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Emergency management, fire and EMS report training, hazard-mitigation and fuels work
Summary
Emergency management and public-safety officials updated the commissioners on recent incident coordination, FEMA hazard-mitigation review, regional deployments, park fuels-reduction work and EMS training and staffing.
Officials from emergency management, fire services and EMS briefed the Flathead County Board of Commissioners on Feb. 11 about recent incidents, training, hazard mitigation and fuels-reduction work across the county.
Emergency management and hazard mitigation Juanita Nelson, emergency management planner, reported recent incident coordination and stakeholder meetings, including talks with Burlington Northern railroad police ahead of large events and an EMAC (Emergency Management Assistance Compact) deployment request from California that resulted in strike teams from Whitefish and Bigfork participating in a response. Nelson said the regional hazard mitigation plan is in FEMA review and that state DES hopes to…
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