ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCY
SERVICES, INC
EES
History Time Line
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1972 |
Hurricane Agnes
– 21 deaths, $600 Million
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1976 |
Hurricane
Eloise - $12 Million |
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Legislative
Hearings |
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Father’s
Day Flooding – Extensive Highway Damage |
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1978 |
Major COE
Dam 300 sq. miles (COE-U.S. Army Corp of Engineers) |
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High
Water – Evaluation of NWS (National Weather Service) Flood Forecasting System
by SRBC (Susquehanna River Basin Commission) |
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NYS
Disaster Preparedness Commission Formed |
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1979 |
Interagency
Task Force Report on Flood Warning |
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NWS
Policy – Encourage Self-Help Flood Warning |
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1980 |
Consensus
on Need for Self-Help in Chemung County |
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Steering
Committee Formed |
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MOU
(memorandum of understanding) Executed |
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Goals
Adopted |
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1981 |
Corporation
Formed |
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1982 |
Forecast Models
Provided by NWS and DEC (Department of Environmental Conservation) |
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1984 |
Hornell/Canisteo
Disaster |
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1985 |
Computer
Equipment and Gauge System On-Line |
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Flood Stage
Mapping by SRBC and COE
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1986 |
Intensified
Training |
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Benefit/Cost
Analysis by DEC using NWS Models: 4 to 1 |
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1987 |
Development
of Chemical Hazard Information Team (C.H.I.T.) |
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1988 |
Reorganization
of Corporation |
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Dedicated
Hydrologist Position at Binghamton NWS |
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Completion
of DEC Radio Network |
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1989 |
C.H.I.T.
Operational |
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Hurricane
Hugo |
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Liability
Issue (Insurance unavailable because of C.H.I.T. Function) |
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1990 |
Community
Rating system (CRS) On-Line |
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1991 |
Re-Emphasis
on Public Education and Wider Adoption of CRS |
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Summer
Drought – Need for Support Services Identified |
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Ice Storm |
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1992 |
Hazard
Mitigation Grant Sought |
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Liability
Resolved (Intergovernmental Agreement) |
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Multi-Agency
Flood Exercise – COE Lead Agency |
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1993 |
Blizzard
of 1993 |
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Spring
Flooding |
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Radar
Software Acquired for Counties |
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Self
Development of Data Acquisition Software |
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1994 |
Hurricane Beryl
- $7 -$10 Million in New York State
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1996 |
Heavy
rains cause Flash Flooding during November in SE Steuben County |
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Mild
January Temperatures Brought Rain and snowmelt causing many closed roadways
and some flooding to low areas |
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1998 |
Heavy
rains from severe thunderstorms damage many roadways in N. Steuben County,
prompting Presidential Disaster Declaration |
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