Tom Cash, KI4VFV Madison County ARES volunteer, recently won the Alabama Association of Emergency Managers (AAEM) 2009 Volunteer of the Year award.  The Huntsville-Madison County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) is very proud of their nominee for this annual, statewide competition.

Tom Cash serves Madison County in a variety of disaster preparedness and response organizations as an amateur radio operator, a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) member, a stream monitor for flooding conditions, and a volunteer for the Be Ready Family program. 

Recognizing a need for an organized method of monitoring streams and reporting meaningful information back to EMA, Tom spent his own time and money to go to numerous potential flooding locations in Madison County and take pictures of the sites.  He also developed a method of measurement for volunteers in the field and EMA to consistently report stream levels.

The award was presented at the 2009 Alabama Association of Emergency Managers Conference in Mobile Alabama.