Columbia Weather Systems

This year’s Fire Prevention Week campaign, “Look. Listen. Learn. Be aware. Fire can happen anywhere,” works to educate people on three basic but essential steps to take to reduce the likelihood of having a fire––and how to escape safely in the event of one: LOOK for places fire can start LISTEN for the sound of the smoke alarm LEARN two ways out of each room Visit  https://www.nfpa.org/  for more information on fire prevention in your home or business. # FirePreventionWeek   # FirePreventionWeek2018   # FireSafety

As we saw this past summer, hot, dry, and windy weather conditions are factors that directly affect fire risk and behavior.  Having the ability to compile real-time, location-specific met data is imperative for safe and effective firefighting. Weather monitoring at an incident assists in multiple areas such as risk management, prediction, safety, plume modeling, and reporting. Over the coming weeks, we will highlight weather monitoring in these five areas of emergency response. Make sure to look out for our first post!