January

• Election of Officials
• Contacted Palisades to review prints of all building with goal of identifying vulnerable areas and areas of high risk to emergency 1 st responders in the event of lock down or natural or man made disaster

February

• EMA attends training session on RSAN system
• EMA informs Bucks County EMA of deficiencies in RSAN System
• Emergency Notification Plan updated

March

• Emergency Operations Plan Updated
• Emergency Operation Center method and procedure reviewed and completed
• Mock drill held with new members activating EOC successfully

April

• Saturday April 4 th tornadic activity observed via dopler heading towards our area. Team was placed on stand-by until threat passed
• Team members assigned to functional areas of responsibility in conformance with PEMA standards
• Emergency call out procedures constructed and finalized

May

• Members assigned to address animals in distress during emergency conditions. BCART notified and asked to participate
• More planning so as to identify suitability of using ReadyNotify PA in times of emergency

June

• Mock drill held to identify township areas that need to be notified during area specific emergency events as well as full township notification

July

• July 27 th township experiences a tornadic event. EOC activates and reroutes traffic through township while assisting clean up crews in reopening RT 611
• Meet with BCEMA staff to assess property damage
• Team members attend disaster planning seminar sponsored by Volunteer Organizations Active in Disaster

August

• August 2 nd area experience torrential down pour that causes EMA to activate to assess damages.
• Traffic re-routed and PennDot notified of specific areas in need of attention
• Team develops process that assigns members a specific geographic area to assess in the event of a severe weather related incident along with back up coverage

September

• EMA performs critical test of ReadyNotify system and find numerous deficiencies
• We find that local phone company can not accommodate the influx of incoming calls
• Full blown test report written and given to BCEMA on ReadyNotify PA

• Nockamixon Day participation

October

• EMA performs communications test to determine if we can use short range 2-way devices. Results are negative
• Contact is made with new liaison for Palisades SD and PA State Police