Case Study: Public Safety Weather
A large Florida County Emergency Management Agency oversees and manages critical resources in the event of a hurricane or other natural or manmade disaster or event. The agency coordinates all county and volunteer relief capabilities, ensures that manpower availability and resources are available when needed, supervises all shelter facilities and maintains contact with county commissioners, the state and relevant federal agencies.
The EMA strives to ensure county employees and volunteer workers are available when needed. It’s imperative that they're utilized only when necessary and are not called in or released too early. Planning – especially prior to a weekend – with a hurricane threat in the vicinity is especially critical. In addition, it’s critical to determine as accurately as possible the severity of the threat ahead of landfall in order to have food, water and critical material pre-positioned and available as quickly as possible after the threat has past.
The EMA needed county-specific wind profiling and coastal storm surge data to manage and safeguard employees, facilities, resources and other assets. They selected ImpactWeather's TropicsWatchsm service for its detailed hurricane forecasts and summaries, its access to live meteorologists 24/7 and its robust alert notification capabilities.
During the 2005 Tropical Storm Season, ImpactWeather's detailed, county-specific tropical forecasts saved the county hundreds of thousands of dollars in employee salaries, fuel and other emergency supplies by allowing planners to confidently staff departments accurately and with minimum demand for overtime. Access to ImpactWeather's meteorologists allowed for precise planning for anticipated storm surge levels and the impact that could be expected on beachfront communities as well as anticipated wind damage to the interior parts of the county. Later in the season, ImpactWeather provided weather support when teams from this county traveled to other areas harder hit.
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