Register for the City of Deerfield Beach, Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Training Class
CERT training is here! CERT training teaches basic disaster preparedness. Students will learn basic first aid, basic fire suppression and fire safety, light search and rescue, disaster psychology, terrorism and more. In addition, students will learn how the Deerfield Beach CERT Team is utilized in the community following a disaster and how CERT helps the [...]
What’s in a Name? A Lot, If It’s “Superstorm” Sandy
By Donna Thomas, BrowardNET Meteorologist - There’s no question that Sandy was the most destructive tropical cyclone of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season. On February 12th, the National Hurricane Center released its report on last year’s “superstorm.” While “superstorm” is not a meteorological term, just what to call Sandy (and future dangerous hybrid systems like it), [...]
NHC Report: Hurricane Sandy claimed 147 lives and $50-Billion in damages
By National Hurricane Center - Sandy was a classic late-season hurricane in the southwestern Caribbean Sea. The hurricane made landfall as a category 1 hurricane (on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale) in Jamaica, and as a 100-kt category 3 hurricane in eastern Cuba before quickly weakening to a category 1 hurricane while moving through the central and northwestern Bahamas. [...]
Once again FEMA denies Hurricane Sandy disaster aid to Florida
Tallahassee – On Thursday, January 17, 2013, Governor Rick Scott received notification that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has denied disaster assistance to Florida’s communities due to the impacts of Hurricane Sandy. Governor Scott requested Public Assistance on November 1, 2012 for Brevard, Broward, Indian River, Martin, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach and St. Lucie counties [...]
State Appeals FEMA Sandy Denial For Disaster Assistance
TALLAHASSEE – On Wednesday, December 19, Governor Rick Scott appealed the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s denial of disaster assistance to seven Florida counties due to the impacts Hurricane Sandy, which caused more than $44.9 million of damage to infrastructure and beaches. Governor Scott requested Public Assistance on November 1, for Brevard, Broward, Indian River, Martin, [...]
Deerfield Beach sends truckload of supplies to Breezy Point, NY
The City of Deerfield Beach, in partnership with the Deerfield Beach Kiwanis Club, the Broward Sheriff’s Office and Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue loaded up a truck full of hurricane relief supplies that is now heading for Queens, NY. Operation Shoe Box was the brainchild of Deerfield Beach Mayor Peggy Noland. Much-needed personal relief supplies have [...]
Meeting tonight on beach erosion in Fort Lauderdale – residents invited
Beach erosion is a number one topic tonight during the A1A Restoration meeting being held by the City of Fort Lauderdale at the Beach Community Center, 3351 NE 33 Street (Oakland Park Blvd. and A1A), Fort Lauderdale. The public meeting is being held to discuss the four-block portion of A1A that has been damaged as [...]
Hurricane Warning Definition Change?
The Weather Channel (Dec. 6, 2012) – The National Hurricane Center confirmed Wednesday proposed changes to the definition of a hurricane warning. A report issued at an annual NOAA hurricane meeting in Miami explicitly stated the NHC will now be able to issue a hurricane warning on a post-tropical cyclone. “A proposal was raised during [...]
Palm Beach County Citizen Corps Council Presents “ReadyFest”
The goal of “ReadyFest” is to increase community resiliency to disasters through education, information and volunteerism for the most vulnerable in Palm Beach County. Six expert speakers will share critical information on medical management for seniors, evacuation information, how to prepare a personal disaster kit and more. All attendees will receive free preparedness items to [...]
Gov’t To Hire 5,000 NY’ers For Superstorm Sandy Cleanup
By Arlene Borenstein, NY1 – The state Department of Labor is looking to fill more than 5,000 jobs through Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts, to mainly get young New Yorkers living in areas impacted by the storm to help clean their own neighborhoods. On Sunday afternoon, State Labor Commissioner Peter Rivera joined state lawmakers to formally [...]
