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Weather for Emergency Management Decision Support
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2012
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Description:Weather has a significant impact on society and the economy. It is a critical driver of many decisions in emergency management such as evacuation, placement of resources, school and business closures, water resource management, and disease and contaminant containment. However, today’s National Weather Service products and services do not effectively communicate its science in terms of impacts on life and property that decision-makers can use to assess and mitigate risk, and to prepare effective responses to events. Further, emergency management practices do not make optimal use of the vast amount of weather and climate information available. Typically, emergency managers do not know where to find the right information; and if they do find it, they struggle to understand it; and if they understand it, they are not certain how to take proper actions based upon it.
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