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Emergency management reviews winter-storm response, urges residents to use NOAA radios and apps
Summary
Emergency Management Director Joy Scott briefed the Hardin County Fiscal Court on storm response efforts: 96 operational hours, EOC activation, shelters, and interagency coordination. She warned that outdoor tornado sirens are not intended to wake people indoors and urged residents to sign up for county alerts or keep NOAA weather radios.
Emergency Management Director Joy Scott told the Hardin County Fiscal Court on Feb. 11 that county emergency teams logged 96 operational hours during recent winter-storm activity, activated the Emergency Operations Center (EOC), opened shelters and conducted an after-action review to identify improvements.
Scott said the office participated in multiple conference calls with the National Weather Service and local forecasters and attended coordination meetings with partners including the Red Cross and Fort Knox. "We put in a total of 96 operational hours," she said, summarizing winter preparations and response.
She listed incidents the office responded to during the period: two school-bus accidents (one on Bardstown Road and one on Battle Trainer Road/Dixie Highway), an I-65 semi accident with fuel spill near mile marker 97, and an illegal-dumping investigation in Sonora. Scott praised cross-agency teamwork — Hardin County 9-1-1, the road department, the jail and the coroner’s office all assisted during response operations, she said.
Scott emphasized public-notification practices: outdoor tornado sirens are intended for people outdoors and larger gatherings and should not be relied on to wake residents at night. She advised that households maintain NOAA Weather Radios, sign up for county alert systems and use phone apps or cell alerts as backup.
Scott also noted training updates: the state revised the Incident Command System (ICS) training ("system 300") and staff attended a 24-hour course to align with the new requirement.
No formal action was requested; Scott’s report was informational.
