Case Study: Monmouth County Park System achieves safe, timely evacuations at large outdoor fair with Earth Networks

Earth networks helps monmouth county, nj ensure safety during annual outdoor fair

The Monmouth County Park System runs the annual five‑day Monmouth County Fair in Freehold, NJ, which draws about 75,000 visitors and is held entirely outdoors under tents. Because there are no permanent shelters and evacuations can take up to an hour, officials needed better lead time and site‑specific warnings for severe summer thunderstorms and lightning, so they turned to Earth Networks for meteorological services and a web‑based weather visualization and alerting application.

Earth Networks provided 24/7 access to professional meteorologists plus a real‑time visualization tool fed by its network of neighborhood‑level stations, enabling officials to monitor storm cells, lightning, wind gusts, and watches/warnings. Using Earth Networks’ services, Monmouth County made two proactive fair closures, evacuated all guests safely and in a timely fashion during severe weather, and continues to use the solution for camps, recreational programs and beach operations.

Monmouth County Park System

Andrew Spears

Monmouth County Park System