An Overview Of Our Solution
My name is Mike Frohberg. I volunteer with the Stanton County Emergency Management office here in Nebraska. The solutions to saving lives during severe weather and winter weather that I have done here is educating children in our public schools. Every year during severe weather awareness week and winter weather awareness week, I talk to kids from grades K-4th about how to stay safe, how to create an emergency plan, and how they can inform their parents on where to find useful information. Over the course of the last 5 years of doing this, we have watched the kids really hold on to what I have taught them and every year I come back, they are eager to learn!
- Population Impacted: 5000-10000
- Continent:
Address
804 Ivy St.
Stanton, NE 68779
United States
Identify the likelihood and frequency of this hazard
Explain how vulnerable the community is to this hazard
List the potential affects of this hazard
Identify how sensitive the community is to these affects
Preparedness Goal
Implementation Actions
1. Hold community meetings and recognize different disaster risk factors within the community.
2. Inform the public through media, handouts, and public education.
3. Set aside a day to program weather radios for free ( we have done this with Hy-Vee the last few years and have had much success)
4. Keep reaching out to kids in schools and give them information to take home to their families.
Describe Your Solution
By informing the public on the hazards and what to do in an emergency, you reduce the risk of loss of life. People informed and prepared will be lives saved when a natural disaster strikes.