Thomas Luby doesn’t just “do storms throughout 365 days a year.”
As Buffalo’s new emergency services manager, he is part of the Buffalo Fire Department and serves as the city’s liaison on emergency preparedness, coordinating training programs and emergency drills.
With the season’s first snow showers in the forecast, the City of Buffalo has released the details of how it plans to respond to the worst challenges of winter.
His job involves counter-responses to active shootings, plus weather-related emergencies such as floods, snowstorms and other natural and man-made disasters.
He’ has also been preparing for the total solar eclipse that will happen in Buffalo on April 8. Buffalo is right on the center line of the best viewing region, which makes it a go-to location for the once-in-a-lifetime eclipse experience.
“There are more hazards that we need to be fine-tuned and exercised on. You don’t want to get complacent. You’re constantly looking for things for individuals to exercise their skills, think outside the box, use what they learned … and how they can mold it,” said Luby, standing in the city’s emergency operations center at Buffalo Police and Fire Headquarters, inside the Michael J. Dillon U.S. Courthouse on Court Street.
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