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FACETS OF CITY OF TULLAHOMA EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

Emergency Preparedness Committee

A City of Tullahoma Emergency Preparedness Committee exists to develop strategies for dealing with a wide range of emergency-related issues, as well as to enhance disaster preparedness among area residents. Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month at 11:45 at the Tullahoma Municipal Building and are open to municipal and emergency management professionals, interested citizens, and volunteers. The formation and accomplishments of this Committee recently garnered the City of Tullahoma an Excellence in Municipal Government Award from the Tennessee City Management Association.

Advisory radio station

The City operates WPNY 1610 AM, a low wattage radio station. A Thunder Eagle receiver is also connected to the system, allowing the city to transmit NOAA forecasts and warnings directly over the informational radio station. The NOAA forecast is a part of the 15-minute standard message loop, but may be played continuously when threatening weather is forecast for the area. During low threat periods, the station airs community and municipal service information, including pre-disaster information. In the event of an emergency situation, designated persons have the option to access the stationís live broadcast mode.

Citizens can also tune to 1610 AM for weather-related school closing messages, information on power outages, and instructions in the aftermath of an emergency situation. The radio comes equipped with its own back-up generator in the event of an extended power outage. In the event of a power outage during an emergency situation, use a battery-powered radio to hear the 1610 broadcast or continue to monitor a personal battery-powered NOAA Weather Radio. Should the local Red Cross office make the decision to open shelters in the wake of a tornado or weather-related disaster, that information will be communicated over 1610.

Vortex Outdoor Warning Siren System

The Outdoor Warning Sirens are operated from the City of Tullahoma Police Department, which is manned twenty-four hours per day. The siren system is designed to alert those out-of-doors to an emergency situation.
Click here for a map of siren locations.

The severe weather/other peacetime emergency warning is a 3-5 minute steady signal. This ALERT signal warns the public to seek shelter and turn on radio or television to listen for essential emergency information.

The City of Tullahoma outdoor warning siren system will sound the steady alert tone in the event a National Weather Service tornado warning is issued for the Tullahoma area. A NWS tornado warning indicates that a tornado is occurring or is imminent in about thirty minutes to an hour. Should you hear the warning tone, seek shelter immediately and turn to a National Weather Service Broadcast for updates on the weather situation. Continue to monitor the National Weather Service broadcast to determine when the danger has passed.

The warning sirens are routinely tested the second Saturday of each month at noon, except in the event of inclement weather at that time.

Click here for tips on how to prepare your family for a weather-related disaster.

Emergency SOP Manual

With assistance from the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency and the Coffee County Emergency Management Agency, the Emergency Preparedness Committee has developed and adopted an Emergency Standard Operating Procedures Manual using the ìall hazardî emergency management method.

The Emergency Preparedness Committee recommends that you prepare your family for disaster by assembling a Disaster Supplies Kit.
Click here for a suggested list of
items to be included.

Useful Links

www.tnema.org

www.fema.gov

www.disastercenter.com

www.srh.noaa.gov/bna