Emergency Management
Director Emergency Management:Cliff Motto
email: cmotto@cityofowasso.com
Phone: 918-272-3828
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NEW: Red Cross Tornado App
The Red Cross has developed a Tornado App that will alert the user in the event of severe storms and tornados. The alerts are received from NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). Tornado warnings sound an audible alert. The app also has useful information regarding storm preparedness, the location of emergency Red Cross shelters, and a way for the user to alert others that they are safe. Included is a toolkit to help let others know where you are with the installed stobe light, flashlight and audible alert functions.The app is now available in the iTunes App Store and at Google Play. Click the icon above for more information, or call **REDCROSS (**73327677) from your cell phone to receive a link.
Emergency Management is most known for its coordination and resource
management function, which assists response and recovery efforts during
disasters and other emergencies.
Emergency Managers exist at the federal level through the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA), at the state level through the Oklahoma Department
of Civil Emergency Management, and at the local level representing cities,
towns, and counties.
Emergency Managers support response and recovery efforts in times of
disaster. They coordinate the identification, deployment and use
of needed resources by police, fire, and other emergency responders.
In the last few years alone, Emergency Managers have helped Oklahomans
during a bridge collapse, wildfires, floods, tornados, ice storms, hazardous
materials incidents, a school shooting, and drought conditions.
Our disaster response network has helped get drinking water and food to
those who had none, generators where electric power service was out, additional
law enforcement personnel in disaster areas, fire suppression where flames
threatened homes and lives, and hay to livestock where the ground was
left barren.
Emergency Managers also work to prevent and decrease the effects of disasters
through mitigation efforts. One example of such work is our preparedness
messages for Severe Storm Season, like the one just around the corner
beginning in March.
The staff of Owasso Emergency Management continues in its pre-planning
efforts for disasters and other major emergencies that could affect the
citizens of Owasso. We operate and maintain an Emergency Operations
Center which is activated during emergencies and / or severe weather events,
maintain and operate the storm sirens, maintain the emergency operations
plan for our city government and community response during an emergency,
maintain the Storm Shelter Registration Program for our community, assist
with emergency response training to various types of incidents for our
police, fire, and ambulance departments. These are just a few of
the many functions that involve the City of Owasso Emergency Management
department.
Owasso's Emergency Operations Center is located at 207 South Cedar. Tours
of the center can be arranged by calling Cliff Motto at 272-3828.
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