Building Partnerships to Strengthen Preparedness throughout Diverse Communities

On Monday, February 27, FEMA’s Individual and Community Preparedness Division invites you to a  Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) webinar to showcase preparedness partnership models between community based organizations, like CERT and emergency management agencies that serve diverse communities.

Title: Building Partnerships to Strengthen Preparedness throughout Diverse Communities

Date: Monday, February 27, 2017

Time:  1:00 – 2:30 p.m. EDT

Featured Speakers:

• Tyler Krska (Moderator): National CERT Program, Individual and Community Preparedness Division, FEMA.
• Matt Lyttle: Branch Chief, Partnership Engagement, Individual and Community Preparedness Division, FEMA.
• Jacqueline Patterson: Director of the Environmental and Climate Justice Program, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
• Rene Rosenbaum, PhD: Associate Professor and Project Director of the Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Disasters Preparedness Demonstration Project, Department of Community Agriculture, Recreation and Resource Studies, Michigan State University.
• Cassandra D. Wallace: Senior Emergency Management Specialist and Community Preparedness Program Manager, City of Dallas Office of Emergency Management.

How to Join the Webinar:

• Please register for the event using the Adobe Connect registration web link.
• Be sure to test your Adobe Connect connection prior to the meeting.
• This webinar will offer closed captioning.

We hope to that you will be able to join us on February 27!

Plan Your Fire Escape #OKfire

You have less than three minutes to get out of your home in a fire. Are you ready?   

Talk to your family about what to do in a fire. If you use a wheelchair or a cane, make sure you can get to it easily and get out quickly. If you wear hearing aids or eyeglasses, put them next to your bed while you’re sleeping. Practice how you will escape by holding a fire drill twice a year and develop a fire escape plan with these tips from the U.S. Fire Administration:  

• Have two ways out of each room. 
• Know to crawl low to the floor when escaping to avoid toxic smoke. 
• Know that once you’re out, stay out.
• Know where to meet after the escape. 
• Your meeting place should be near the front of your home, so firefighters know you are out. 
• Practice your fire escape plan.

Learn more about preventing and preparing for home fires by visiting the U.S. Fire Administration.

February Climate Data is supplied by @OKmesonet

Periods of Record Temps #1904-2011 Precip #1904-2012 Snow #1904-2012 # - large gaps in record	1 T Avgs: 53/28 Sig Prcp Freq: 8% Extremes: High T 86 (1963) Low T -2 (1951) Precip 0.98 (1983) Snow 4.0 (2011)	2 T Avgs: 53/28 Sig Prcp Freq: 5% Extremes: High T 87 (2003) Low T -1 (1951) Precip 0.22 (1944) Snow 0.5 (1996)	3 T Avgs: 55/28 Sig Prcp Freq: 8% Extremes: High T 81* (1934) Low T 2 (1996) Precip 1.20 (1960) Snow 0.5* (1929)	4 T Avgs: 56/28 Sig Prcp Freq: 9% Extremes: High T 78* (1928) Low T -1 (1996) Precip 3.23 (1964) Snow 0.5* (1983)	5 T Avgs: 55/30 Sig Prcp Freq: 9% Extremes: High T 82 (2008) Low T 5 (1989) Precip 0.67 (1987) Snow 2.5 (1998)	6 T Avgs: 56/29 Sig Prcp Freq: 10% Extremes: High T 78* (1925) Low T 10 (1914) Precip 0.72 (2005) Snow 3.0 (1961)
7 T Avgs: 56/27 Sig Prcp Freq: 8% Extremes: High T 82 (1932) Low T -3 (1933) Precip 1.45 (1934) Snow 6.0 (1933)	8 T Avgs: 57/28 Sig Prcp Freq: 10% Extremes: High T 80* (1925) Low T -6 (1933) Precip 1.10 (1927) Snow 2.0 (1929)	9 T Avgs: 55/28 Sig Prcp Freq: 9% Extremes: High T 88 (1932) Low T 7 (1933) Precip 0.59 (1965) Snow 3.0 (2011)	10 T Avgs: 57/28 Sig Prcp Freq: 6% Extremes: High T 82 (1922) Low T 4* (1929) Precip 0.80 (1993) Snow 2.0 (1986)	11 T Avgs: 56/28 Sig Prcp Freq: 3% Extremes: High T 93 (1962) Low T -7 (1986) Precip 0.70 (1977) Snow trace (1993)	12 T Avgs: 57/30 Sig Prcp Freq: 11% Extremes: High T 90 (1962) Low T 9 (1948) Precip 0.92 (1978) Snow 2.5 (1948)	13 T Avgs: 59/30 Sig Prcp Freq: 6% Extremes: High T 87 (1962) Low T 9 (1958) Precip 1.19 (1950) Snow 2.0 (1968)
14 T Avgs: 59/31 Sig Prcp Freq: 12% Extremes: High T 88 (1954) Low T 5 (1936) Precip 0.92 (1969) Snow 2.5* (1951)	15 T Avgs: 57/31 Sig Prcp Freq: 9% Extremes: High T 88 (1924) Low T 11 (2007) Precip 0.88 (1993) Snow 2.5 (2004)	16 T Avgs: 57/29 Sig Prcp Freq: 6% Extremes: High T 78 (1927) Low T 9 (1936) Precip 0.80 (1940) Snow 7.0 (1928)	17 T Avgs: 58/29 Sig Prcp Freq: 9% Extremes: High T 83 (1970) Low T 12* (1928) Precip 0.62* (1998) Snow 2.0 (1978)	18 T Avgs: 58/31 Sig Prcp Freq: 8% Extremes: High T 84 (1986) Low T 2 (1978) Precip 1.12 (1921) Snow 10.2 (1921)	19 T Avgs: 59/31 Sig Prcp Freq: 5% Extremes: High T 86 (1986) Low T 10 (1929) Precip 0.97 (1998) Snow 1.0 (1921)	20 T Avgs: 61/32 Sig Prcp Freq: 6% Extremes: High T 90 (1981) Low T 12 (1918) Precip 2.15 (1997) Snow trace* (1929)
21 T Avgs: 60/32 Sig Prcp Freq: 11% Extremes: High T 90 (1996) Low T 11 (1939) Precip 1.74 (1997) Snow 1.5 (1968)	22 T Avgs: 60/32 Sig Prcp Freq: 16% Extremes: High T 93 (1996) Low T 14 (1976) Precip 1.12 (1994) Snow 3.0 (1973)	23 T Avgs: 61/32 Sig Prcp Freq: 11% Extremes: High T 91 (1918) Low T 7 (1914) Precip 0.74 (1941) Snow 4.5 (1941)	24 T Avgs: 60/33 Sig Prcp Freq: 8% Extremes: High T 92 (1918) Low T 10 (1965) Precip 0.79 (2001) Snow 2.8 (1953)	25 T Avgs: 61/33 Sig Prcp Freq: 10% Extremes: High T 93 (1917) Low T 9 (1960) Precip 0.88 (1933) Snow 1.0 (1960)	26 T Avgs: 60/33 Sig Prcp Freq: 8% Extremes: High T 86 (1996) Low T 12* (1934) Precip 0.36* (1915) Snow 1.0 (1945)	27 T Avgs: 61/33 Sig Prcp Freq: 8% Extremes: High T 86 (2009) Low T 10 (2002) Precip 0.65 (1948) Snow 7.0 (1945)
28 T Avgs: 60/33 Sig Prcp Freq: 8% Extremes: High T 88 (1972) Low T 11* (1922) Precip 1.40 (1990) Snow 2.7 (1922)	29 T Avgs: 65/33 Sig Prcp Freq: 4% Extremes: High T 87 (1972) Low T 16 (1960) Precip 0.61 (2004)	Key * - Record since tied Highlight = Feb record All Temps in deg F All Precip in inches Sig Prcp Freq = Pct of days with >= 0.1" precip	Feb. Averages High Temp 58 F Low Temp 31 F Avg Temp 45 F Precip 1.03" Snow 1.4"