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Friday, March 6, 2009
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UNCW is StormReady!
In February of 2006, UNCW became the fourteenth StormReady University in the nation, and the first StormReady university in North Carolina. On February 17, 2009, UNCW completed the necessary requirements to renew our StormReady certification. This included training 20 university emergency personnel and administrators in recognizing and reporting severe weather. They are now all certified Storm Spotters. With the renewal of our certification, UNCW will remain StormReady certified until 2012. Keep a look out for UNCW’s StormReady signs at the intersection of Randall Dr. and Cahill Drive and along Riegel Road near Graham-Hewlett Hall.
StormReady Universities are better prepared to save lives from the onslaught of severe weather through better planning, education, and awareness. As a StormReady University, UNCW has proved its weather readiness to the National Weather Service (NWS) by completing an extensive application and passing a thorough review by NWS officials. The NWS StormReady assessment includes requirements for communication, NWS information reception (through the use of technologies such as weather radios), hydrometerological monitoring, local warning dissemination, community preparedness, and administrative issues. Within these categories, the StormReady program required the following for certification:
- A 24-hour warning point and emergency operations center.
- Numerous ways to receive severe weather warnings and forecasts and to alert the public.
- A system that monitors weather conditions locally.
- Promotion of the importance of public readiness through community seminars and training.
- A formal hazardous weather plan, which includes training severe weather spotters and holding emergency exercises.
UNCW is proud to work with the NWS to continuously improve storm readiness and preparedness through the StormReady program. For more information about the program, visit http://www.erh.noaa.gov/ilm/stormready/.
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