Let’s talk about flooding . . .
People who have resided in North Wildwood for their entire lives generally know what to expect when a Coastal Flood Advisory is issued and how to protect their vehicles and property. In this post, we will cover flooding, both tidal and from the rain. To understand why we flood we [...]
Can one prepare for everything?
Can one prepare for everything? This is a question that many ask. The answer is both yes and no - no because there are too many variables in what the future may bring, but the answer is yes if you look at events differently. If you prepare by looking at [...]
September is National Preparedness Month
September is designated as "National Preparedness Month". If you followed our information about Preparedness on this webpage and on our Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/NWEmergencyManagement/ you might already be prepared so we won't go into much detail but cover the key points in Preparedness. The first thing we should do is a [...]
Time to get ready for a El Niño winter . . .
Various commercial and amateur weather outlets present long-term winter forecasts at this time of the year and we have been looking at many of them. In the world of preparedness, the more time you have before a possible event will affect you, the more time you have to be [...]
Why and what does it take to be prepared . . .
Why should I prepare? First and foremost is the fact that there is no way any one town, one county, or one state can take care of everyone in it if most of us weren't prepared. Looking at our community the sheer facts are that there could be available at [...]
Spring and Summer Weather Preparedness
We can get severe weather any time during the year however, during the spring when the cold air remnants of winter clash with the warm air of spring we generally get high winds. Other places get Thunderstorms or Tornadoes and they are not out of the question for our area. [...]
Winter Weather Preparedness
With the recent cool temperatures, the winter season is not far away. It is now time to prepare for the winter weather. As we point out often there are many similarities between each severe weather event that takes place, for example, for all events you will need a plan, [...]
September is National Preparedness Month
Established in 2004 National Preparedness Month is observed every September in the United States. During September Americans are encouraged to take steps toward preparing for emergencies in their homes, businesses, schools, and communities. Since 2001 the federal government has urged all citizens to make their own survival preparations. One [...]
Weather, Weather and more Weather . . .
Probably the number one thing that we have to be prepared for is a weather-related event. This could be a hurricane, a severe thunderstorm, or tidal flooding. One positive thing about weather-related events we always have some indication that something is possible. These indications come from long-range forecasts, severe weather [...]
Awareness / Preparedness Week 2022
Next Week Monday through Friday (May 16th - 20th, 2022) will be North Wildwood's Annual Preparedness / Awareness Week, a time where all municipal departments review their preparedness for a disaster or emergency event prior to the June 1st start of Hurricane Season. During the week the Office of Emergency [...]
Springtime brings Severe Weather . . .
Spring weather patterns, where warm and cold fronts clash, bring a greater chance of Severe Weather to much of the country, and our area is no exception. The first step in preparedness is awareness of upcoming weather. With current smartphones or computers linked to the Internet, we have the ability [...]
New to the town? Here is what you need to know . . .
Over the past several years we have posted here and on our Facebook page a lot of information. For the new property owner, new renter, or simply a visitor we will try to sum up what someone who is new in town needs to know about emergency management. Perhaps the [...]
Do you know what your National Risk Index is?
In Emergency Management we always talk about preparedness which is simply being prepared for an event that takes place. If you think about it preparedness in its simplest form is something we do every day, most of the time as a habit, such as taking a raincoat with you in [...]
Are you Ready?
In Emergency Management we update our Emergency Operations Plans regularly taking into consideration Lessons Learned. Lessons learned are experiences distilled from past activities that should be actively taken into account in future actions and behaviors. When we make emergency operation plans we take into consideration what we expect the conditions [...]
Hurricane and Severe Weather Warnings . . .
As the hurricane season is upon us it's time to review some of the resources to help keep us ready. During the first week n May it was Hurricane Preparedness week where we review annually the major components of Hurricane Preparedness. They are Determine Your Risk, Develop an Evacuation Plan, [...]
Preparedness / Awareness Week
This year's Preparedness / Awareness Week will be next week, May 17th through May 21st, 2021, This year we are focusing on public notifications. During the week Emergency Management, Police and Fire Departments will be reviewing the procedures to send the public emergencies notifications. Part of the review will be [...]
New Jersey Register Ready
“Register Ready – New Jersey’s Special Needs Registry for Disasters” allows New Jersey residents with disabilities or access and functional needs and their families, friends, caregivers and associates an opportunity to provide information to emergency response agencies so emergency responders can better plan to serve them in a disaster or [...]
Why aren’t elevations of Land and water the same?
A question we some times receive is "My home's first floor is supposed to be at 10 feet so when we get a seven foot flood tide will the water be three feet below my floor level?" The simple answer is No, but to understand why we must first look [...]
Keeping up on the weather, Tide Charts and Snow Emergency Routes
The winter season brings many weather related events that will affect our area such as rain, snow, ice and an occasional tidal flooding. The good thing for us is there never has been a time that there is more detailed information on weather from readily accessible satellite pictures, animated forecast [...]
Winter Preparedness . . .
As we enjoy the nice October weather, which many of us think is the best time of the year at the shore, it is time to begin to prepare for the upcoming winter weather. Looking at the long range winter predictions of the National Weather Service, Farmer's Almanac and [...]
Hurricane Season Resource List
Starting today June 1st and continuing through November 30th is the Atlantic Hurricane Season and with this year's predictions from various sources calling for an above average Hurricane season we are taking this time to post some points for you to consider regarding preparedness and monitoring the weather. Starting with [...]
North Wildwood Preparedness / Awareness Week
North Wildwood's Preparedness / Awareness Week usually is held in mid-April but this year due to the pandemic it was postponed until now. Preparedness / Awareness Week is being observed Monday - May 18th to Friday May 22nd, 2020. The week is a time where all municipal departments review their [...]
Coronavirus COVID-19 Lessons Learned and Informative Links
With every situation there are always lessons learned. With the stay-at-home order issued to combat the Coronavirus (COVID-19) there are plenty of lessons to be learned that will help in other situations. In Emergency Management we often look for the similarities with other situations for ideas to solve problems, for [...]
2020 Tide Information Changes
Starting with January we are using a different tide location for our prediction charts. For as many years as we can remember we have been using the NOAA Nummy Island tide predictions for our official tide predictions. Nummy Island tide predictions like most tide predictions in our area are based [...]
Winter and Holiday Plans and Checklists . . .
As we approach winter, which officially begins in several weeks on December 21st, we should double check that we are prepared for winter. If you don't have year round spigots is your outside water turned off? If you open your crawl space windows during the summer are they closed? If [...]