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County says emergency operations handled rare blizzard; crews cleared roads, dispatch workloads spiked
Summary
County manager and emergency-management staff described activation of the emergency operations center, extensive snow-clearing, increased emergency-dispatch activity and interagency coordination during a Jan. blizzard.
Johnson County officials told commissioners Jan. 9 that county emergency operations, public-works crews and first responders worked extended hours to respond to a late-winter blizzard that brought rare, heavy snowfall to the metro area.
County Manager Penny Postoak Ferguson and emergency management staff described a coordinated response that included activating the county Emergency Operations Center (EOC), extended public-works clearing shifts and heavy demand on emergency dispatch services.
“Some parts of Johnson County received over a foot of snow,” County Manager Penny Postoak Ferguson said, and she thanked frontline staff across…
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