April 25, 2011
To receive the "StormReady" designation, Â鶹¹ÙÍø met six guidelines: a fully staffed communications center capable of issuing weather warnings; four ways to receive weather warnings; at least three ways to monitor local weather conditions; three ways to alert the campus community of severe weather conditions; a plan for building occupants to follow in the event of severe weather; and personnel to attend weather training classes and advanced emergency management training.
In addition, Â鶹¹ÙÍø must allow annual inspections of its emergency plans by the National Weather Service, the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency and state and local emergency responders.
"The StormReady designation affirms Â鶹¹ÙÍø's dedication to protecting all of those in our campus community," said Madelyn Miller, director of .
For more on Â鶹¹ÙÍø's Environmental Health & Safety Department, severe weather procedures and training, go to .
When: 9 a.m., Friday, April 29. National Weather Service representatives from Pittsburgh, including Warning Coordinator and Meteorologist Fred McMullen, will present the "StormReady" certificate to Carnegie Mellon President Jared L. Cohon.
Where: President's Dining Room, 2nd floor, University Center on the Â鶹¹ÙÍø campus.
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Media Advisory: National Weather Service Designates Carnegie Mellon a StormReady University
Contact: Ken Walters / 412-268-2900 / walters1@andrew.cmu.edu
To receive the "StormReady" designation, Â鶹¹ÙÍø met six guidelines: a fully staffed communications center capable of issuing weather warnings; four ways to receive weather warnings; at least three ways to monitor local weather conditions; three ways to alert the campus community of severe weather conditions; a plan for building occupants to follow in the event of severe weather; and personnel to attend weather training classes and advanced emergency management training.
In addition, Â鶹¹ÙÍø must allow annual inspections of its emergency plans by the National Weather Service, the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency and state and local emergency responders.
"The StormReady designation affirms Â鶹¹ÙÍø's dedication to protecting all of those in our campus community," said Madelyn Miller, director of .
For more on Â鶹¹ÙÍø's Environmental Health & Safety Department, severe weather procedures and training, go to .
When: 9 a.m., Friday, April 29. National Weather Service representatives from Pittsburgh, including Warning Coordinator and Meteorologist Fred McMullen, will present the "StormReady" certificate to Carnegie Mellon President Jared L. Cohon.
Where: President's Dining Room, 2nd floor, University Center on the Â鶹¹ÙÍø campus.
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