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As part of a crisis response, EMs seek forecast information that allows them to anticipate, prepare, and respond to natural hazards, including the use of Doppler radar products, television news forecasts, and NWS products (League et al. 2010).
Jun 17, 2010 · Results help to understand how emergency managers receive weather information, interpret the information, verify the information and ultimately make the decision to warn the public of a tornado threat. These decisions are largely made under conditions of uncertainty.
The goal of this innovative network is to arm federal agencies, local Emergency Managers, and weather sensitive businesses with the radar data they need to properly keep communities, employees, and assets safe and to gain a better understanding of the changing climate for more accurate forecasting.
Emergency managers make time-sensitive decisions in order to protect the public from threats including severe weather. Simulation and questionnaires were used to capture the decision-making process of emer-gency managers during severe weather events.
Jun 1, 2010 · These findings are helpful to understand how individuals use weather radar to make decisions that may help us to better understand protective action behavior.
With dozens of data sources recording and reporting on 25+ weather observations from all across the county, emergency management officials are better prepared to keep over one million residents safe from tornadoes, severe thunderstorms, and other forms of dangerous weather.
This study used the Critical Incident Technique to identify themes from incidents involving weather forecast information that went well, or not so well, from the perspective of the EMs responding to them.
