Nashville, Tenn. – The State of Tennessee has deployed a team of 9-1-1 emergency response personnel from Chattanooga, Tenn. for a week-long operation in North Carolina to help local first responders with answering emergency calls and dispatching resources in Hurricane Florence’s aftermath.
WASHINGTON –FEMA, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), postponed the nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) until Oct. 3 due to ongoing response efforts to Hurricane Florence.
Nashville, Tenn. – The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) is sending three teams of firefighters to Raleigh, N.C. today to augment and relieve fire and rescue personnel deployed earlier this week to work life-safety missions in the Carolinas for Hurricane Florence.
Nashville, Tenn. – The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) is deploying a team of emergency support professionals today to Columbia, S.C. to provide specialized assistance in South Carolina’s Emergency Operations Center throughout Hurricane Florence’s landfall and aftermath.
Nashville, Tenn. – The State of Tennessee deployed multiple teams of state and local emergency management, medical, and swift-water rescue teams to the Carolinas today to support emergency officials readying for life-safety impacts when Hurricane Florence makes landfall Friday.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) is reintroducing its ReadyTN preparedness application to Tennesseans today and announcing improvements to the app’s coding, design, and functionality.
Nashville, Tenn. – The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) is recognizing September 2018 as National Preparedness Month and reminding Tennesseans to learn how to be ready now before disasters happen.
Nashville, Tenn. – The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) is acknowledging the dedication to emergency management excellence of 32 individuals graduating today from the National Emergency Management Advanced Academy (NEMAA) and gaining skills critical to the profession.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Communication professionals from more than 50 local, state, and federal jurisdictions, and the private sector, will begin an intensive, four-day event on Mon., Aug. 13, 2018, at the Tennessee Army National Guard facility in Smyrna, Tenn., to exercise and train on deploying assets, equipment and personnel to support emergency disaster operations in Tennessee.
HIGHLIGHTS Severe weather in Tennessee caused injuries and localized damage to structures Saturday into the overnight hours. Weather conditions permitting, local officials will conduct damage assessments today. Personnel at the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) are monitoring the weather impacts and supporting local and state partners.
PREPAREDNESS IS KEY MESSAGE OF TEMA & NWS SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK 2018 NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee's Severe Weather Awareness Week is Feb. 25, to Mar. 3, 2018, and the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) and Tennessee’s National Weather Service (NWS) offices are using this week to promote preparedness to Tennesseans.