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Redmond seeks $36,377 FEMA EMPG funds to build citywide continuity plan and improve AM alert reception
Summary
Redmond staff asked the Committee of the Whole to approve acceptance of a $36,377 Emergency Management Performance Grant to build a city continuity-of-operations plan and upgrade the city’s AM radio alert capability; item was placed on the March 4 consent agenda.
Fire Chief Adrian Shepherd and Emergency Manager Lisa Figueroa told the Committee of the Whole on Feb. 22 that Redmond has applied for and expects to accept an Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) of $36,377 from FEMA, distributed through the State of Washington.
Figueroa said the grant will pay for building out the city’s continuity-of-operations (COOP) plan “so…
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