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Worcester emergency management credits unified command and wireless alert for averting mass injuries during recent storms
Summary
The city's emergency management director described standing up a unified command center, issuing a wireless emergency alert and using a repurposed trailer as a mobile EOC to coordinate response to tornado-related storms at multiple mass gatherings.
Robert Connolly, Director of Emergency Management, told the Public Safety Committee that coordinated planning and a rapid unified command activation helped the city respond to severe weather that affected several large public gatherings.
Connolly said police identified the events as complex a month in advance and requested a unified command. He described deploying a Worcester Unified Command Center and an event action plan; when severe weather…
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