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Emergency management presents quarterly plan, warns of likely EMPG cut and schedules IPP workshop
Summary
The county emergency manager summarized training, equipment, and planning priorities tied to the Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) and scheduled an Integrated Preparedness Plan workshop for Feb. 26; staff said FEMA reduced EMPG allocations and predicted further cuts.
Rich, the county’s emergency-management lead, delivered the quarterly update on Jan. 9, reporting on grants, planning, training and equipment for Chaffee County’s emergency services.
Grant funding: Rich said the 2024 Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) award was roughly $60,000 (down from prior years’ amounts he recalled), and that FEMA reduced match funding nationally — he estimated a further cut of at least 10% for the 2025 EMPG award. He said the EMPG typically covers about 50% of the emergency management office’s operating costs; Don (a county administrator referenced in the meeting) reviews and signs the application before submission. The 2025 EMPG application is due next week, Rich said, and the work plan mirrors prior years with quarterly…
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