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Knoxville Knox County Emergency Management outlines disaster response and urges household preparedness
Summary
The director of Knoxville‑Knox County Emergency Management described the role of the emergency operations center, recent activations (including a nine‑day winter storm activation), and urged residents to create household emergency plans and kits and to identify meeting locations for communication failures.
Colin Ickes, director of the Knoxville‑Knox County Emergency Management Agency, told the Police Advisory and Review Committee that the agency coordinates local planning and response for major emergencies and disasters, and that the city and county are seeing major events more frequently.
"Our role is to prepare for major emergencies and disasters, and when they do occur, to coordinate and support the response on behalf of local government," Ickes said.
Ickes described the agency’s role operating the local emergency operations center —…
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