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National Weather Service Names Brunswick Community Hospital as North Carolina???s Second StormReady Hospital
 
National Weather Service Names Brunswick Community Hospital as North Carolina???s Second StormReady Hospital
February 16, 2010
Contact: Amy Myers, Public Relations, Brunswick Community Hospital
Phone: 910-755-1244
Email: almyers@novanthealth.org
Supply, N.C. - The National Weather Service recently named Brunswick Community Hospital a StormReady Supporter for the hospital???s exemplary efforts in storm preparedness. Brunswick Community Hospital is only the second hospital in North Carolina to receive this prestigious recognition.
???The National Weather Service is pleased to recognize Brunswick Community Hospital as a StormReady Supporter,??? said Steven Pfaff, Warning Coordination Meteorologist for the National Weather Service. ???As a result, Brunswick Community Hospital is in a better position to handle any weather-related emergency that may threaten the area through planning, education, and enhanced communications within the hospital community.???
To be named a StormReady facility, the hospital was required to demonstrate its storm preparedness efforts with evidence of a severe weather plan that encompassed all components of hospital operations as well as evidence of practice drills and communication plans. Hospital leaders also received education on storm preparedness from local National Weather Service officials as part of the certification.
???We have worked tirelessly to create emergency plans that ensure the hospital is ready for any storm situation that may arise,??? said Mike Jackson, the hospital???s safety and security manager. ???I am very proud of the work that our employees have put into these plans, and we are honored to have received this recognition.???
Rex Healthcare in Raleigh has also received this recognition. For more information, visit the National Weather Service online at http://www.stormready.noaa.gov/ or visit Brunswick Community Hospital at www.BrunswickCommunityHospital.org.
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