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Annual Storm Spotter Training Scheduled for McLean County |
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Sunday, 14 February 2010 22:21 |
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 The McLean County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) has scheduled its annual Basic Weather Spotter training for 2010. Severe weather spotters provide critical information to their communities and National Weather Service forecasters during hazardous weather events. Anyone with an interest is welcome to attend this spotter class. There are no fees to attend - only 2 to 3 hours of your time is required. The training is provided by the National Weather Service office in Lincoln, IL.
This class is intended as refresher training for experienced spotters as well as initial training for those that are new to severe weather spotting. We recommend attending this spotter class annually. Topics covered in this class include:
- Preparations for storm spotting
- Thunderstorm development
- Thunderstorm types and hazards
- Spotting tornadoes
- Spotter safety, effective spotter reports, and more
Date: April 1, 2010
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: McLean County Emergency Operations Center - Law and Justice Center, 104 West Front Street, Bloomington, Illinois
Contact: Director Curtis Hawk or Deputy Director Bob Clark at (309) 888-5020, M-F 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM with questions or for additional information
No pre-registration is required to attend this event.
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McLean County Emergency Management Agency Operations Team Publishes 2009 Annual Report |
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Wednesday, 10 February 2010 15:02 |
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 The McLean County Emergency Management Agency's Operations Team has released its 2009 Annual Report. The publication provides an overview of the McLean County EMA, highlights training and public service events, recognizes staff for promotions and commendations, and details field operations deployments in 2009. The process of developing an Annual Report began in 2007 and continues to be an annual publication. The Team's hope is that the information contained within this report is valuable, timely, and promotes an atmosphere of confidence in the work that the Operations Team, alongside other public safety and private agencies, strives to achieve. As the numbers will reflect in this report, the Operations Team is an extremely dedicated group of volunteers who desire to ensure the public's safety and to ensure that the citizens of McLean County mitigate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from natural and man-made emergencies. The Team's efforts remain guided by the importance of education, training, strong inter-agency partnerships, and community service. |
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The Emergency Management Association of McLean County and the McLean County EMA are pleased to offer a one-day Emergency Management Conference for public safety officials. The conference will feature keynote and plenary sessions as well as break-out sessions throughout the day as a way to provide local training and networking opportunities for those in the Emergency Management, Fire, EMS, and Law Enforcement fields. Since local Emergency Management training is hard to obtain without requiring teams to take off time during work weeks, both the Association and the McLean County EMA wanted to offer something on a weekend that was more accommodating of people's schedules. There is no cost to attend the conference other than a $10.00 security deposit for food which will be refunded at the door. A continental breakfast, full lunch, and afternoon snacks will be provided for attendees.