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Harvey County leaders praise coordinated response after Jan. ice storm
Summary
County emergency management, dispatch and road crews described a coordinated response to a winter ice event Jan. 4–6, saying pre-treatment and interagency communications limited damage and kept most roads passable.
Harvey County officials credited advance planning and coordinated operations for limiting harm during an ice-and-freezing-precipitation event over the Jan. 4–6 weekend.
“Yet again, this was another great team effort that we've seen here in Harvey County,” said Mike Anderson, Harvey County Emergency Management, telling the commission the Emergency Operations Center was on standby from Saturday at 8 a.m. until Monday at 8 p.m. He said the county built remote activation plans to handle the possibility of concurrent travel and power interruptions.
The county’s 911 and dispatch…
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