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Spotsylvania supervisors adopt revised Emergency Operations Plan, board hears details on public alerts and response gaps
Summary
The Spotsylvania County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously May 13 to adopt a revised Emergency Operations Plan. County emergency management staff described public alerting tools, confidentiality of core response elements, and equipment and staffing gaps for high-rise and data-center incidents.
Spotsylvania County on Tuesday adopted a revised Emergency Operations Plan that county staff said provides the legal and organizational framework for responding to disasters and large-scale emergencies.
County Emergency Management Coordinator Don Willis told the Board of Supervisors the plan assigns responsibilities to county departments for mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery and "follows the Commonwealth of Virginia Emergency Services and Disaster Law," requiring annual updates and a formal review every four years.
The plan also describes public-notification tools and redundancies the county would use when a serious incident occurs, Willis said. "We integrated FEMA's integrated public alert warning system, which will touch any and all devices, with an emergency alert to include a wireless emergency alert if that's…
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