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Emergency management highlights NewCanaanAlerts signup growth, FEMA reimbursements and radio‑system planning
Summary
Town emergency management director Russ Kimes reported expanded emergency communications, school reunification exercises and ongoing planning to maintain the town’s radio system; he said NewCanaanAlerts now has roughly 2,000 signups and the town expects more than $100,000 in FEMA public‑assistance reimbursements for 2024 flood response.
Russ Kimes, New Canaan’s emergency management director, told the Board the town has broadened public communications by leveraging an existing emergency notification platform into a general town newsletter and departmental messaging. "We have somewhere in the neighborhood of 2,000, individuals signed up out of 7,000 homes," Kimes said, adding that multiple departments now use the platform for notifications.
Kimes listed major events and responses from the prior year, including August 2024 flooding, presidential election planning, an earthquake in April 2024 and a fall…
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