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Outdoor Alerting Implementation Proposal

Presented to: Huber Heights, Ohio 06/ 01/ 2015

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Who We Are…

• Twenty year old company with global

headquarters near Washington, DC

• Operate large scale environmental
• bservation networks
• Partners with many of the world’s leading

governmental, academic and industry

• rganizations
• Broad market footprint – Enterprise and

Consumer

• Focus on monitoring, early warning

and disaster risk management

• Web and mobile platforms deliver

decision support information broadly

• Extensive core sensor networking

capabilities and competency

• Global experience

Trusted by the National Weather Service for Homeland Security Needs

2002: Began providing National Weather Service weather information during disasters and Homeland Security incidents, assisting our nation’s ongoing security efforts against terrorism. 2006: Began providing the NOAA UrbaNet program meteorological data and mesonet observations in support of homeland security, emergency management, dispersion modeling and general forecasting applications. 2012: Selected by the National Weather Service as its primary provider of total lightning data for operations and research. 2013: Selected by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/Wallops Island to deliver Lightning and Weather Visualization for Safety and Decision Making at flight facilities. 2013: Selected by U.S. Air Force Weather Agency to provide Total Lightning Data and Weather Visualization Tools for Operational Support.

Earth Networks Monitoring & Alerting Tools Help Communities Become Weather Ready and Storm Ready

Implementation Proposal

Earth Networks/WeatherBug Outdoor Alerting Systems for the following locations:

• 1. Thomas A Cloud Memorial Parks – 1 Unit
• 2. Kroger Aquatic Center – 1 Unit
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Timeframe: 6-8 weeks after agreement is finalized Investment: $17,500 for Outdoor Alerting Systems w/ Complete Installation Ongoing Costs Description: Ongoing Alert Feeds & StreamerRT Weather Visualization Software http://www.earthnetworks.com/StreamerRTvideo/StreamerRT Timeframe: Annual; Agreement execution anniversary Cost: $2,000.00

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Thomas A Cloud Memorial Park

(Highlighted Area is Estimated Horn Coverage)

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Kroger Aquatic Center

(Highlighted Area is Estimated Horn Coverage)

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Plan … Detect … Respond … Recover

Early Warning System

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The Standard in Lightning Detection and Severe Weather Alerting The first nationwide network to comprehensively detect total lightning – both in-cloud (IC) as well as cloud-to-ground (CG) Video: http://www.earthnetworks.com/StreamerRTvideo/StreamerRT

Plan … Detect … Respond … Recover

1. Indoor device that sounds/lights up when the horns are activated----also allows for the manual activation of horns at each location.

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Outdoor Alerting System Informer

The following two slides are an example of the web portal page that allows the users to:

• 1. Customize hours of operation for each day of the week
• 2. Customize location by latitude/longitude
• 3. Customize radius for lightning alerts
• 4. View system status
• 5. View countdown clock for the amount of time until an all clear will be issued.
• 6. Set up email list for those who will also receive alerts via email/text
• 7. Set up email list for those to be notified if the system loses connection

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Outdoor Alerting System Portal Page

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National References

City of Euless Texas

• Lt. Joe Kraft, Euless Police Department

Borough of Cresskill, NJ

• Christopher Ulshoefer, Fire Chief

Borough of Tenafly, NJ

• Bob Culvert, Director of Public Works

Village of Ridgewood, NJ

• Brian Pullman, Ridgewood Police Department

Contact information provided upon request.

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National References

Congressional Country Club, Bethesda, MD

• Michael Leemhuis, President & General Manager
• John Lyberger, PGA Director of Golf

The Westmoor Club, Nantucket, MA

• Brent Tartamella, General Manager

Northwood Club, Dallas TX

• Bob Elliott, Head Golf Professional

Club Managers Association of America, Alexandria, VA

• Jim Singerling, CCM, Chief Executive Officer

Contact information provided upon request.

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National References

Indian Hills Country Club, Northport, NY

• Joe Laurentino, Head Golf Professional

Wildwood Golf Club, Allison Park, PA

• Eric Materkowski, Superintendent

The Elkridge Club, Baltimore, MD

• Kent Johnson, General Manager
• Ralph Meola, Golf Course Superintendent

The Edina Country Club, Edina, MN

• Brandon Schindele – Golf Course

Superintendent

Contact information provided upon request.

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National References

Maryland SoccerPlex, Boyds, MD

• Trish Heffelfinger, Executive Director

Lake Toxaway Country Club, Lake Toxaway, NC

• David Dew, General Manager

Lakewood Country Club, Rockville, MD

• Eric Dietz, General Manager
• David Crawmer, Director of Golf

Columbia Country Club, Bethesda, MD

• Jim Troppman, General Manager

Village of Key Biscayne Parks and Recreation

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Todd Hofferberth, Director

Contact information provided upon request.

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