ATTENTION TO EMERGENCY ORDERS:

With the national weather service, declaring a major winter weather threat for the northeast region of the United States, some governors have issued states of emergency. The Northeastern Conference Brigade brigade is hereby placed on stand-by alert and should be ready for any response deemed necessary. This is to be considered an emergency communications communique/ECC. It is possible that the conference administration will activate the Emergency Operations Center/EOC which will be staffed by MCC and ACS volunteers trained for such duty. The brigade advanced team and the brigade rapid response team is hereby activated AND will stand by for further orders.

EMERGENCY DECLARATIONS

• CONNECTICUT - No, only an alert and travel advisory

• NEW YORK - Governor Kathy Hochul Declares State of Emergency in Albany, Bronx, Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Columbia, Cortland, Delaware, Dutchess, Fulton, Greene, Herkimer, Kings, Madison, Montgomery, Nassau, New York, Oneida, Onondaga, Orange, Oswego, Otsego, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Sullivan, Rensselaer, Suffolk, Ulster, Wayne, Westchester and Contiguous Counties

• MASSACHUSETTS -No, only an alert but several locals mayors have declared there own state of emergency

• NEW HAMPSHIRE - No, only an advisory

• NEW JERSEY - No, only an advisory

• PENNSYLVANIA - No, weather alert

• RHODE ISLAND - No, only an advisory

• VIRGINIA- Governor Abigail Spanberger declared a State of Emergency in Virginia on Thursday ahead of this weekend’s winter storm.

• VERMONT - No, weather alert

• WASHINGTON, D C - Yes

UNDERSTANDING WEATHER NOTIFICATIONS

• ADVISORY:

Issued for weather conditions that don't quite warrant a warning. Advisories are for weather that may cause inconvenience, like fog, or minor flooding, but it is not necessarily a threat to life or property.

• WATCH:

Issued when the risk of hazardous weather has increased, but there is still some uncertainty about the situation. Watches are issued well in advance of a potential weather event so that people can start to think about preparations.

• WARNING:

Issued when severe weather is already occurring, is imminent, or has a very high probability of happening. Warnings are issued for conditions that can pose a threat to life or property.

EXAMPLE

To give an example, a WINTER STORM WATCH is issued if snow or ice has the potential to cause dangerous conditions in the next day or two. A WINTER STORM WARNING would be issued if a dangerous winter storm was likely and only hours away.

Given under my order January 23, 2026 at 13:37hrs

Pastor Gordon M. Jones, Sr. D.D., D.Min., Th.D.

MCC Brigadier General Commanding 

Northeastern Conference Brigade

Seventh-day Adventist Medical Cadet Corps 

115-50 Merrick Boulevard 

Jamaica, New York 11434

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