The Chesterfield Daily

Chesterfield County will receive certification as a StormReady Community by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Weather Service Office at the Board of Supervisors Meeting, Wednesday, April 23. StormReady is a nationwide community preparedness program that uses a grassroots approach to help communities develop plans to handle all types of severe weather. In order to be certified as StormReady, communities must have an emergency response plan, a 24-hour warning point and emergency operations center, establish ways to receive severe weather warnings and alert the public, and promote the importance of public readiness through education and emergency exercises. Chesterfield County is one of nine counties in Virginia to be certified as a StormReady Community. For more information, visit stormready.noaa.gov.