UPDATED: The Starke County Emergency Management Agency Offers Free Weather Alert Radios

Posted on Author Jacque Ryan

UPDATE: As of 10 a.m. CST the EMA Office had distributed all available radios. If you’re interested in obtaining one elsewhere, visit the official website for the NOAA Weather Radios.

To help the community be better prepared for severe weather events the Starke County Emergency Management Agency is offering free weather alert radios.

EMA Director J. Nier explained that she can program the radios to pick up information from surrounding counties as well so Starke County residents would know what’s coming their way and they’d have even more time to prepare. Continue reading →

All-Hazard Radios to be Distributed to Counties for Residents

Posted on Author Anita Goodan

More than 2,200 all-hazard weather radios will be distributed to all of the counties in the state thanks to the Indiana Department of Homeland Security.

Residents who are particularly vulnerable to the damaging effects of severe weather, those who cannot afford a device, mobile and prefabricated homeowners, and others who may not be able to receive weather alerts by traditional means may be provided a radio.

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