Lightning warning goes online for Ridgewood
SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 2012
BY EVONNE COUTROS
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD
RIDGEWOOD — A long-awaited lightning detection system is up and running at two of six large sports fields in the village.
The system is designed to warn of lightning strikes within a 20- and 10-mile radius and send email and text notifications of strikes in the area.
“It’s the same system used by the county,” said Brian R. Pullman, chief of emergency services for the village. “It’s reliable. Other towns use it. It’s got a successful history.”
The system — from Weather Decision Technologies — went live hours after a presentation by Pullman and the village’s emergency management director, Brad Mason, at Wednesday’s public council meeting.
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