Outdoor events can ask Cooper County EMA about weather planning

A Boonville fundraiser, parade, fair, or school event can look simple until the sky turns dark. Cooper County Emergency Management is the county contact for organizers who need local weather and emergency planning help before people gather outside.

EMA can register an outdoor event with the National Weather Service, receive daily weather briefings and severe-weather notices, and pass that information along to organizers. Available planning help and equipment include message boards, generators, light towers, and radios.

Make the call while you are still building the event plan. Know who watches the forecast, who can pause or cancel the event, where people shelter, and how volunteers will hear instructions if cell service is messy. County help does not replace your own safety plan, but it gives an outdoor event in Cooper County a local coordination point before the storm is already on top of the crowd.