You can get general
information at our local emergency broadcast
radio station (if available). The station
is at: AM.
You can call our
local non-emergency phone line (if one is
set up for the incident).
The number is .
You can also listen
to NOAA weather radio (if you have one),
or get in touch with the nearest National
Weather Service office.
NOTE:
Types of injury associated with tornadoes:
lacerations, blunt-force trauma, trapped
by debris, automobile accidents, cardiovascular.
NOTE:
The dispatcher is not required to ask
every question in the natural disaster
series. Ask only those questions that
pertain to the specific call.
National Weather Service Mission: "The
National Weather Service (NWS) provides weather,
hydrologic, and climate forecasts and warnings for
the United States, its territories, adjacent waters
and ocean areas, for the protection of life and
property and the enhancement of the national economy.
NWS data and products form a national information
database and infrastructure which can be used by
other governmental agencies, the private sector,
the public, and the global community."