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Vernon County awarded $400,000 flood-resilience grant; emergency management updates shelters, hazmat and storage plans
Summary
Emergency management reported a $400,000 pre-disaster flood resilience state grant (about $300,000 grant, ~$99,000 county match), shelter memorandum updates, hazmat training, and a storage-facility RFP due March 4; officials also warned of unusually dry conditions and increased brush-fire activity.
Vernon County emergency management told the Public Safety Committee the county received its full-request pre-disaster flood-resilience award and outlined several preparedness and recovery items.
The grant totals $400,000, the presenter said, with $300,000 as the state grant award and roughly $99,000 as the county match. Departments to participate include highway, zoning, land information and land conservation; the work will fund culvert inventory and similar resilience studies for smaller culverts not previously inventoried.
Emergency management also reported that 19 of 23 memorandum-of-understanding shelter…
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