Co0perative Agreement with Observer

WS FORM B-30

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

PDS 10-1307
December 27, 2002

NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH OBSERVER

Station______________________________________ County____________________________ State______________________

Effective date of agreement____________________________________________________________________________________
I agree to give reasonable care and protection to the instruments furnished by the National Weather Service, and to furnish free of
charge observations and/or services listed below and suitable space for installation and exposure of instruments, until this agreement is
terminated by notice by either party to the other. During the term of this agreement, I will permit National Weather Service officials
and/or alternate observers free ingress and egress to the equipment for purposes of taking observations, inspections, or maintenance but
assume no liability for injuries which might occur to such persons while on the premise.

____________________________________________________________________________________
(signature of cooperative observer)

Mr.. Mrs., Ms., Miss__________________________________________________________________________________________
(type one given name. initial or initials, and surname of observer, or name of organization)

Equipment is located at________________________________________________________________________________________
(street address. building name, room number, highway number. etc.)

Observations and/or services to be provided___________________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Equipment provided_____________________________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Remarks ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Approved ___________________________________Title_______________________________ Date_______________________________
Original to RCMP, Copies to Cooperative Program Manager and Observer.

(Follow instructions on other side)

WS FORM B-30 (12-02)

ACTIONS REQUIRING THE USE OF WS FORM B-30
1. The original agreement with a cooperative observer, storm warning displayman, flood warning distributor. etc.
2. The original agreement with a company of organization to provide observations to be taken by its personnel at one or more
locations.
3. Any material change in terms of agreement with cooperative personnel already rendering service to the Weather Service, such as
adding river observations at a climatological station, etc.
4. Space agreement for installation of instrumental equipment when the property upon which it is proposed to install instrumental
equipment is controlled by an individual or organization other than the individual or organization responsible for the personal
service.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARATION OF THE FORM
Sufficient copies should be prepared to provide one for the observer, the RCMP, the direct supervising office (if other than RCMP),
and the Cooperative Program Manager. The forms may be prepared by any Weather Service employee who is authorized to recruit
cooperative station personnel, but must be approved by a person authorized to approve appointments as outlined in Weather Service
Operations Manual Chapter B-17.
The agreement, in order to be effective, must indicate what personal services and what space or facilities, if any, the observer will
furnish. It should be stated in general terms, however, so as to avoid the necessity of preparing new forms frequently because of
insignificant changes in procedure or reporting instructions. One or more of the items listed below will cover the activities at most
stations, but others might be included also. For example, "Communications facilities for transmission of reports" might be furnished
by an airline operating company or a Government agency.
Suitable space for exposure of instruments.
Weather (or river) observations and reports.
Distribution of flood warnings.
Display and/or distribution of storm warnings.
Weather reports to local newspaper (or radio station).
Distribution of weather (or river) reports and/or forecasts.
At a second order station or a cooperative station where an airline company or other organization agrees to provide personnel for
observational duties on company time, the Weather Service's agreement is, in effect, with the organization and not with the
individual. Therefore, one agreement should be executed with a responsible officer of the organization, covering all services to
be rendered for the Weather Service at that second order station or cooperative station. The same procedure should be followed
where a Government agency agrees to render a cooperative service, except in the case of Federal Aviation Agency personnel where
this form is not required.

WS FORM B-30 (12-02)

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