Lightning Safety Websites

DISCLAIMER:  The links on this National Weather Service page are provided solely to facilitate access to information related to NOAA’s mission to provide lightning safety and awareness information to the public.

Policy Statements and Guidelines

• National Weather Association Statement
• NCAA Guidelines
• National Outdoor Leadership School Backcountry Lightning Safety Guidelines
  

Lightning Victims/Survivors

• Lightning Injury Research (University of Illinois at Chicago)
  Lightning Injury Research: Mary Ann Cooper, Principal Investigator.
• Lightning Strike and Electric Shock Survivors, Intl.

Lightning Fires, Strikes and More Links

• National Severe Storms Laboratory
• NASA Lightning Primer/Map
• Lightning Fires: National Fire Protection Association
• University Of Florida: Boating
• Safer Design for Safer Play: Lightning Safety for Recreational Facilities

International

• Environment Canada Lightning Page
• Map & Graph: Mortality: Victim of lightning (Top 100 Countries)
• Lightning in Africa

Lightning Safety Team
	National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
	Federal Emergency Management Agency
	American Red Cross
	Vaisala Inc.
	Lightning Injury Research Program
	Lightning Strike & Electric Shock Survivors International, Inc.
	National Lightning Safety Institute
	Lightning Protection Institute
	FLASH, Federal Alliance for Safe Homes
	Plan!t Now
	Insurance Information Institute
	National Outdoor Leadership School