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Isabella County Receives StormReady Award

Pictured above from left to right are:
Jamie Bielinski, Warning Coordination Meteorologist at NWS Grand Rapids;
Lt. Brian Whitsett, Sixth District Coordinator-Michigan State Police;
Marc Griffis, Isabella County Emergency Manager;
Nathan Jeruzal, Meteorologist, NWS Grand Rapids.

The nationwide community preparedness program uses a grassroots approach to help communities develop plans to handle local severe weather and flooding threats. The voluntary program provides communities with clear-cut advice from a partnership between local National Weather Service forecast offices and state and local emergency managers.

Every year, around 500 Americans lose their lives to severe weather and floods. More than 10,000 severe thunderstorms, 2,500 floods and 1,000 tornadoes affect the United States annually. Potentially deadly weather can affect every person in the country. That’s why NOAA's National Weather Service developed the StormReady program.

To be recognized as StormReady, a community must:

Establish a 24-hour warning point and emergency operations center;
Have redundant ways to receive weather forecasts and warnings and to alert the public;
Create a system that monitors local weather conditions;
Promote the importance of public readiness through community seminars;
Develop a formal hazardous weather plan, which includes training severe weather spotters and holding emergency exercises.

The mission of the National Weather Service is to reduce the loss of life and property from these storms, and StormReady will help us create better prepared communities throughout the country.”

The StormReady program is part of the NOAA National Weather Service's working partnership with the International Association of Emergency Managers and the National Emergency Management Association.

Federal Emergency Management Agency
Community Status Book Report for Michigan

Communities Participating in the National Flood Program

Swine Flu Information

The Office of Emergency Management is actively monitoring the situation in coordination with the Central Michigan District Health Department. The following websites are available for you to monitor the situation:

Department of Homeland Security -- www.dhs.gov
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) -- www.cdc.gov/swineflu
Central Michigan District Health Department -- www.cmdhd.org
CMU Health Services -- www.cmich.edu/University_Health_Services.htm

Swine Flu Info

The Information on the right will direct you to the most current information regarding the Pandemic on the following web sites:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Pandemicflu.gov
The World Health Organization (WHO)
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Marc Griffis, Director
Office of Emergency Management

Swine Flu resources for download

Flyers

Cover Your Cough (Schools)

Cover Your Cough (Department of Health)

Stop The Spread Of Germs At Work

Audio Promo's

Swine Flu Hygiene

Swine Flu Planning

Swine Flu Preparedness

Our Mission...
The mission of the Isabella County Office of Emergency Management is to mitigate against, plan for, respond to, and recover from emergencies and disasters of all types including, but not limited to, natural and man-made, while emphasizing the protection of the lives and property of Isabella County residents.

What it Means...
The Office of Emergency Management exists to serve our community. We do this by making sure our community is ready for disasters, by working with local police, fire, EMS, and government bodies. We maintain the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) as a central coordination point for planning and responding to major events. We also work to improve community relations and educate the public about hazards in our community.

July 2008 Newsletter

School Radio Training PowerPoint Presentation

School Radio Training pdf Presentation

Both of these are large files, please be patient as they load.

National Flood Insurance Community Status Book

Click below for Current Weather Conditions at the EOC (Corner of Isabella & Preston Streets)