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Outdoor Alerting Implementation Proposal Presented to: Huber Heights, Ohio 06/ 01/ 2015

Who We Are… • Twenty year old company with global headquarters near Washington, DC • Operate large scale environmental observation networks • Partners with many of the world’s leading governmental, academic and industry organizations • Broad market footprint – Enterprise and Consumer  Focus on monitoring, early warning and disaster risk management  Web and mobile platforms deliver decision support information broadly • Extensive core sensor networking capabilities and competency • Global experience 2

Trusted by the National Weather Service for Homeland Security Needs 2002: Began providing National Weather Service weather information during disasters and Homeland Security incidents, assisting our nation’s ongoing security efforts against terrorism. 2006: Began providing the NOAA UrbaNet program meteorological data and mesonet observations in support of homeland security, emergency management, dispersion modeling and general forecasting applications. 2012: Selected by the National Weather Service as its primary provider of total lightning data for operations and research. 2013: Selected by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/Wallops Island to deliver Lightning and Weather Visualization for Safety and Earth Networks Monitoring & Decision Making at flight facilities. Alerting Tools Help Communities 2013: Selected by U.S. Air Force Weather Agency to provide Total Become Weather Ready and Lightning Data and Weather Visualization Tools for Operational Storm Ready Support.

Implementation Proposal Earth Networks/WeatherBug Outdoor Alerting Systems for the following locations: • 1. Thomas A Cloud Memorial Parks – 1 Unit • 2. Kroger Aquatic Center – 1 Unit • Timeframe: 6-8 weeks after agreement is finalized Investment: $17,500 for Outdoor Alerting Systems w/ Complete Installation Ongoing Costs Description: Ongoing Alert Feeds & StreamerRT Weather Visualization Software http://www.earthnetworks.com/StreamerRTvideo/StreamerRT Timeframe: Annual; Agreement execution anniversary Cost: $2,000.00 4

Thomas A Cloud Memorial Park (Highlighted Area is Estimated Horn Coverage) 5

Kroger Aquatic Center (Highlighted Area is Estimated Horn Coverage) 6

Plan … Detect … Respond … Recover Early Warning System 7

Plan … Detect … Respond … Recover The Standard in Lightning Detection and Severe Weather Alerting The first nationwide network to comprehensively detect total lightning – both in-cloud (IC) as well as cloud-to-ground (CG) Video: http://www.earthnetworks.com/StreamerRTvideo/StreamerRT 8

Outdoor Alerting System Informer 1. Indoor device that sounds/lights up when the horns are activated----also allows for the manual activation of horns at each location. 9

Outdoor Alerting System Portal Page The following two slides are an example of the web portal page that allows the users to: 1. Customize hours of operation for each day of the week 2. Customize location by latitude/longitude 3. Customize radius for lightning alerts 4. View system status 5. View countdown clock for the amount of time until an all clear will be issued. 6. Set up email list for those who will also receive alerts via email/text 7. Set up email list for those to be notified if the system loses connection 10

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National References City of Euless Texas • Lt. Joe Kraft, Euless Police Department Borough of Cresskill, NJ • Christopher Ulshoefer, Fire Chief Borough of Tenafly, NJ Bob Culvert, Director of Public Works • Village of Ridgewood, NJ • Brian Pullman, Ridgewood Police Department Contact information provided upon request. 13

National References Congressional Country Club, Bethesda, MD • Michael Leemhuis, President & General Manager • John Lyberger, PGA Director of Golf The Westmoor Club, Nantucket, MA • Brent Tartamella, General Manager Northwood Club, Dallas TX • Bob Elliott, Head Golf Professional Club Managers Association of America, Alexandria, VA • Jim Singerling, CCM, Chief Executive Officer Contact information provided upon request. 14

National References Indian Hills Country Club, Northport, NY • Joe Laurentino, Head Golf Professional Wildwood Golf Club, Allison Park, PA • Eric Materkowski, Superintendent The Elkridge Club, Baltimore, MD • Kent Johnson, General Manager • Ralph Meola, Golf Course Superintendent The Edina Country Club, Edina, MN • Brandon Schindele – Golf Course Superintendent Contact information provided upon request. 15

National References Maryland SoccerPlex, Boyds, MD • Trish Heffelfinger, Executive Director Lake Toxaway Country Club, Lake Toxaway, NC • David Dew, General Manager Lakewood Country Club, Rockville, MD • Eric Dietz, General Manager • David Crawmer, Director of Golf Columbia Country Club, Bethesda, MD • Jim Troppman, General Manager Village of Key Biscayne Parks and Recreation . Todd Hofferberth, Director Contact information provided upon request. 16