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Vernon County emergency management wins grants, orders radios and hazmat gear
Summary
Emergency management reported a BRIC grant extension, a $400,000 pre‑disaster mitigation award (per the director), and purchase plans for air meters, portable radios and trailer tires; several expenses will be reimbursed by grants, officials said.
Vernon County’s emergency management director told the committee the county received a grant extension for the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) project and said a pre‑disaster mitigation application seeking about $400,000 — including match — was awarded, according to the director’s remarks.
The director said the county will receive an air‑monitoring meter paid from a statewide hazmat equipment grant ($2,996 reported) and has equipment grant reimbursements coming for a mobile radio and for three portable radios priced in the transcript at $4,755.87. The director also reported replacing eight tires on two emergency trailers at a combined installed cost of $895; the total month’s emergency management invoices were presented as $15,953.70.
“We got a grant extension through 2025, which is huge,” the emergency management director said of the BRIC work with highway, zoning, GIS and land‑and‑water partners. “We requested dollars 400,000 per grant. … They awarded us that full amount. We’ll get the official letter sometime here in January.”
The director also reviewed other ongoing grant work: a generator grant for county facilities still under review, fiscal‑year closeouts for grants that fund the emergency management position, and a storage‑facility design returned by the engineer. He said closeout paperwork for FY24 grants should be completed before the end of the month and that closeout reimbursements are expected to be paid this year.
The director described recent training exercises, a tabletop for an ammonia release at a border facility with Monroe County, and a planned annual full hazmat training and state lab sampling protocol session in Fennimore. He also said the county assisted with a December active‑threat and reunification training that included school reunification procedures used across the county.
The committee asked questions about large spills on the Mississippi River and were told the county maintains an 8‑inch river boom and coordinates with regional partners for larger incidents.
