COMMERCE CITY – Getting valuable information on a coming storm, or the latest on road closures, used to be left to listening to the local radio and TV stations. Not any more. Sign on to the city’s Office of Emergency Management’s (OEM) Twitter page at http://twitter.com/ComCityOEM to receive up-to-the-minute information about emergency situations impacting Commerce City residents.While the channel is constantly active for any type of OEM operation, for snow events the city begins posting snow related information as soon as the National Weather Service issues a winter storm watch. From there, weather forecasts, road conditions in the city, road closures and major accidents, information updates on ongoing incidents, and any other information which may be useful to residents – are posted in real time. The channel becomes active in earnest when the citywide emergency operations plan is implemented because of one or more of the following conditions:
• Twelve inches or more of actual or projected snow.
• Issuance of a blizzard warning by the National Weather Service.
• At the discretion of city executive staff.
During the last snow storm, the city’s Emergency Operations Center provided information on accidents and stalled vehicles blocking roads and on-ramps (and when those roads and on-ramps were cleared), city facility closures or late openings, and the status of the city being on or off accident alert.
Residents and media can go to the link and see the most recent updates of an event, whether it’s about the weather or a major accident. Residents can also create a free Twitter account and set it up to send text messages to their cell phone. They will receive a text message every time the OEM Twitter page is updated.
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