Community Information



|Community Information |

|County/City/Town |North Dakota State University |Population |20,885 |

|Primary Point of Contact |Secondary Point of Contact |

|Name |Jolean Pederson |Name |Dustin Jensen |

|Office |University Police & Safety Office |Office |University Police & Safety Office |

|Title |UP&SO Associate Director |Title |Ready Campus Initiative Project Director |

|Mailing Address |NDSU Dept 3300 |Mailing Address |NDSU Dept 3300 |

| |P.O. Box 6050 | |P.O. Box 6050 |

|City |Fargo |City |Fargo |

|State, ZIP |ND, 58108-6050 |State, ZIP |ND, 58108-6050 |

|Phone |701-231-9587 |Phone |701-321-8598 |

|e-mail |jolean.pederson@ndsu.edu |e-mail |dustin.jensen@ndsu.edu |

|Guideline 1: Communications |

|Location of 24-Hour Warning Point |Location of Emergency Operations Center |

|Fargo Police Office |North Dakota State University Police Office |

|222 4th Street North |1523 12th Avenue North |

|Fargo, North Dakota 58102 |Fargo, North Dakota 58105 |

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|Guideline 2: NWS Information Reception Equipment |

| Warning Point # Required__4__ # Verif_9___ |Verif | EOC # Required__4__ # |Verif |

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| NOAA Weather Radio (required if in range) | | NOAA Weather Radio (required if in range) | |

| NOAA Weather Wire (subscription) | | NOAA Weather Wire (subscription) | |

| EMWIN | | EMWIN | |

| Law Enforcement Teletype (LETS) | | Law Enforcement Teletype (LETS) | |

| Amateur Radio | | Amateur Radio | |

| Pagers1 (warning reception) | | Pagers2 (warning reception) via portable radios | |

| Television (Local network or Cable TV) | | Television (Local network or Cable TV) | |

| Radio Station (AM/FM) - EAS Reception | | Radio Station (AM/FM) - EAS Reception | |

| NAWAS | | NAWAS | |

| Internet (subscription for alerts)______________ | | I Internet (subscription for alerts)____________ | |

| Commercial Data Service_________________ | | Commercial Data Service_________________ | |

| Other3_________________________________ | | Other4________________________________ | |

| Other5_________________________________ | | Other6________________________________ | |

|List any additional capabilities on a separate sheet |

|*Capabilities needing explanation: Campus Emergency Notifications System (CENS) initiates a reverse 911 call |

|blast and email notification to all NDSU Students, Faculty and Staff when inclement weather is imminent. |

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|Guideline 3: |Local Weather & Water Monitoring Equipment |

| Warning Point # Required_3__ # Verif__6__ |Verif | EOC # Required__3__ # |Verif |

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| Anemometer (Wind gauge) | | Anemometer (Wind gauge) | |

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| Rain Gauge | | Rain Gauge | |

| River Gauge | | River Gauge | |

| Locally owned Radar | | Locally owned Radar | |

| Internet Radar Source _________________ | | Internet Radar Source ____________________ | |

| Internet Weather Station _______________ | | Internet Weather Station __________________ | |

| TV Radar Source_____________________ | | TV Radar Source________________________ | |

| Other* ______________________________ | | Other* _________________________________ | |

| Other* ______________________________ | | Other* _________________________________ | |

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|*Capabilities needing explanation: The Fargo Hector Airport (FAR) is located at the north edge of the campus |

|with a full ASOS sensor set located within 2 miles of the campus center. There is a NAWAS sensor set (NDSU) |

|and cooperative observation site (DSUN8) located on the west edge of the campus. The Red River stream |

|gauge (FGON8) is located within 3 miles southeast of the campus center. Data from all these sources is |

|available via internet and is bookmarked on WP/EOC computers. |

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|Guideline 4: |Local Warning Dissemination |

| Warning Point # Required__3_ # Verif__7__ |Verified | EOC # Required__3__ # |Verified |

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| Outdoor Warning Siren(s) | | Outdoor Warning Siren(s) local activation | |

| Cable TV Override | | Cable TV Override | |

| Plan for Sirens on Emergency Vehicles | | Plan for Sirens on Emergency Vehicles | |

| Telephone Tree to Critical Facilities | | Telephone Tree to Critical Facilities | |

| Local Alert Broadcast System* Code Red | | Local Alert Broadcast System* CENS | |

| Local Pager System* (dissemination) | | Local Pager System* (dissemination) [radios] | |

| Coordinated Area-Wide Radio Network* | | Coordinated Area-Wide Radio Network* | |

| Local Flood Warning System* | | Local Flood Warning System* | |

| Other*_____________________________ | | Other*________________________________ | |

| Other*_____________________________ | | Other*________________________________ | |

|*Capabilities needing explanation: All NAWAS inclement weather announcements are relayed from warning |

|Point to EOC. NDSU also has NOAA SAFE compliant weather radios placed in every campus department and |

|Building including all university owned properties and annexes. |

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|Local Government-Owned Buildings in Which Public Traffic is Common |

| | |Tone Alert NOAA Weather | | |

|Office |Location or Address |Radio |Verif |Comments |

|Warning Point | | | | |

|EOC |NDSU | | | |

|Minard Hall |NDSU | | | |

|Reineke Hall |NDSU | | | |

|Askanase Hall |NDSU | | | |

|Library |NDSU | | | |

|Morrill Hall |NDSU | | | |

|Hultz Hall |NDSU | | | |

|IACC |NDSU | | | |

|Old Main |NDSU | | | |

|Alba Bales |NDSU | | | |

|Putnam Hall |NDSU |X | | |

|Ceres Hall |NDSU | | | |

|SE Engineering |NDSU | | | |

|Equine Center |NDSU | | | |

|NDSU Beef Research |NDSU | | | |

|NDSU Swine Research |NDSU | | | |

|NDSU Dairy Research |NDSU | | | |

|NDSU Sheep Research |NDSU | | | |

|Northern Crops Institute |NDSU |X | | |

|Stop-N-Go Center |NDSU |X | | |

|Barry Hall |NDSU | | | |

|Renaissance |NDSU | | | |

|Walster |NDSU | | | |

|Loftsgard |NDSU | | | |

|Waldron |NDSU | | | |

|Stevens |NDSU | | | |

|Alumni Center |NDSU | | | |

|Candlewood Suites |NDSU | | | |

|Research II |NDSU | | | |

|Research I |NDSU | | | |

|Technology Incubator |NDSU | | | |

|FargoDome |NDSU | | | |

|Bison Sports Arena |NDSU | | | |

|Engineering and Technology |NDSU | | | |

|Ladd |NDSU | | | |

|Ehly |NDSU | | | |

|Shepperd Arena |NDSU | | | |

|Van Es |NDSU | | | |

|Wallman Wellness Center |NDSU | | | |

|Sudro |NDSU | | | |

|Benson Bunker Fieldhouse |NDSU | | | |

|EML |NDSU | | | |

|Memorial Union |NDSU | | | |

|Dunbar |NDSU |X | | |

|Electrical and Computer Engineering |NDSU | | | |

|Animal Nutrition and |NDSU | | | |

|Physiology/Safety | | | | |

|Phoenix International |NDSU | | | |

|Robinson Hall |NDSU | | | |

|Dinan Hall |NDSU | | | |

|Dolve |NDSU | | | |

|Thompson Hall |NDSU | | | |

|Niskanen Hall |NDSU | | | |

|Churchill Hall |NDSU | | | |

|Stockbridge Hall |NDSU | | | |

|Living Learning Center |NDSU | | | |

|Reed/Johnson Hall |NDSU | | | |

|Weible Hall |NDSU | | | |

|Pavek Hall |NDSU | | | |

|Sevrinson Hall |NDSU | | | |

|Harris Hall |NDSU | | | |

|Hastings Hall |NDSU | | | |

|Northern Crops Science Lab |NDSU | | | |

|Sugarbeet Research |NDSU | | | |

|Safety Office |NDSU | | | |

|Potato Research |NDSU | | | |

|Lutheran Student Center |NDSU | | | |

|Johanson |NDSU | | | |

|Criminal Justice |NDSU | | | |

|Thordarson |NDSU | | | |

|Minard Annex |NDSU | | | |

|West Dining Center |NDSU |X | | |

|Klai |NDSU | | | |

|Verification Team Notes: |

|Over 300 weather radios have been placed around campus with more being delivered as needs are identified. |

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|Guideline 5: | Community Preparedness |

| Annual Safety Talks # Required_____ # Verif_____ |

| Date |Topic |Location |Speaker |

|1 |Ongoing |Baseline annual safety training for all employees |online |Safety Office |

|2 |By semester |Student orientation |Multiple locations/events |Student Affairs |

|3 |Ongoing |CERT training, NIMS 300/400 |Safety Office |Safety Office |

|4 |4/22/2010 |SkyWarn |Mem Union |NWS |

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|Weather Radio Purchase Program |

|Has your community/county developed a program to subsidize the purchase of Specific Area Message Encoder (SAME) equipped Weather Radios for its |

|citizens? (Not required) Yes___X__ No______ |

|If yes, provide details: North Dakota State University received funding for the purchase and distribution of NOAA |

|Compliant Weather Radios through a Department of Education Ready Campus Initiative Grant. All radios have |

|Been strategically placed in all university structures, departments, and annexes. |

|Other Community Preparedness Activities |

| Date |Activity |Location |Organizer |

|1 |Periodic |Campus Radio, TV, publication PSAs |Campus Wide |NDSU EM/UP&SO |

|2 |Quarterly |Safety newsletter w/weather safety info |Campus Wide |Safety Office |

|3 |Annually |Personal Safety and Security Brochure |Campus Wide |Safety Office |

|4 |Ongoing |Campus and local Radio spots |Campus and Community Wide |NDSU/Fargo EM |

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|Guideline 6: Administrative Tools/Record keeping | |Verif | Renewal Year |

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|Formal Hazardous Weather Operations Plan | | | |

|Procedure for reporting storm damage to the local National Weather Service Office in real-time |X | | |

|EOC Activation Procedures | | | |

|Spotter Activation Criteria |X | | |

|Local Warning System(s) Activation Criteria |X | | |

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|Warning Point personnel has authority to activate Warning System (written) | | | |

|Spotter Roster and Training Record | | | |

|Last Visit by Emergency Manager to NWS Office [and/or Fargo/Cass EM] |X | | |

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|Last Visit by NWS Officials to Community 4/22/2010 |X | | |

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|Last NWS Spotter Training for Spotters and Dispatchers 4/22/2010 |X | | |

| | |Biennial | |

|Last NWS Spotter Training Hosted/Co-Hosted (For populations >40,000) |N/A | | |

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|Exercises |Topic(s): ND State Tornado Drill, |Date:4/28/10 | |Date: |

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|List any additional descriptions, narratives, or documentation on a separate sheet |

|Verification Team Notes: NDSU Emergency Management is closely associated with Fargo/Cass Emergency Management which provides |

|an important avenue for collaboration and resource sharing. |

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