Friday, January 4, 2013
It may be hard to say that final goodbye to the holidays, but a dry tree can be a fire hazard.
The Prince George's County Fire Department is advising residents to keep their indoor Christmas trees up for a maximum of two weeks due to the risk of fire. "Dry trees can ignite easily," Fire/EMS Chief Spokesman Mark Brady warned on Twitter this week. The Federal Emergency Management Agency also advises that live trees should not be left up for longer than two weeks, as they account for hundreds of fires annually. Shorts in electrical lights or open flames from candles, lighters, and matches are the most common causes of tree fires, according to FEMA. Well-watered trees are not a significant problem, the agency says, but dry and neglected trees pose a higher risk. FEMA recommends not placing a tree close to a heat source and keeping the…
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Sen. Ben Cardin announced a presidential declaration that gives Maryland federal aid and Gov. Martin O’Malley urged Maryland citizens to stay off the roads Monday at a press conference at MEMA.
President Barack Obama signed a pre-landfall state of emergency declaration for Maryland. The declaration provides federal resources from FEMA and Health and Human Services to state aid, Sen. Ben Cardin announced at a press conference at Maryland Emergency Management Agency headquarters in Reisterstown Sunday night. “Federal partners are here at your request,” he said. Officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services are working alongside state agencies at MEMA’s emergency operations center, which is fully staffed in preparation for Hurricane Sandy. Federal employees from Mississippi, Texas, South Carolina, Indiana and Kansas have come to Maryland’s aid, Cardin said. Military …
National Hurricane Center forecasters caution the public to not underestimate Hurricane Sandy based on its storm category or projections on where it will come ashore.
Federal emergency management and weather officials said Sunday that the time for preparing for Hurricane Sandy is rapidly coming to an end. "The time for preparing and talking is about over," said Craig Fugate, administrator for the Federal Emergency Management Agency. People need to be acting about now." Hurricane Sandy is expected to affect as many as 50 million people as it makes its westward turn toward the East Coast. While the most recent maps show the center of the storm tracking toward New Jersey, forecasters are hesitant to pinpoint a specific area for landfall. Rick Knabb, director of the National Hurricane Center, said forecasters are still looking for the storm to come ashore somewhere between the Delmarva coastline and Rhode …
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Federal officials say the slow moving storm will cause problems over large part of the East Coast through the middle of the week.
Federal officials warn Maryland residents to prepare for heavy winds, inland and coastal flooding and power outages from Hurricane Sandy. The storm, which is expected to come ashore somewhere along the East Coast late Sunday into early Monday, is anticipated to affect 50-60 million people along the East Coast, from the Carolinas to New England and extending west into West Virgina and the Ohio Valley. Flooding, for now, is the main focus of forecasters and federal disaster response agencies, according to Louis Uccellini, director the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Center For Environmental Prediction. Uccellini said the "extent of heavy rainfall has a danger of flooding for Pennsylvania and Maryland and into northern …
Friday, August 31, 2012
Howard County Executive Ken Ulman announced the county will focus on emergency preparedness in September.
Although Howard County is often touted among the richest and most educated areas in the state, residents still have to deal with the world's biggest source of chaos: Mother Nature. People have lost power, property and even their lives from natural disasters and accidents–ranging from the derecho in June, Hurricane Irene and the earthquake last August, and more recently the fatal train derailment in Ellicott City. It is in regard for such incidents that Howard County Executive Ken Ulman announced September as "National Preparedness Month" for the county, following the Federal Emergency Management Agency 's national initiative. "These disasters show us how important it is to take some simple steps now and prepare for emergencies before they …
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
For a shower, a meal or help cleaning up, the county and the YMCA are pitching in.
Need a hot shower? Or a meal? Although power has been restored to hundreds of thousands of residents in Maryland, as of Monday night more than 17,000 Howard County residents have been without power for three days--and could be in the dark until Friday or Saturday. The YMCA of Central Maryland and Howard County are both offering basic services to residents who have been without electricity and the comforts and necessities that come with it. The YMCA is opening 11 wellness centers to all residents, members and non-members. At the shelters, according to a release, people will have the opportunity for hot showers and a little relaxation in an air-conditioned building. For information about a nearby center, visit the YMCA online or call 410-837…
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