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EMA reports tornado damage assessment, grants for generator and Starlink; modest FY26 budget increase
Summary
Emergency Management (EMA) briefed commissioners on tornado damage assessments, ongoing emergency operations activations, hazard mitigation planning grant award and new backup communications and generator funding from grants; EMA's FY26 request is slightly higher due to Starlink subscription.
Spalding County Emergency Management informed the Board of Commissioners that preliminary field assessments indicate a tornado likely caused damage earlier the same day and that the county’s damage assessment team had identified 11 damaged homes and about 20 calls for downed trees and power lines.
Chief Polk said the county’s emergency operations center (EOC) has activated repeatedly this fiscal year and that EMA has led or participated in seven activations already…
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