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Gale
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PubAlert Notice

All local, county and state pages on this site are "PubAlert" activated. If an emergency notification is applicable to the geographic area represented by the page, it will 'pop-up' in an additional window on user's computer, and issue an audible alert. The full text of the applicable notification(s) will appear in this window.

LiveAlert Notice

All local and county pages on this site are "LiveAlert" activated. If your community/county is participating in the EMCOM program, they can broadcast directly to you, LIVE, while you are on this page to give you critical emergency information. (You must have an operating sound card and speakers on your system.) The page will activate your MP3 player (i.e. Windows Media Player, RealPlayer, WinAmp, etc.) to hear their broadcast when applicable.


This web site is provided as a courtesy of the EMCOM National Emergency Alert Notification System.

CURRENT TERRORISM WARNINGS CLICK HERE
This is a Special Web Site
Click Here for Information



Nitro-Pak Preparedness Center

NOTE Palm, Treo600/650 users: Using pTunes, internet capable Treo users can now receive LIVE streaming audio (when activated by your local emergency agency, or by EMCOM) on your Palm/Treo device to hear LIVE emergency instructions, warnings, etc. directly from your local participating Emergency Operation Center.

The PDA site also includes an interactive LIVE map (as below) to view overlayed weather radar, warning areas, and depictions from participating emergency management agencies such as danger areas, road closings, evacuation routes, shelters/relief/medical facilities, etc.

PDA Link for this area is...
<http://usa.emcomus.org/IL/Alexander/Gale/pda.html>
(or go to <http://www.emcomus.org/pda>

During emergency situations, participating local Emergency Management Agencies can update the map below with disaster areas, road closings, evacuation routes, etc.
By zooming out you will note that maps are also superimposed with current radar information, and Thunderstorm/Tornado Warning areas are also depicted.

Community Emergency Preparedness Coordinators Needed
CLICK HERE for more information.


Click HERE for more information about EMCOM and the National Emergency Alert Notification System.


Your neighborhood has been devastated; a loved one requires critical life-saving help; telephone and cell phones have been rendered unavailable...WHAT NOW?


BECOME INVOLVED - HELP SAVE LIVES
Be an EMCOM Community Emergency Preparedness Coordinator!

See how you can help your neighborhood prepare for and respond to emergencies and disasters, aid in the search for missing children in your area, and more.
Click HERE for details.








IMPORTANT NOTICE

Thanks, BC-PEP

Please download the HELP-OK sign (pdf file) by clicking HERE.

The file contains two full page signs:
  • One sign in red with white lettering "HELP"
  • One sign in green with white lettering "OK"
Either reference your neighbors here, or print and make copies of each sign for them. (If you have heavy enough paper, you can print them 'back to back'.) Immediately after an emergency, have them place the applicable sign in a prominant place (window), that can be easily seen from outside. This will aid emergency/rescue personnel entering the area in quickly assessing where help is and is not required, and can allocate resources without having to physically check each residence/business. This is a very simple, yet very effective system. Please try to insure that your neighbors have the signs, and keep them where they can be easily accessed in an emergency.

Thanks, and a tip of the hat for both the idea, and the sign file to Mervin Harrower, Director of Provincial Emergency Preparedness, British Colombia, CANADA, and his entire dedicated staff. We also recommend everyone to visit their site whether you live in Canada or not, for the great information there. The site is <http://www.pep.bc.ca>
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NOTE: If you or your organization has a web site, and you need a way to share other websites that contain emergency information, etc. during phone conference (or just web tours of such web sites), the utilities below may be useful. (We use them to demonstrate various aspects of the EMCOM system.


You might use them to direct neighbors, community, etc. to web pages with critical emergency information/new required during an emergency (i.e. Emergency Victim Locator, etc.), or create a 'tour' of emergency related websites in your community, and leave the tour looping so that visitors can join the tour at any time.
To add the utility to your own web page you need only paste a few lines into the page html code. Click on the "Get Your Own WebCruiser" button for more information.

Skype(tm) allows you to voice conference from your computer. For emergency agencies and/or EMCOM Community Coordinators to have voice communications with each other for coordination, etc. (You can use it anytime to talk to family, friends, neighbors, etc., and even use it to call their telephones. Like CastHopper, it is FREE.


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