HomeMy WebLinkAbout09.10.19 Storm Ready Certification
City of Plainview NEWS
901 Broadway St.
Plainview, TX 79072
September 11, 2019
City of Plainview receives StormReady
Recognition
In recognition of National Emergency Preparedness Month
in September, the City of Plainview would like to announce
their recognition as a Storm Ready Community from the National Weather Service’s (NWS)
Weather-Ready Nation.
The program recognizes emergency management programs that meet the StormReady
guidelines, demonstrating outstanding preparedness for hazardous weather and flooding.
The StormReady Program is intended to reduce fatalities, injuries and minimize property
damage through timely distribution, receipt and effective communication of hazardous weather
and flood warnings between the NWS, emergency managers and public, provide detailed and
clear recommendations emergency managers may use to establish or improve hazardous
weather and flood planning, operations and public response and empower Americans to make
better decisions before and during weather and flood hazards through community
preparedness.
“Emergency Operations Coordinator Sgt. (Jeff) Stalcup has done a great job at working with the
City and its partners to prepare the community in case of an emergency,” says Jeffrey Snyder,
City Manager.
Since the program’s inception in Oklahoma in 1999, over 2,000 counties, cities, towns,
universities, Indian Nations, commercial sites, government facilities and military installations
have been recognized as StormReady. StormReady is a voluntary program that directly supports
NWS’ strategic vision of a "WeatherReady Nation."
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