Tom Cooper

Folks, We are going to cancel our May OEM/CERT/SAR Volunteer meeting. Several of our regular members are out of town training and vacationing. The Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) meeting will be held this Thursday, May 5th in the banquet room of the Middlebourne Senior Center. You are welcome to […]

Folks, We have been asked to provide moulage for two prom promise events this year. The first event will be at Bishop Donahue this Wednesday, May 4th at 1pm. The second event will be at Tyler Consolidated this Friday, May 6th at 11am. Please let me know if you are […]

Team, We have had to change the location of our next weather training! Our next Storm Spotter Class will be Saturday April 30th, starting at 10am at the MOMENTIVE FAMILY PARK. Please let me know if you need directions. Having examined many of the weather hazards common to our area, […]

Team, We have three events coming up this month. First, our monthly OEM meeting will be this Thursday, April 7th at 7pm at our office in Middlebourne. We will be working on plans for our next outdoor SAR training. Snacks will be provided. Call me if you want to meet […]

Team, I beleive the first Storm Spotter class went very well. As we discussed in the class it was a look at the science behind the weather. We had an awesome turnout of 38 participants. I’ll be working with Dylan and the NWS to get the second class set up […]

Folks, This is a reminder about the Saturday, March 12 Storm Spotter class. The training will start at 10:00am downstairs in the Middlebourne Senior Center. This will be the first in a series of advanced weather classes developed by the National Weather Service (NWS) and Emergency Management to teach volunteers […]

Folks, Our monthly OEM Volunteer Meeting will be this Thursday, March 3rd at our office in the Middlebourne Senior Center starting at 7PM. The agenda will include Advanced Storm Spotters training Other advanced training opportunities. Utilizing the Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN) as a way to make our meetings, trainings […]

We are getting  ready for the next round of weather related training but first I would like to say that the Skywarn training was well received. We had 26 folks involved on that bitter cold day. All comments were very favorable. Click here for the news article. http://www.tylerstarnews.com/page/content.detail/id/521348/Weather-Spotters-Gain-Skills-at-Workshop.html?nav=5008 The next training […]

As you know we have been working with the National Weather Service (NWS) to set up a SkyWarn Weather Spotter training. http://skywarn.org/ This will be the start of a series of weather related classes instructed by the NWS. This first class will be held this Saturday, February 13th in the […]

Our monthly OEM Volunteer Meeting will be this Thursday, February 4th at our office in the Middlebourne Senior Center starting at 7PM. The agenda will include details of the coming Skywarn Weather Spotters training, and several other advanced training opportunities. Please let me know if you would like to join us for dinner before […]

1/22/2016 AM As you know we are expecting a winter storm to move across the state arriving in Tyler County this afternoon. The storm could drop up to 12 inches of snow with much more expected in the mountain region. To see what the NWS is saying about the storm […]

Team, Due to the likelihood of accumulating snowfall and potentially hazardous travel conditions, Tuesday’s spotter class is canceled and will be rescheduled for a later date. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. I will let you know when the class is rescheduled. Tom