How will you be warned ARE YOU during a disaster? PREPARED?

Emergency services in Teton County will use sirens, public address systems NOAA ALL on emergency vehicles, broadcast Websites: television and commercial radio to Teton County Emergency Management -HAZARDS warn citizens of impending disasters www.tetonwyo.org/em or to give instructions following a WEATHER disaster. These methods won’t reach NOAA RADIO everyone, however. www.noaa.gov Having a NOAA All-Hazards Weather Radio in your home and workplace National Weather Service Riverton ensures that you and your family www.weather.gov/riverton receive timely information regarding not only weather-related hazards, but NOAA All-Hazards Weather Radio any information that needs to get out www.weather.gov/riverton/nwr/ to the public quickly during an emergency.

Contact Teton County Emergency Management for questions regarding the use of NOAA All-Hazards Weather Radio.

Teton County Emergency Management PO Box 4458 Jackson, WY 83001 Phone: (307) 733-9572 Teton County Emergency Midland brand WR-100 NOAA All-Hazards Management Weather Radio Fax: (307) 732-5799 E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (307) 733-9572 A Mission to Protect Life and Property NWR in Teton County, WY What are NOAA and the As part of the NWS mission, protection of life and prop- NWR in Teton County is broadcast from a repeater at the NWS? erty are key. One way the NWS carries out this mission top of Snow King Mountain on 162.525 MHz. On most is through weather forecasts and weather safety informa- NOAA Weather / All-Hazards Radios this is channel 6, but tion. This information, however, is useless unless it gets consult your owner’s manual. The broadcasts are fed to out to the people who need it the most: the general that repeater from our local NWS office in Riverton, WY. The National Oceanic public. Teton County Emergency Management works closely with the NWS office in Riverton to ensure that warnings get out and Atmospheric Ad- NOAA All-Hazards Weather Radio ministration (NOAA) is to the public using NWR when necessary. This is where the NOAA All-Hazards part of the U.S. De- Weather Radio (NWR) comes in. Even if you listen to local radio and watch local television partment of Com- throughout the day, they generally only broadcast very NOAA All-Hazards Weather Radio is merce. From daily a nationwide network of radio stations serious weather or hazard alerts. Having a NWR ensures weather forecasts, broadcasting continuous weather in- that you receive every alert issued for Teton County. This severe storm warnings formation directly from the nearest allows you to decide if the alert is applicable to you and and climate monitoring National Weather Service office. NWR broadcasts offi- your family. to fisheries management, coastal restoration and cial Weather Service warnings, watches, forecasts and supporting marine commerce, NOAA’s products Which NWR is Right For Me? other hazard information 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. and services support economic vitality and affect Make sure that the radio you purchase more than one-third of America’s gross domestic Working with the Federal Communication Commission's has the Public Alert logo on the pack- product. NOAA’s dedicated scientists use cutting- (FCC) Emergency Alert System (EAS), NWR is an "All age. This means that the radio has Public Alert logo edge research and high-tech instrumentation to Hazards" radio network, making it your single source for been approved by the NWS and the provide citizens, planners, emergency managers comprehensive weather and emergency information. In Consumer Electronics Association for having certain fea- and other decision makers with reliable informa- conjunction with Federal, State, and Local Emergency tures and meeting specific standards. Also ensure that the tion they need when they Managers and other public officials, NWR also broadcasts radio has battery backup in the event of power outages. need it. warning and post-event information for all types of haz- Most importantly, make sure that the radio has an “alert” ards – including natural (such as earthquakes or ava- Within NOAA is the function. This will keep the radio silent until an emergency lanches), environmental (such as chemical releases or National Weather Service tone is sent out to alert you of a hazard. oil spills), and public safety (such as AMBER alerts or (NWS). The mission 911 telephone outages). statement of the National Weather Service is:

" The National Weather Service (NWS) provides weather, hy- Teton County drologic, and climate forecasts and warnings Emergency Management for the United States, its territories, adjacent waters and ocean areas, for the protection of PO Box 4458 life and property and the enhancement of the national economy. NWS data and products Jackson, WY 83001 form a national information database and in- frastructure which can be used by other gov- Phone: (307) 733-9572 ernmental agencies, the private sector, the Tornado south of Cheyenne Airport in Cheyenne, WY on July 16th, Fax: (307) 732-5799 public, and the global community. " 1979. Photographer unknown. E-mail: [email protected]