WHEN SEVERE WEATHER HANGS IN THE AIR. IT NOT ONLY APPEA ORSN SC REEN BUT ALSO - ON THE RADAR OF EMERGENCY TES.AM AGENCIES FROM ACROSS KENTON COUNTY AND BEYOND - VEHA COME TOGETHER O TGET TRAINING THEY NEVER -WANT- TO BE IN A POSITIONO E. T STEVE HENSLEY IS DIRECTOR OF KENTON COUNTY HOMELA SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. HE OVERSEES THE TRNIAI OR TO HOME, 2012, THE TORNADOES THERE ARE CERTAIN MISSIONS, ALL THAT REQUIRE EMERGENCY TEAMS WO RKING TOGETHER. >> THESE EXERCISES HELUSP PRACTICE THOSE SKISLL SO WHEN THERE ARE UNFORTUNATE REAL-LIFE INSTANCES, WE CAN HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. REPORTER: PART OF THIS TRAINING, THE LATEST COMMUNICATIONS, RADIO DEVICES THAT WORK EVEN WHEN LINES AND TOWERS ARE DOWN. FROM A PREPAREDNESS LEVEL, WE CONTINUE TO GROW. REPORTER: ALL AN EFFORT SO THAT WHEN THE NEXT DISASTER HITS, THERE WILL BE NO CLOUDS OF CONFUSION. ETH TRAINING INCLUDED FIRE, POLICE, ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, PUBLIC WORKS, ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT GROUPS SO THEY KNOW THAT WHENEVETHR EY TRAIN TOGETHER AND THEY GET CALLED TO WORK TOGETHER, IT WILL BE A SMTHOO OPERATION. REPORTING LIVE, RYAN HAMRICK, WLWT NEWS 5. >> YOU MENTIONED NEWTEK TECHNOLOGY AND RADIOS. CAN YOU TELL US HOW THOSE WORK? RERT:PO THESE ARE INTERESTING. ANY TIME YOU GO INTO ONE OF THE ESAREAS HIT WITH A DISASTER LIKE A TORNADO, THE LINES ARE WNDO, CELL TOWERS ARE DOWN AND RADIO IS DOWN. THESE RADIOS CREATE THEIR OWN NETWORK ANDRE A ABLE TO TAKE PRIORITY WITH SELF-SERVICE FOR THE RADIOS AND THE INTERNET SERVICE, ALLOWING THESERNET COMMUNICATIONS TO FLOW A LITTLE MORE SMOOTHLY. ASHLEY: BRN

'This is very timely training': Kenton County emergency teams conduct disaster training

Updated: 7:25 PM EDT May 3, 2022

The severe weather threat Tuesday brought Kenton County emergency teams together for a training. “This is very timely training,” Kenton County Homeland Security and Emergency Management director Steve Hensley said. “We spend a great deal of time planning for events we hope never occur, but on occasion, unfortunately, we know that they do.”As the potential for severe weather loomed, agencies from across Kenton County and beyond came together to train including police, fire, environmental agencies and hospital representatives among others.The teams are preparing for disasters such as tornados, floods, chemical spills, terrorist activities and unforeseen problems.“That’s what this is today, bringing everyone together so the first time they meet is not in the event of a real disaster,” Hensley said. “These kinds of exercises help us practice those skills. So, when those unfortunate real-life situations happen, we can hit the ground running,” said Ft. Mitchell police Chief Andrew Schierberg.

KENTON COUNTY, Ky. —

The severe weather threat Tuesday brought Kenton County emergency teams together for a training.

“This is very timely training,” Kenton County Homeland Security and Emergency Management director Steve Hensley said. “We spend a great deal of time planning for events we hope never occur, but on occasion, unfortunately, we know that they do.”

As the potential for severe weather loomed, agencies from across Kenton County and beyond came together to train including police, fire, environmental agencies and hospital representatives among others.

The teams are preparing for disasters such as tornados, floods, chemical spills, terrorist activities and unforeseen problems.

“That’s what this is today, bringing everyone together so the first time they meet is not in the event of a real disaster,” Hensley said.

“These kinds of exercises help us practice those skills. So, when those unfortunate real-life situations happen, we can hit the ground running,” said Ft. Mitchell police Chief Andrew Schierberg.

The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season will officially come to an end on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021.The season stretched from May 22 through Nov. 30.The active season brought 14 tropical storms, three Category 1 hurricanes with winds up to 95 mph, two Category 3 hurricanes with winds nearly 129 mph, and two powerful Category 4 hurricanes with winds near 156 mph.This left a total of 21 storms being named throughout the entire season. Nine of these named storms made landfall in the United States.Hurricane Ida was the most powerful storm to make landfall in the United States in 2021 with maximum winds topping out at 150 mph. Ida made landfall at Port Fourchon, Louisiana, at 11:55 a.m. on Aug. 29.The 2021 hurricane season will end as the third most active on record.