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Columbia County EMA outlines year-round preparedness work and $50 million-plus FEMA reimbursement process
Summary
Sean Granato, director of the Columbia County Emergency Management Agency, described the agency’s outreach, training and emergency‑operations practices and said the county has submitted more than $50,000,000 in FEMA reimbursement claims tied to Hurricane Helene.
Sean Granato, director of the Columbia County Emergency Management Agency, said the agency runs year‑round outreach, education and planning programs and has submitted over $50,000,000 in reimbursement claims to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for Hurricane Helene.
Granato said that outreach and education are “our big pillars” and that the agency works to teach residents how to prepare household kits and three‑ to seven‑day plans so they are not added to emergency needs during a disaster. “We have normal operations during emergency situations,” Granato said. “We don't wanna change how they operate from normal business because as soon as you do that, you throw those extra unknowns and the uncertainty.”
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