In an effort to save lives during severe weather, first responders gathered in Norfolk to talk about what they can expect and how to prepare the public in serious situations going forward. 

To give the public a real life scenario of the day, Emergency Manager for Region 11, Bobbi Risor said, “The National Weather Service told us different things about the webinars they release. It started off that this is happening Thursday night with just a couple of inches of snow, and the next day is when the area was going to get hit with about 12 inches of snow. This is a long term scenario and we just talked it through amongst the department heads and the different meteorologists on what we'd see. What types of resources are available, plows and what each individual building would be doing.”

“One of the best takeaways from this is to get a little bit of knowledge, and a little bit of experience in this type of thought process. That way, when the real thing hits, you aren't so shaken and you can actually perform better.”

The workshop included City and county officials, law enforcement, and meteorologists from both KTIV and the National Weather Service.

“In the end, training like this is about keeping our public safe and alert,” Risor said.