Assistants Workshop
WSR-88D Radar Upgrade Schedule
During the next 18 months all radars across the United States will be upgraded with a new technology called Dual Polarization (or "Dual Pol" for short). During this process, each radar across the country will be turned off for a period of approximately 2 weeks while technicians upgrade the radars with this new technology. The following is the current schedule (as of November 1, 2011) for when radars across Oklahoma and the surrounding region will be turned off. To view the latest status of the... [more]
 
From Ed Kostiuk at OK Health Dept.
May 12, 2011

This was sent in by one of our County Health Dept. employees. While the storms sounded loud and did some wind damage on May 11, 2011 we really did not see any significant damage. I was able to use both Mesonet and Radarfirst to keep our employees informed. Here is what one State employee said: EdThank you for this report yesterday afternoon, it was dark and scary outside!  My sister, who lives a block from Tushka School, is now very nervous when storms approach.  She works 30 minutes east of Atoka and kept emailing me asking if the weather was getting bad in town.  When I received your report, I forwarded it to her instantly.  Little did you know, this was a godsend message.  Not only did it calm the nerves of ACHD staff, but my sister replied that your email... [more]

News

Fall 2012 OK-First Classes - Now Taking Applications!
May 01, 2012
OK-First is pleased to announce our Fall 2012 class schedule! OK-First training and access is available to city, county, state, regional, and tribal agencies with jurisdictional... [more]


Spring 2012 Courses Complete; Application Period for Fall 2012 Courses to be Opened in the Coming Months!
Apr 05, 2012
OK-First's spring 2012 courses are now complete. We had a great turn out this spring with nearly 150 people attending classes. We greatly appreciate all those who hosted us this... [more]


OK-First Spring 2012 Classes - Now Open!
Jan 09, 2012
OK-First is pleased to announce our spring 2012 class schedule! So you are aware we will be processing applications once a week this season in an effort to be more efficient with... [more]


OK-FIRE to Offer 1-Day Workshop at the National Weather Center on March 16, 2012
Jan 09, 2012
In conjunction with OK-First training earlier that week, a full-day OK-FIRE computer training workshop will be held at the National Weather Center in Norman on Friday,... [more]


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Events

Fall 2012 OK-First Re-Certification Course-OEMA (Norman)
Aug 20, 2012
OK-First will be offering a Re-certification Course at the OEMA Training Day August 20, 2012 at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Norman from approximately 9 am to 5 pm. Please be... [more]


Fall 2012 OK-First Full Certification (Norman)
Aug 27, 2012
OK-First is pleased to announce the Fall 2012 Full Certification Course!  The course is four days long and runs August 27th-30th. Class begins at 9:30AM on Monday the 27th at... [more]


Fall 2012 OK-First Assistant Course (Red Rock)
Sep 05, 2012
OK-First will be offering a 2-day Assistant's Course on Wednesday and Thursday, September 5th-6th, 2012 at the Community Building of the Otoe-Missouria Tribe in Red... [more]


Fall 2012 OK-First Re-Certification Course (Alva)
Sep 11, 2012
OK-First will be offering a Recertification Course on September 11, 2012 at the Northwest Technology Center in Alva.  Please sign up soon as space is limited. The... [more]


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