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Emergency management outlines CERT training, staging trailers and concerns about state radio funding
Summary
Dickinson County emergency management announced a CERT course in early November, plans to buy staging trailers with Homeland Security funds (now subject to a shorter spending window), and warned the state may begin charging subscriber fees for the 800 MHz radio system built with regional grant money.
Chancey Smith, Dickinson County Emergency Management, briefed the commission on community emergency training, equipment plans and concerns about the statewide 800 MHz radio system.
Smith said he will run a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) course in the courthouse basement from Nov. 3–7 (6–8 p.m. nightly) and intends to conduct a full-scale exercise at the sheriff's range afterward; he also noted some statements during the meeting referenced Nov. 3–8 and that schedule details will be…
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