When adverse weather occurs, members must know installation procedures to safely arrive at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.
MISSION ESSENTIAL REPORTING: Only mission, weather or emergency-essential personnel, as determined by mission partners, are required to report for duty. Mission partners must specifically identify mission essential personnel in advance.
DELAYED REPORTING: All non-essential personnel must report for duty as soon as conditions permit.
EARLY RELEASE: Mission partners are responsible for managing early release within their organization when the joint base commander initiates this action.
ROAD CONDITIONS
Road condition advisories for Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst are:
Green: Roads are clear and dry. Drivers will comply with normal vehicle operating procedures and posted speed limits.
Yellow: The roads are wet and may be slippery due to ice, snow, or reduced visibility. All drivers should exercise caution and must reduce speeds to 5 mph below the posted speed limit.
Red: The road conditions are hazardous due to ice, snow, high winds, heavy precipitation, or reduced visibility. The only vehicles authorized to drive on base are emergency and mission essential vehicles and those mission essential personnel reporting for duty. All drivers must use extreme caution and reduce speeds to 15 mph throughout the joint base and 5 mph in all housing areas.
Black: The road conditions are extremely hazardous due to ice, snow, high winds, heavy precipitation, or reduced visibility. The only vehicles authorized to drive on-base are emergency response vehicles. Emergency response drivers must exercise extreme caution.
Road conditions will be posted at all gates, the joint base public website and on base marquees.
For more detailed descriptions, view the FACT SHEET. |
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Natural Disaster Center 
