Cavalier County Emergency Management

  • Tornado Safety Information from the CDC

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    Tornadoes and severe summer storms with straight line winds can crop up fast. Here is some great information from the CDC on what you should do to prepare. Tornado information   Always remember to use your NOAA All-hazards radios and when the sirens sound, TAKE COVER!

  • Pembina Gorge Search & Rescue

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    On July 13th 2015, at 5:30 in the evening, 40 people turned out for a search and rescue exercise in the Pembina Gorge. Responders set up command at the trail head to the North Dakota Park & Recreation, off-highway vehicle trail system , Responder departments included, Walhalla Fire, Langdon Fire and Rescue, ND Park and…

  • Exciting Weather? Do You Have a Plan?

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    Following this past weekends weather, the question comes to mind of how many plans we need to have in place. When there is a celebration in a town, are you aware of where the shelters are located? Basements in businesses uptown in Langdon or other towns can be used as shelters from severe summer weather.…

  • Sprinter

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    The title of this post describes the season that we have been having here in NE North Dakota. A variable season took its toll on those that farm the land, on vegetable gardens, and on trees when temperatures dipped down into the 20’s to kill emerging crops, and buds. We aren’t the warmest place on…

  • Small to Medium Business: Planning for Emergency and Disaster

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    When you are a small business owner, you eat, drink and sleep your business. Who has time to plan for something that may never happen? ( I am thinking every business ever hit by a tornado didn’t think it would happen to them) The Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety, as well as FEMA,…

  • Hazardous Materials

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    Hazardous Material Transportation Safety Most hazardous materials are required to be shipped in containers that meet specifications established by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). A DOT label is found on individual packages, drums, or other small containers and is in the shape of a 4-inch diamond. A DOT placard is also diamond-shaped, but is…