Emergency Management News

Wednesday, February 22, 2017

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.
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:

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

Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Plan Your Fire Escape #OKfire


Make a Fire Escape Plan Graphic

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.

Wednesday, February 1, 2017

February Climate Data is supplied by @OKmesonet

Periods of Record
Temps#1904-2011
Precip#1904-2012
Snow#1904-2012
# - large gaps in record
1T Avgs: 53/28
Sig Prcp Freq: 8%
Extremes:
High T86 (1963)
Low T-2 (1951)
Precip0.98 (1983)
Snow4.0 (2011)
2T Avgs: 53/28
Sig Prcp Freq: 5%
Extremes:
High T87 (2003)
Low T-1 (1951)
Precip0.22 (1944)
Snow0.5 (1996)
3T Avgs: 55/28
Sig Prcp Freq: 8%
Extremes:
High T81* (1934)
Low T2 (1996)
Precip1.20 (1960)
Snow0.5* (1929)
4T Avgs: 56/28
Sig Prcp Freq: 9%
Extremes:
High T78* (1928)
Low T-1 (1996)
Precip3.23 (1964)
Snow0.5* (1983)
5T Avgs: 55/30
Sig Prcp Freq: 9%
Extremes:
High T82 (2008)
Low T5 (1989)
Precip0.67 (1987)
Snow2.5 (1998)
6T Avgs: 56/29
Sig Prcp Freq: 10%
Extremes:
High T78* (1925)
Low T10 (1914)
Precip0.72 (2005)
Snow3.0 (1961)
7T Avgs: 56/27
Sig Prcp Freq: 8%
Extremes:
High T82 (1932)
Low T-3 (1933)
Precip1.45 (1934)
Snow6.0 (1933)
8T Avgs: 57/28
Sig Prcp Freq: 10%
Extremes:
High T80* (1925)
Low T-6 (1933)
Precip1.10 (1927)
Snow2.0 (1929)
9T Avgs: 55/28
Sig Prcp Freq: 9%
Extremes:
High T88 (1932)
Low T7 (1933)
Precip0.59 (1965)
Snow3.0 (2011)
10T Avgs: 57/28
Sig Prcp Freq: 6%
Extremes:
High T82 (1922)
Low T4* (1929)
Precip0.80 (1993)
Snow2.0 (1986)
11T Avgs: 56/28
Sig Prcp Freq: 3%
Extremes:
High T93 (1962)
Low T-7 (1986)
Precip0.70 (1977)
Snowtrace (1993)
12T Avgs: 57/30
Sig Prcp Freq: 11%
Extremes:
High T90 (1962)
Low T9 (1948)
Precip0.92 (1978)
Snow2.5 (1948)
13T Avgs: 59/30
Sig Prcp Freq: 6%
Extremes:
High T87 (1962)
Low T9 (1958)
Precip1.19 (1950)
Snow2.0 (1968)
14T Avgs: 59/31
Sig Prcp Freq: 12%
Extremes:
High T88 (1954)
Low T5 (1936)
Precip0.92 (1969)
Snow2.5* (1951)
15T Avgs: 57/31
Sig Prcp Freq: 9%
Extremes:
High T88 (1924)
Low T11 (2007)
Precip0.88 (1993)
Snow2.5 (2004)
16T Avgs: 57/29
Sig Prcp Freq: 6%
Extremes:
High T78 (1927)
Low T9 (1936)
Precip0.80 (1940)
Snow7.0 (1928)
17T Avgs: 58/29
Sig Prcp Freq: 9%
Extremes:
High T83 (1970)
Low T12* (1928)
Precip0.62* (1998)
Snow2.0 (1978)
18T Avgs: 58/31
Sig Prcp Freq: 8%
Extremes:
High T84 (1986)
Low T2 (1978)
Precip1.12 (1921)
Snow10.2 (1921)
19T Avgs: 59/31
Sig Prcp Freq: 5%
Extremes:
High T86 (1986)
Low T10 (1929)
Precip0.97 (1998)
Snow1.0 (1921)
20T Avgs: 61/32
Sig Prcp Freq: 6%
Extremes:
High T90 (1981)
Low T12 (1918)
Precip2.15 (1997)
Snowtrace* (1929)
21T Avgs: 60/32
Sig Prcp Freq: 11%
Extremes:
High T90 (1996)
Low T11 (1939)
Precip1.74 (1997)
Snow1.5 (1968)
22T Avgs: 60/32
Sig Prcp Freq: 16%
Extremes:
High T93 (1996)
Low T14 (1976)
Precip1.12 (1994)
Snow3.0 (1973)
23T Avgs: 61/32
Sig Prcp Freq: 11%
Extremes:
High T91 (1918)
Low T7 (1914)
Precip0.74 (1941)
Snow4.5 (1941)
24T Avgs: 60/33
Sig Prcp Freq: 8%
Extremes:
High T92 (1918)
Low T10 (1965)
Precip0.79 (2001)
Snow2.8 (1953)
25T Avgs: 61/33
Sig Prcp Freq: 10%
Extremes:
High T93 (1917)
Low T9 (1960)
Precip0.88 (1933)
Snow1.0 (1960)
26T Avgs: 60/33
Sig Prcp Freq: 8%
Extremes:
High T86 (1996)
Low T12* (1934)
Precip0.36* (1915)
Snow1.0 (1945)
27T Avgs: 61/33
Sig Prcp Freq: 8%
Extremes:
High T86 (2009)
Low T10 (2002)
Precip0.65 (1948)
Snow7.0 (1945)
28T Avgs: 60/33
Sig Prcp Freq: 8%
Extremes:
High T88 (1972)
Low T11* (1922)
Precip1.40 (1990)
Snow2.7 (1922)
29T Avgs: 65/33
Sig Prcp Freq: 4%
Extremes:
High T87 (1972)
Low T16 (1960)
Precip0.61 (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 Temp58 F
Low Temp31 F
Avg Temp45 F
Precip1.03"
Snow1.4"