- November 19, 2024
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Palm Coast is urging residents to take part in a Universty of Missouri-Columbia-led study on emergency notification.
“Our city was selected to participate in this survey, and we look forward to partnering with the University of Missouri-Columbia for this research,” Palm Coast Fire Chief Mike Beadle said in a city news release. “The findings of this research will help us understand any communication limitations that exist within our community and ways we can improve early-warning communication to our citizens to protect life and property.”
The study will use resdents’ feedback on how they were notified of the threat of the Dec. 14 tornado, and what they did when they heard about it, to help researchers learn about how people receive and react to emergency information.
The survey, for adults age 18 and over who lived in Palm Coast last December, will be open Feb. 3-17. To take it, visit palmcoastgov.com and click on the CodeRED logo, or call 800-453-8436.
Researchers will also survey residents in Douglas County, Ill., which had an EF-3 tornado in November.
The university will share the study results with the city of Palm Coast, which will use them to improve emergency communications and outreach.
For past tornado coverage, CLICK HERE.
