Contact me:

Jennaweston6@yahoo.com or westonje@leoncountyfl.gov

(315) 604-0030 /personal (850) 518-9128 /work cell (850) 606-3713 /work office

Tallahassee, FL

www.linkedin.com/in/jenna-weston

Education History

Tallahassee Community College, Tallahassee, FL

Associates in Arts

• Deans List 2018-2019
  

Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

Bachelor of Science in Meteorology,

Minor in Mathematics,

Certification in Emergency Management

Work Experience

08/2018-12/2019

01/2020-04/2023

Leon County Emergency Management, Tallahassee, FL

911 System Specialist & Public Outreach

05/2023-Present

• Created informational pamphlets on hurricane preparedness along with a speech to give to senior citizens in assisted living and nursing homes.
• Created informational pamphlets on 911 along with a speech to give to elementary and middle school students.
• Monitored disturbances in the Atlantic Basin and stayed up to date on the latest weather forecasts.
• Attended FEMA in person training courses.
  

Leon County Emergency Management, Tallahassee, FL

Intern

08/2022-05/2023

• Participated in a partial activation for Hurricane Ian. During this, I attended conference calls with the National Weather Service, all 67 counties in Florida, the state emergency management director, and NGOs. I also entered missions and requests into Web EOC for different organizations around Tallahassee, for example, FAMU was requesting emergency management personnel and the Kearney Center was requesting more cots for sheltering.
  

• Created a spreadsheet with all the contact information for the agencies involved in the Big Bend Community Active and Disaster Organization. I reached out to those who had missing information on the spreadsheet and filled it in as they responded. I also reformatted the county’s emergency management checklist in case of a flood. I formatted it into tables with who is the responsible party, what their task is, and their progress. I have helped format and write the after-action report for the Florida Governor’s Inauguration. I worked independently on choosing which core capabilities fit the objective of what we needed to improve for future events.
  
• Attended many conference meetings and training sessions held in the office. I participated in a conference for the Big Bend Community Organization Active and Disaster, a training course to become a certified incident commander, and all the meetings prior to and after the governor’s inauguration.

• Supervised my advisor and his colleagues; I often have one-on-one meetings where they teach me software that is used in the office. We regularly check multiple websites for information on natural disasters occurring near our area.
  

YMCA & Casey Park Public Pool, Auburn, NY

Lifeguard

01/2017-08/2018

• Routinely completed safety update training and ensured all patrons followed safety rules.
  

• Consistently complied with pool regulations and policies.
  

• I kept watch over swimmers to ensure a fast response when distress situations arose.

• I made sure all my Lifeguard, Emergency Oxygen, Basic Life Support, and Basic First Aid certifications were up to date.
  

Professional Training

• Humanitarian Cross-Cutting Themes and Future Directions Course
• Introduction to Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) in Emergencies

Certifications

• FEMA IS-100.c Introduction to Incident Command System
  
• FEMA IS-120.c An Introduction to Exercises
• FEMA IS-200.c Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response
• FEMA IS-201 Forms Used for the Development of the Incident Action Plan
• FEMA IS-230.e Fundamentals of Emergency Management
• FEMA IS-235.c Emergency Planning
• FEMA IS-240.c Leadership and Influence
• FEMA IS-241.c Decision Making and Problem Solving
• FEMA IS-242.c Effective Communication
• FEMA IS-244.b Developing and Managing Volunteers
• FEMA IS-700.b Introduction to the National Incident Management System
• FEMA IS-800.d National Response Framework, An Introduction
  
• FEMA IS-2200 Basic Emergency Operations Center Functions
• FEMA IS-2900.A National Disaster Recovery Framework (NDRF) Overview
• FEMA Certificate of Achievement of the Emergency Management Institute’s Professional Development Series
• E/G/K2302 Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Leaders Skillset Course
• G-191 ICS / EOC Interface
  

• G-300 Intermediate Incident Command System for Expanding Incidents (v2019)
• G-205 Recovery from Disaster: The Local Community Role
• G-557 Rapid Needs Assessment

Volunteer Experience

Emergency Management Training, Tallahassee, FL

Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare

05/20/2022

• I played the role of a victim who was injured during a “shooting” for an emergency management drill at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital.
  

NEMA Annual Forum 2022, Stowe, VT

10/17/2022-10/20/2022

• I was selected for a scholarship to attend the NEMA Annual Forum 2022 on behalf of Florida State University’s Emergency Management and Homeland Security Program. My
  

responsibilities included meeting once a week prior to the conference to be assigned homework and to prepare. At the conference, I was expected to take notes and live tweet during the open sessions I was working. At the open sessions, I was not working, I was allowed to attend them and sit in. I prepared business cards to hand out at the conference to make connections with the emergency management experts that attended.

Governor's Hurricane Conference Student Program, West Palm Beach, FL

05/06/2023-05/12/2023

• In May 2023 I will be attending the Governors Hurricane Conference as a part of the student program. I applied for this opportunity and was gratefully accepted along with 14 other students. I will be receiving the training:
• TS 7- Tropical Meteorology 1: FEMA/EMI 311 - Hurricane Readiness
  
• TS 26 - Looking For A Job? Now What Do You Do?
  
• TS 10- Beyond the Weather Service: NOAA’s Coastal Disaster Response and Recovery Capabilities
  

And I will be attending the following workshops:

• WS 113 - The Power of Collaboration: Hurricane Ian Response Done Right
  
• WS 124 - National Weather Service Decision Support in High Impact Situations: From Preparedness to Recovery
  

• WS 137 - Best Practices Using HURREVAC For Hurricane Decision Making
  
• WS 148 - Future Plans for the Suite of NWS Tropical Products
  
• WS 155 - Student Academic Research Presentations
  

Memberships

• North Florida Chapter of the American Meteorological Society/ National Weather Association
• National Emergency Management Association (NEMA)
• Florida Emergency Preparedness Association (FEPA)

Skills

• Professional Communication

- 6+ years experience in learning Spanish

• Knowledge of Technology and social media

- I have an instructional YouTube account and Instagram page for cooking

• Experience with Python, GrADS, R, and Hurrevac
• Adaptability
  

• Willingness to learn
• Organization and Future Oriented
  
• Microsoft Office 365
  
• Creating Animated Graphics