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Fire Alarm Alert
Kids may not hear this.
If you jog, walk or stroll in the neighborhood after dark, please do what you can to wear reflective clothing in an effort to increase your visibility to traffic. There have been some close calls recently and your safety is of utmost concern. With the short daylight hours in the fall and winter months we have many residents who take a walk in the neighborhood after dark, either in the am or the pm As you know, nighttime walkers can be difficult to see and anything you can do to keep an extra eye peeled for them will be appreciated. If you need a source for reflective clothing, the various sporting goods stores carry a reflective vest specifically designed for this purpose. Here
are a few sources:
SafetyDepot.com
eSafetySupplies.com For those who are concerned about their rights, their right-of-way and the law; the Ohio Revised code section 4511.50 states that pedestrians shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles, See below.
Emergency
Medical Sheet FORM Everyone should complete THIS FORM. Download and complete it now! Place it on your refrigerator (outside only) and a copy over the visor in each of your vehicles.
Alternate Key-Holder
FORM With this in mind, they highly encourage homeowners to have an alternate key-holder for use in an emergency. This could be a neighbor, a near by son or daughter or relative. The important aspect is that they be nearby. The next step is to notify 911 so they know that an alternate key-holder exist. You can register your alternate key-holder(s) with 911 using THIS FORM. 911 will only accept registrations via land mail or by fax. No email and no phone registrations.
Vacation House
Check FORM You can also sign-up online here http://www.egovlink.com/miamitownship/action.asp?actionid=8698 Note: notice must be provided 72 hours in advance of departure. If less than 72 house please visit them in person. Bramblewood Electrical Power Grid
Warning Sirens - What Do They Mean and What Should You Do ?
The sirens are designed to
alert folks who are outside their homes of approaching danger. They
are not designed to alert people on the inside of their home. They
are one part of a three-part system where the NOAA alert radio and
the news media make up the other two components of the emergency
notification system.
Monthly Testing The Clermont County Emergency Warning System is sounded whenever the National Weather Service has issued a Tornado Warning for Clermont County. Once the Tornado Warning has been issued, the sirens will activate for three minutes followed by silence for seven minutes. This activation cycle will continue until the weather warning is cancelled. When the weather warning has been cancelled, the sirens will no longer activate.
Tornado Warning - Issued
when a tornado has been sighted or is eminent. Seek safety and
move to a safe place immediately. The NOAA alert radio is especially important during the times you are indoors and do not have the television or radio on. It sounds a tone for about 20 seconds and then announces what danger is imminent and the protective actions to take.
Note that the radio is no
longer called a "Weather Alert Radio". Instead, it is
called an "Alert Radio". The difference is that the radio
will now alert for dangerous conditions other that just weather.
One example might be a hazardous spill that may be sending a
toxic plume toward a populated area. The newer radios are
programmable for the types of hazards for which you want to be
warned, and your county of residence. You are probably very
interested in dangerous conditions occurring in Clermont County,
and may want to include Hamilton County, since Miami Township is
on the border. By limiting the hazards and counties, the
programmable radios do not alert you to impending danger not in
the area. Automated Lightning Warning System (Paxton Ramsey Park)
When the threat of lightning exist, the Thor Guard Lightning Predication system will sound a horn for 15 seconds and light a yellow strobe. (The warning horn sounds like a stuck car horn, don't be deceived by ignoring it) The strobe light will remain lit until the threat of danger has subsided. At the end of the danger there will be three short horn blasts and the strobe will extinguish. At the warning horn you need to immediately seek shelter. The only safe shelter at the park is inside a hard top vehicle with all of the windows closed. Under a picnic shelter or inside the restroom is not a safe shelter and is, in fact, very dangerous around lightning. You should remain in your safe shelter until three short horn blast and the strobe light is extinguished. This can be as long as 30 minutes after the storm has passed. 50% of lightning deaths occur after the storm has passed. Lightning is the second highest cause of storm related deaths and injuries, way ahead of tornados and hurricanes, yet we often fail to take adequate precautions for our personal safety. 70% of the people effected by lightning suffer permanent long term injuries. You will also find this prediction system in Miami Meadows Park, Riverview park, all Hamilton County Parks, all Hamilton County golf courses, Kings Island, various other private golf courses and parks around the Greater Cincinnati area. This same system is required on all PGA golf courses.
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Miami
Township is a part of the Clermont County Emergency Management
Agency, which signals 58 outdoor sirens in the county in the
event of severe weather and other hazards. In addition, the
Miami Township Trustees purchased 13 sirens in 2001 that provide
over 95% coverage of the Township’s land mass.
