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County emergency official outlines preparedness plans, urges local COOP and CERT training
Summary
At the Scappoose City Council meeting on March 17, 2025, the Columbia County emergency management director briefed the council on updates to countywide emergency planning, grant-funded equipment for volunteer response teams, improvements to the county's public alerting capability and early work on a community wildfire protection plan.
At the Scappoose City Council meeting on March 17, 2025, the Columbia County emergency management director briefed the council on updates to countywide emergency planning, grant-funded equipment for volunteer response teams, improvements to the county's public alerting capability and early work on a community wildfire protection plan.
The director said the county is updating its integrated preparedness plan and comprehensive emergency management plan (CEMP) and expects no local fee increases through 2028 while the plans are revised. He said the county is pursuing Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) funds to buy deployment trailers and additional supplies for CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) and Medical Reserve Corps volunteers, and that some grants remain pending.
"We have a couple outstanding grants that are waiting to come in through the UASI funding," the county emergency management director told the council, describing planned purchases including a trailer stocked for rapid deployment and additional medical-surge supplies.
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