Isabella County Emergency Management (EOC) -
News & Information
VHF/UHF Narrowbanding Information
What is Narrowbanding?
- Narrowbanding is an effort to ensure more efficient use of the VHF and UHF spectrum by requiring all VHF and UHF Public Safety and Industrial/Business land mobile radio (LMR) systems to migrate to at least 12.5 kHz efficiency technology by January 1, 2013.
What is the purpose of Narrowbanding?
- Currently, the majority of UHF and VHF LMR licensees operate using 25 kHz efficiency technology. However, the UHF and VHF frequency bands are congested with limited spectrum available for system expansion or implementation of new systems. The migration to 12.5 kHz efficiency technology will require licensees to operate more efficiently, either on narrower channel bandwidths or increased voice paths on existing channels. This will allow creation of additional channels within the same spectrum, thereby supporting more users.
More information regarding Narrowbanding.
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
Marc Griffis, Director
Office of Emergency Management
Swine Flu resources for download:
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Isabella County Certified "StormReady Community"
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.