Severe Weather Preparedness Training
Health and Safety Expo
“Touch-a-Truck”
This is a FREE Event, Open to the Public, No Registration Needed
The Village of New Lenox and the New Lenox Safe Community Coalition is pleased to announce that the 2025 Severe Weather Preparedness Training / Health and Safety Expo / “Touch-a-Truck” event will be held on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, at Lincoln-Way WEST High School, 21701 Gougar Road New Lenox, IL 60451. Please use the entrance off Gougar Road for this event, which is FREE and intended for all ages.
The Health and Safety Expo will be held from 5:00pm to 7:00pm in the area just outside the auditorium. Approximately 50 organizations from the health, safety, fitness, preparedness and emergency response sectors will be on hand. Information, literature and giveaways will be available to guests.
The “Touch-a-Truck” portion of the event will be held from 5:00pm to 7:00pm near the main entrance to the auditorium and in the parking lot just south of the auditorium. Many types of vehicles will be on display for families to enjoy. There will be demonstrations and representatives on hand to answer questions about the vehicles and apparatus.
The Severe Weather Preparedness Training will be held in the auditorium from 7:00pm to 8:30pm. Immediately following the Severe Weather Preparedness Training, door prizes will be given out compliments of the participating organizations. Everyone in attendance will be given a raffle ticket for a chance to win some great stuff.
The training will focus on community weather awareness and preparedness, to include:
- Where to monitor and get trustworthy weather information
- How to be prepared for typical spring and summertime hazardous weather
- Provide context to recent severe weather events in the local area (forecast information leading up to the event, behind the scenes look into the science of the event, impacts of the event, etc…).
- How to get involved in reporting severe weather
This program is perfect for students, parents, scouting groups, amateur radio operators, emergency services, public works, police, fire, schools and anyone else wishing to learn about severe weather.
Special thanks to Lincoln-Way Community High School District #210 and Lincoln-Way WEST High School for hosting. In addition, special thanks to the National Weather Service Chicago Office for offering this training.
For additional information or questions, please contact Daniel Martin, Safe Community Coordinator, at (815) 462-6493 or via email at dmartin@newlenox.net.