EMERGENCY PLANNING INFORMATION
Prepare Now for Hurricane Season
If you’ve seen the news at all recently you’ve heard of all the wild weather in the center and west of our country. Tornadoes have hit as close as Montgomery County. Now the National Hurricane Center has announced that in this season we are likely to see more storms that normal.
The hurricane season started on June 1 and NOW is the time to get ready… just in case. According to the experts, there are five main risks from hurricanes and other tropical storms: wind, waves and rip currents, tornadoes, storm surge, and inland flooding. Read more AOTB is no stranger to inland flooding. Our community suffered extensive flooding in the wake of Hurricane Isabel in 2003. Take time now to make a plan and get your emergency kit together now. Click here for information on what you need to know and do.
Finally, click here to see the latest report of the Local Emergency Planning Committee, a group of people who meet regularly to plan for our what may befall our community.
Also, here is a link to a presentation that outlines the emergency response to the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, just up the Bay from us. It is encouraging so see how quickly the response was pulled together.
Anne Arundel County Office of Emergency Management documents
About the Local Emergency Planning Commmittee
Prepare Now for Hurricane Season -- It's Here!
- Latest Issue of The Disaster Dispatch, June 2024 -- focuses on hurricane preparedness and more, including "HERricane camp"
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The Disaster Dispatch: Quarterly Newsletter from Anne Arundel County Office of Emergency Management, March 2024 Issue
- The Dispatch has a special appreciation for James Krempel, with whom AOTB has worked extensively: "James (Jim) Krempel started with our office in 2017 as the Outreach Coordinator and over the last 8 years, he has helped significantly expand our outreach efforts. Jim works to connect new community groups, schools, and businesses to our resources through presentations, community events, and other special programs. Jim coordinates the Annual Protecting Houses of Worship Seminar Series to help better prepare our religious institutions and uses his connection to the Boy Scouts of America to give tours of our Emergency Operations Center (EOC) to troops across the county."
- "Emergency Planning for Communities"
- 2022 Annual Report: A Year in Review
- Local Emergency Planning Committee presentation February 6, 2023
- Local Emergency Planning Committee presentation December 4, 2023