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Emergency management briefs commissioners on EOC upgrades, power outage response and CISA partnership

2149246 · January 23, 2025
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The county emergency manager reported upgrades to EOC equipment, volunteer additions, warming center activations during a recent power outage affecting about 1,000 people, and offers of cybersecurity and physical-security assessments from CISA.

Jefferson County’s emergency management director updated commissioners on operations, facility upgrades and disaster partnerships at the Jan. 23 meeting, describing a recent multi-site power outage, new volunteers, EOC computer replacements and potential support from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).

Officials said a power outage in North Madison that stretched to Dupont and other locations affected just under 1,000 people across the day; the county coordinated warming and…

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