EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION - Saturday EMT "B" class canceled:
Due to the pending storm for Saturday
12/14/2013, we have decided to cancel the "B" class scheduled for
Saturday at Ridgewood Emergency Services. We do apologize for any inconvenience this may cause for any
of you. Sunday's class (C) is still scheduled, but may have a late
start.
I will be in touch with the other instructors and with all of you
who are scheduled for the Saturday class to reschedule this session.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions or problems, or if you need this class to recertify by the end of December.
Following is the most recent weather report I have:
SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-EASTERN
BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-SOUTHERN
WESTCHESTER-
437 PM EST FRI DEC 13 2013
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM EST
SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND ICE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS
NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTY
AND COASTAL SOUTHWEST CONNECTICUT.
* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...CHANGING TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FROM
LATE EVENING AND CONTINUING INTO THE OVERNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...ALONG WITH
UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE.
* WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
* VISIBILITIES...1/2 MILE OR LESS EXPECTED LATE SATURDAY
AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT.
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER TEENS AND LOWER 20S ON
SATURDAY...WARMING TO THE LOWER 30S LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH
THE DAY. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES SATURDAY
EVENING...AND THEN CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE
SATURDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT SATURDAY
NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS SATURDAY MORNING INTO SATURDAY
NIGHT. ICY ROADS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...
AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
Thanks for your understanding and be safe this weekend!