The Guilford County Preparedness Committee encourages everyone to practice their severe weather preparedness plans as part of North Carolina’s Severe Weather Awareness Week, which will be observed March 1-7, 2009. The theme for this year is “Get In, Get Down and Cover Up” when severe weather threatens. A Tornado Drill is scheduled for Wednesday morning, March 4 at 9:30 a.m.

The Guilford County Preparedness Committee works in cooperation with the National Weather Service in Raleigh to develop severe weather emergency preparedness messages. These messages will be posted routinely on our Ready Guilford website at www.readyguilford.com. In addition, a Twitter account has been developed and weekly preparedness messages will be sent to all of our subscribers to further enhance our preparedness initiative. You can follow us at http://twitter.com/readyguilford.

The Guilford County Preparedness Committee is a compilation of agencies in Guilford County that provide emergency preparedness and safety information to the public. The committee was formed in 2007 to ensure that a coordinated effort is being taken to educate our residents of the hazards present and the steps that they can take to prepare for disasters. Member agencies include:
 
•American Red Cross – Greensboro Chapter
•American Red Cross – High Point / Thomasville Chapter
•Greensboro Emergency Management
•Greensboro Fire Department
•Greensboro Police Department
•Guilford County Department of Public Health
•Guilford County Emergency Services (EM, Fire & EMS)
•Guilford County Fire Rescue Council
•Guilford County Sheriff’s Office
•High Point Fire Department
•High Point Police Department