PHOTO: The National Weather Service has presented the Town of Fountain Hills with its StormReady Community designation. The presentation was made virtually at the Oct. 6 Town Council meeting by Marv Percha, Jr. with the weather service Phoenix office. Fountain Hills Rural/Metro Fire Chief Dave Ott and Assistant Chief/Fire Marshal Mike Winters accepted the presentation. Ott credited Winters with bringing the designation to the attention of the town and doing much of the work to implement the recognition. In Arizona flooding is a significant weather hazard but Percha noted that the StormReady designation covers all incidents from a tsunami to a haboob. StormReady is a partnership with the Town Fountain Hills, the National Weather Service and the American Red Cross. Fountain Hills is now one of 11 StormReady communities in Maricopa County, along with the county itself.