Emergency Management News

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

NFA: Training Operations for Small Departments #OKfire

This 2 day course is designed to provide students with some basic tools and skills to coordinate training in a small fire/EMS organization. A training function in a smaller department typically may include conducting training drills and coordinating training with a nearby larger city or State training function.
Course content includes:
leadership issues in fire service training, such as why and how the local training officer must be a catalyst for change, and personal motivators within the department, identifying the legal issues affecting the training function, including an understanding of a standard of care, and the impact of OSHA and NFPA standards, safety considerations in training, marketing training internally, identifying ways to justify training needs, resolving training conflicts using appropriate conflict resolution techniques, selecting and evaluating training curriculum and materials from outside sources and effective delivery and evaluation of training.
Target Audience:
Fire and rescue personnel who coordinate training in small departments.
Combination/Volunteer firefighters and officers who instruct in small fire and rescue departments. Fire personnel serving on training committees.
Training officers in combination/volunteer fire departments.
Cost: No charge to Oklahoma Emergency Responders
Location
Dates
OSU-FST Classroom – Stillwater
2012, December 8th  9th 8am-5pm
State Fire School – EOC Tech Center
 2013, April TBD 8am-5pm
For additional information or to enroll please call


Wednesday, October 10, 2012

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

It is a good opportunity to learn more about a cancer that affects approximately one in eight women. Men can also get breast cancer, but it is rare. This year, an estimated 226,870 women and 2,190 men will be newly diagnosed. 

Risk Factors -- Learn about risk factors (including family history, obesity, alcohol, and hormone replacement therapy) and protective factors that may help reduce the risk of breast cancer (including eating healthy and exercising).

Screening and Diagnosis -- Get information about mammograms, ultrasound, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), and other diagnostic tools.

Treatment Options -- Treatment options vary depending on cancer type and stage, but the standard options include surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, and more.

Pink Ribbon Kit -- Order free publications with information about mammography screening, which continues to be the best tool for early detection.

Overview -- Find a brief summary of breast cancer and numerous resources by topic. 

Monday, October 1, 2012

October Climate Calendar for #AltusOK

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
Periods of Record
Temps#1903-2010
Precip#1903-2011
Snow#1903-2011
# - large gaps in record
1T Avgs: 85/54
Sig Prcp Freq: 6%
Extremes:
High T104 (1977)
Low T39 (1985)
Precip1.46 (1941)
2T Avgs: 85/55
Sig Prcp Freq: 8%
Extremes:
High T102 (2000)
Low T40* (1975)
Precip1.12 (1986)
3T Avgs: 84/55
Sig Prcp Freq: 12%
Extremes:
High T104 (2000)
Low T40 (1975)
Precip2.15 (1955)
4T Avgs: 83/56
Sig Prcp Freq: 15%
Extremes:
High T102 (1928)
Low T38 (1979)
Precip3.57 (1953)
5T Avgs: 82/55
Sig Prcp Freq: 14%
Extremes:
High T98 (1937)
Low T37 (1932)
Precip3.45 (1919)
6T Avgs: 82/55
Sig Prcp Freq: 13%
Extremes:
High T99 (1937)
Low T35 (2001)
Precip2.31 (1930)
7T Avgs: 80/53
Sig Prcp Freq: 16%
Extremes:
High T101 (1979)
Low T31 (1952)
Precip1.13 (1919)
8T Avgs: 80/53
Sig Prcp Freq: 16%
Extremes:
High T99 (1979)
Low T34 (1976)
Precip1.54 (1919)
9T Avgs: 81/52
Sig Prcp Freq: 13%
Extremes:
High T99* (1928)
Low T26 (2000)
Precip4.44 (1918)
10T Avgs: 80/51
Sig Prcp Freq: 11%
Extremes:
High T96 (1963)
Low T27 (2000)
Precip1.66 (1926)
11T Avgs: 79/52
Sig Prcp Freq: 7%
Extremes:
High T97 (1954)
Low T34 (1932)
Precip1.43 (1931)
12T Avgs: 79/52
Sig Prcp Freq: 12%
Extremes:
High T95 (1979)
Low T28 (1977)
Precip1.71 (1960)
13T Avgs: 80/53
Sig Prcp Freq: 11%
Extremes:
High T100 (1954)
Low T34 (1986)
Precip3.73 (1923)
14T Avgs: 79/52
Sig Prcp Freq: 14%
Extremes:
High T99 (1928)
Low T34* (1969)
Precip1.89 (1960)
15T Avgs: 78/51
Sig Prcp Freq: 23%
Extremes:
High T97 (1917)
Low T35* (1914)
Precip3.31 (1915)
16T Avgs: 78/51
Sig Prcp Freq: 16%
Extremes:
High T96 (1917)
Low T30 (2001)
Precip1.80 (2006)
17T Avgs: 77/50
Sig Prcp Freq: 12%
Extremes:
High T98 (1972)
Low T31* (1976)
Precip1.05 (1942)
18T Avgs: 77/49
Sig Prcp Freq: 12%
Extremes:
High T95 (1972)
Low T33 (1948)
Precip4.16 (1965)
19T Avgs: 77/48
Sig Prcp Freq: 4%
Extremes:
High T95 (1940)
Low T25 (1989)
Precip1.40 (1983)
20T Avgs: 75/48
Sig Prcp Freq: 12%
Extremes:
High T95 (1979)
Low T25 (1976)
Precip7.10 (1983)
21T Avgs: 76/48
Sig Prcp Freq: 18%
Extremes:
High T95 (2003)
Low T32 (1917)
Precip1.96 (1972)
22T Avgs: 75/48
Sig Prcp Freq: 15%
Extremes:
High T93 (1939)
Low T29 (1990)
Precip2.76 (1986)
23T Avgs: 73/47
Sig Prcp Freq: 20%
Extremes:
High T92 (2003)
Low T28 (1917)
Precip1.33 (1977)
24T Avgs: 73/45
Sig Prcp Freq: 13%
Extremes:
High T95 (2003)
Low T27 (2005)
Precip1.25 (1949)
25T Avgs: 73/46
Sig Prcp Freq: 9%
Extremes:
High T91 (1939)
Low T28 (2005)
Precip2.18 (1923)
26T Avgs: 73/45
Sig Prcp Freq: 13%
Extremes:
High T93 (1950)
Low T26 (1957)
Precip2.60 (1918)
Snowtrace* (1913)
27T Avgs: 72/44
Sig Prcp Freq: 12%
Extremes:
High T91 (1930)
Low T26 (1997)
Precip0.74 (2000)
28T Avgs: 72/45
Sig Prcp Freq: 8%
Extremes:
High T90 (1937)
Low T26 (1925)
Precip1.95 (1991)
29T Avgs: 73/45
Sig Prcp Freq: 11%
Extremes:
High T92 (1950)
Low T20 (1980)
Precip1.50 (2009)
30T Avgs: 72/45
Sig Prcp Freq: 13%
Extremes:
High T90 (1963)
Low T17 (1917)
Precip1.90 (1979)
31T Avgs: 70/44
Sig Prcp Freq: 21%
Extremes:
High T88* (1944)
Low T17 (1993)
Precip1.88 (1940)
Snowtrace (1941)
Key
* - Record since tied
Highlight = Oct record
All Temps in deg F
All Precip in inches
Sig Prcp Freq = Pct of
days with >= 0.1" precip
Oct. Averages
High Temp78 F
Low Temp50 F
Avg Temp64 F
Precip2.85"
Snow0.0"