Help Local Emergency Management - Be a StormSmart Reporter

Save The Bay and CRMC are working together to engage volunteers in monitoring the impact of coastal storms around the state with the StormSmart Storm Reporter Volunteer Program.

Volunteers are needed to assist the two groups with documenting the effects of storms on the Rhode Island coast. The StormReporter program is an innovative tool that enables the rapid delivery of coastal storm damage information to emergency management personnel and others. Your work will be crucial to identifying areas in need of assistance, post storm, as well as creating a record of the long-term effects of coastal storms on infrastructure and coastal habitats.

Volunteers will sign up for the monitoring program and will adopt coastal areas in their communities to monitor. After storm events, volunteers will go out and capture the effects of the storm on their cameras and by taking notes. When volunteers return home, they'll log on to the StormSmart Reporter Web site to upload their photos and complete an information sheet describing any damage to the site. Volunteer will NOT go out during the initial storm, rather capture the aftermath of the event.

Requirements: Volunteers must be 18 years of age or older. Volunteers must have their own camera and computer and Internet access to participate in the program. Volunteers must have their own transportation to and from monitoring sites. Volunteers MUST attend one of the training sessions to participate in this program.

Training Sessions:

Trainings sessions will introduce volunteers to the program, teach them how to navigate the Web site, and allow volunteers to sign up for monitoring sites.

Thursday, March 1

6:30 pm - 8:00 p.m. 

Maury Loontjens Memorial Library

35 Kingstown Road

Narragansett

OR

Saturday, March 3

9:30 am - 11:00 a.m. 

Save The Bay Center

100 Save The Bay Drive

Providence

Sign Up: To register for the training, please contact Stephany atshessler@savebay.org <mailto:shessler@savebay.org> or call 401.272.3540 x 130. Please give your name, e-mail, phone number and training location in your message.