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Christian County emergency management reports volunteer growth, training and recent deployments
Summary
Assistant Director Jamie Orlando gave a first-quarter report on April 17: CERT training graduations, volunteer growth, a long-term recovery workshop and several deployments including search-and-rescue and dialysis-transport assistance; staff encouraged residents to sign up for weather emails and preparedness briefings.
Jamie Orlando, assistant director for Christian County Emergency Management, presented a quarter‑one report on April 17 highlighting training, volunteer recruitment and deployments.
Orlando said the county has trained roughly 1,600 people through its programs since the start of the initiative and that about 100 volunteers are active now, with a new CERT class adding roughly a dozen volunteers. "We have trained, I believe, close to 1,600 people in the county ... Of those, I would estimate that we have about a hundred active volunteers," Orlando said.
Recent activity included a long-term recovery workshop and a tornado exercise with about 35 attendees and a written after-action report; a regional volunteer conference with roughly 99 attendees that generated about 825 hours of training; storm-spotter classes coordinated with the National Weather Service; deployments to assist dialysis appointments; fire-core deployments supporting first responders; and a MOSART search-and-rescue deployment that located an individual who was later found deceased.
Commissioners asked about the volume and content of weather-briefing emails the office distributes; Orlando and staff said they send detailed briefings and maintain a link to a National Weather Service packet on the emergency management website. The commission praised staff and volunteer contributions and noted the small full- and part-time staff supporting the programs.
Orlando said the office planned continued training and outreach and invited residents to contact emergency management to sign up for emails and volunteer opportunities.
