Fairbanks North Star Borough becomes a National Weather Service StormReady Community!

First borough in Alaska to be recognized as StormReady!

From left to right: Acting Warning Coordination Meteorologist, Andrew Brown; FNSB Mayor, Karl Kassel;
FNSB Emergency Manager, Baird Stiefel; Meteorologist, Lindsay Tardif-Huber; and Director of Emergency Operations, David Gibbs
 

On Tuesday, August 30, the Fairbanks North Star Borough was recognized as a StormReady^{® community. The StormReady program helps community leaders and residents better prepare for hazardous weather and flooding. StormReady communities have made a strong commitment to implement the infrastructure and systems needed to save lives and protect property when severe weather strikes.} 

To be recognized as StormReady, a community must maintain a 24-hour warning point and emergency operations center; have more than one way to receive National Weather Service warnings and to alert the public; be able to monitor local weather and flood conditions; conduct community preparedness programs; and ensure hazardous weather and flooding are addressed in formal emergency management plans, which include training SKYWARN<sup>® weather spotters and holding emergency exercises.

Fairbanks North Star Borough joins 20 other StormReady sites across Alaska including Nome, McGrath, Fort Greely, and Eielson AFB in the NWS Fairbanks area of responsibility. Additionally, 13 of the StormReady sites are also TsunamiReady. For more information about the  StormReady program, click here.</sup>