Emergency Management

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(posted Tuesday, May 07, 2013)

Severe Weather Preparedness Guide

With the upcoming Severe Weather Season. Yankton County Emergency Management in conjunction with National Weather service will hold our annual Severe Weather Awareness Training. The training will be held on April 10, beginning at 7:00 pm, at the Fire Station # 2 Yankton Fire Station #2 201 West 23rd Street, Yankton SD. The National Weather Service will have a spoke person to host the event. The Event is open to the public.

We will doing a Mock Tornado Drill on April 24, the drill begins at 10:00 am with a tornado watch, then at 10:15 there will be a tornado warning. We will be sounding all the storm sirens in Yankton County to make sure they are working properly, weather pending.

With the upcoming severe weather season us the following information to protect you and your family. Develop a plan for you and your family at home, work, school, and when outdoors. The American Red Cross offers tips at: http://www.redcross.org/index.jsp

the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) at: http://www.ready.gov

Practice Your Plan

Know the risk for the area in which you live or visit. NWS warnings

identify locations in the path of approaching severe weather.

Have a Public Alert™ certified NOAA Weather Radio and battery backup

to receive warnings.

Discuss thunderstorm safety with all members of your household.
NWS watches and warnings are available on the Internet. Select and

bookmark your local NWS office from http://www.weather.gov

Keep in mind that even though the weather may be calm at the time a

Tornado or Severe Thunderstorm Watch or Warning is issued for your

area, conditions can rapidly deteriorate and become life threatening.

Always heed warnings even if warnings issued for your area in the past

did not result in severe weather. Don’t gamble with your life.

Tornadoes and severe thunderstorms can and do occur at any location,

any time of day or night, and any time of year given the right atmospheric

conditions.

Tune into your favorite radio or television weather information source for

severe weather watch and warning information.

If severe weather threatens, check on people who are elderly, very

young, or physically or mentally disabled.

Having a safe room in your home or small business can help provide

“near-absolute protection” for you and your family or your employees

from injury or death caused by extreme winds. By near-absolute

protection we mean that there is a very high probability the occupants

of a safe room built according to current guidance will avoid injury

or death. Information on how to build a Safe Room (shown in the

photo at right) in your home or school is available from FEMA at:

http://www.fema.gov/safe-room-resources/fema-p-320-taking-shelter-storm-building-safe-room-your-home-or-small-business

(posted Friday, April 05, 2013)

Yankton County Volunteer for Diasters

Yankton County
Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
SERV SD Registration Instructions

Go to http://serv.sd.gov and click on ‘New Member Sign-up’

Step 1: Selecting Your Group
You will need to start by selecting your volunteer group. Select the box next to “CERT- Yankton County” to register as member of the Yankton County Community Emergency Response Team. If you are a ‘licensed or certified health professional’ (physician, nurse, behavioral health specialist, etc.) check this box, otherwise click on one of the other non-medical volunteer groups (POD or SNS group).

Step 2: Create Your Account
When selecting your user id and password, 1). The user id should be a combination of your initial of your first name and your entire last name. If a duplicate id already exists, then use your first name and last name, and 2). The password should be six characters or numerals, or a combination thereof.

Step 3: Completing the Registration Process
You will be asked to provide contact information as well as specific information pertaining to the group you have selected to join, including information necessary to validate your credentials and to meet federal standards. When you register you will enter information on the best way to contact you. If a deployment is required, this is the information that the system will use to contact you. Therefore, please be sure that the information you give is accurate and up-to-date. Any time you have any changes in that information, please log on and update the information.

Step 4: Approval Process
The final step is the approval process; your application will either be manually reviewed. The approval process may take several days to complete; once your application status has changed you will receive an e-mail notification. Once approved, you are registered with the Yankton CERT. You will also be able to log on and update your information at any time. Leaders of the Yankton County CERT will contact you with training and deployment opportunities.

SERV SD is a state-owned-and-operated registry and will not provide your name and information to agencies without your permission. For additional information regarding the program or registration process, you may contact Andy Klitzke at Andy.Klitzke@state.sd.us or ServSD@state.sd.us.

http://doh.sd.gov/Prepare/Volunteer.aspx

(posted Thursday, March 07, 2013)

Winter Weather Preparedness Day

The National Weather Service and the South Dakota Office of Emergency Management has declared October 24th as Winter Weather Preparedness Day in South Dakota. We would like to remind everyone that now is the time to start preparing themselves, their families, vehicles, and homes for the onset of adverse winter weather. Remember, it is ultimately up to you to make the decision based upon the information you hear from the National Weather Service. But if you are prepared, it's a decision that can save your life. Visit the following Web site for more information http://bReadySD.com

(posted Tuesday, October 30, 2012) read more ...