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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).
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Weather-caused disasters such as tornadoes, hurricanes and inclement weather drive a large portion of emergency management operations in the United States. Incorporating meteorological forecast information into emergency operations has been a long-standing need when the weather is either threatening or directly impacting ongoing emergency managemen...
Weather conditions influence a variety of factors in emergency management from disruptions to supply chain logistics and travel, to the way in which a wildland fire may abruptly shift at any given moment. Due to the potential changes meteorological conditions generate before, during, and after an incident, meteorologists and emergency managers must...
This essay utilizes small-scale anecdotal overviews of events and disasters where meteorologists were utilized, underutilized, or even absent. These anecdotal overviews serve to advance the importance of meteorologist integration into emergency operations to demonstrate the value of weather information availability and accessibility supporting emer...
The Origin of EOCs Supporting Disaster-Related Events FEMA defines emergency operations centers (EOCs) as having the following functions: 1. collect, analyze, and share information; 2. support resource needs and requests, including allocation and tracking; 3. coordinate planning and determine current and future needs; and 4. in some cases, provide ...
In reviewing post-event assessments from the National Weather Service regarding high impact events since 1969, there have been continuous improvements to the meteorological and hydrologic based technology services provided by the organization. The improvements, based on the service needs of emergency managers and partners aligned upon three main th...
While having meteorologists involved in EOC or ICP operations remotely or on-site during natural disasters has proven to be successful, non-weather emergencies like earthquakes, oil spills, HAZMAT response, terrorism, and pandemics might very well also benefit. Weather information is important for any operation which relies on close coordination, l...
With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic of 2019–2022, technological advancements have allowed EOCs to operate from home offices, thereby challenging the traditional paradigm of in-person command and control EOC operations. New technologies such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet have been tested during the COVID-19 pandemic offering emergency res...
Weather forecasting and alert technologies have advanced greatly over the last fifty years. However, meteorologists, hydrologists, and emergency management partners must continue to remain vigilant in efforts to communicate and integrate weather intelligence into emergency operations leading up to, during and after disasters. As previously highligh...
Julie Malingowski has worked as a meteorologist for the National Weather Service since 2006 and specializes in working as a weather liaison with emergency management at the local, state and regional levels. She has worked on numerous planned events and emergency response and recovery efforts in the Western U.S. She has worked to establish a framewo...
1. Department of Commerce, National Weather Service Policy Directive 10-24, Operations and Services Impact-Based Decision Support Services, National Weather Service, April 9, 2019, https://www.nws.noaa.gov/directives/sym/pd01024curr.pdf. 2. National Weather Service, Impact-Based Decision Support Services (IDSS), n.d., https://www.weather.gov/about/...
Aug 24, 2020 · This program aims to assist WMO members to further develop forecast and warning services tailored to the needs of users to fully perceive and understand the consequences of severe weather events and, as a consequence, to undertake appropriate mitigating actions.
- Bruno Merz, Christian Kuhlicke, Michael Kunz, Massimiliano Pittore, Andrey Babeyko, David N. Bresch,...
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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.
- Cedar E. League, Walter Díaz, Brenda Philips, Ellen J. Bass, Kevin Kloesel, Eve Gruntfest, Alex Gess...
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Apr 1, 2021 · This research aims to understand the benefits and challenges of IBFWs for hydrometeorological hazards, from the perspective of meteorologists, hydrologists, and emergency managers who have been or could be using the new warning approach.
- Sally Potter, Sara Harrison, Sara Harrison, Peter Kreft
- 2021
Oct 1, 2006 · This work introduces a descriptive decision-making model of emergency management during the four severe weather phases: Pre-Storm, Severe Weather Watch, Severe Weather Warning, and Severe...
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