022 Develop a formal hazardous weather action plan, including severe weather spotter training and drills.
\nThe county\u2019s efforts include continued Storm Spotter training of town and city emergency management, law-enforcement, EMS and firefighters, and placing weather radios in county buildings.
\nAs of March 27, there were 55 StormReady sites across the state: 32 Counties, nine Communities, 11 universities, one commercial site, one government site and 13 StormReady supporters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Saratoga County has joined 31 other New York counties in attaining a StormReady designation through the National Weather Service. Stephen DiRienzo, a meteorologist from the National Weather Service\u2019s Albany office, presented Saratoga County with the certification. \u201cThe county of Saratoga is extremely proud to be one of 32 counties to receive the StormReady certification,\u201d said […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-news"],"yoast_head":"\r\n