OCTC Earns StormReady Supporter Status
Owensboro, KY (09/10/2019) — Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) has been named a StormReady Supporter by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The announcement was made on Friday, August 30, 2019 at OCTC to formally recognize NOAA partners as StormReady. Beginning in 2000, NOAA began encouraging communities, counties, Indian nations, universities and colleges, military bases, government sites, commercial enterprises and other groups to participate and apply to ensure they are better prepared to save lives from the onslaught of severe weather through advanced planning, education and awareness. No community is storm proof, but StormReady can help communities save lives.
StormReady uses a grassroots approach to help communities develop plans to handle all types of extreme weather-from tornadoes to winter storms. The program encourages a proactive approach to improving local hazardous weather operations by providing emergency managers with clear-cut guidelines on how to improve their hazardous weather operations. Applications are made through the National Weather Service.
OCTC's Safety and Security office plays a vital role in disseminating information, providing trainings, and supervising drills as needed. "I was a part of the team that facilitated the Kentucky National Guard Training Center becoming a StormReady Community so I was familiar with the process and and we were able to align some of our efforts to meet the StormReady Supporter criteria" added Jeff Hendricks, Director of Safety and Security at OCTC. OCTC was named a Weather-Ready National Ambassador in June 2019.
"We are excited to be named a StormReady Supporter and are grateful that our safety and security office is ensuring that our employees and students continue to focus on awareness and preparedness. We are pleased to lead the charge and be one of the first colleges in our region to achieve both the Weather-Ready and StormReady statuses" commented Dr. Scott Williams, OCTC President.
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Owensboro Community & Technical College is one of the sixteen community and technical colleges that make up the Kentucky Community & Technical College System. OCTC serves the KY counties of Daviess, Hancock, Ohio and McLean. OCTC has three campuses in Daviess County and a Center and Annex in Hancock County. OCTC strives to serve the communities in the service area by providing associate degree education for transfer, state of the art technical education for students focusing on entering the workforce, customized business and industry solutions through the Workforce Solutions division, and adult education and business and industry testing through the SkillTrain unit.
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The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is the Commonwealth's largest postsecondary institution with 16 colleges and more than 70 campuses. We also are Kentucky's largest provider of workforce training and online education. Through partnerships with business and industry, we align our programs to meet the needs of local employers. We help students fulfill their dreams of creating a better life through programs that lead directly to jobs or help them transfer to one of our four-year partners.
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