The National Weather Service in Caribou has announce that the city of Caribou, has become a StormReady® Community.With this designation, residents of Caribou can be assured of rapid and appropriate emergency response in case of severe weather.
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From left, Caribou Mayor Ken Murchison, City Manager Steven Buck and Caribou Fire Chief Roy Woods, display a plaque signifying that Caribou has become a StormReady Community.
To achieve this status, Caribou officials met rigorous guidelines, which included developing severe weather safety plans, actively promoting severe weather safety through awareness activities and conducting safety training. During Monday’s regular Caribou City Council meeting, Mark Turner from the National Weather Service Forecast office in Caribou presented the StormReady plaque to Caribou Fire Chief Roy Woods.
“The StormReady® program was designed to help communities improve communications and safety skills needed to save lives while strengthening partnerships with the National Weather Service and local emergency management,” said Turner, service hydrologist for the National Weather Service Weather Forecast office in Caribou. “Caribou and Aroostook County continue to lead the rest of Maine by example, joining Fort Fairfield and the University of Maine at Presque Isle as the only communities in the StormReady® preparedness program. Members in this elite fraternity are doing their part to create a safer environment for all.”
The nationwide StormReady® preparedness program, which helps communities develop severe weather and flooding response plans with the National Weather Service and local emergency managers. Since the StormReady® program began in 1999, more than 1,400 U.S. communities have qualified.
The StormReady® program is part of NOAA National Weather Service's working partnership with the International Association of Emergency Managers and the National Emergency Management Association.
