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Commissioners weigh moving EMA, HAZMAT and sheriff equipment from coroner’s building; ARPA funds eyed for move
Summary
Police, fire and EMA leaders told commissioners the coroner’s building storage arrangement is hindering emergency access; county leaders discussed using ARPA money to relocate equipment and securing sheriff assets in an engineer-owned garage as a quicker, lower-cost option.
County public-safety leaders told commissioners that emergency-response teams and the emergency management agency (EMA) cannot reliably access hazmat and specialized equipment while the items are co-located in the county coroner’s building.
Representatives of the county’s emergency services, hazmat teams and the sheriff’s office said the coroner’s building has limited access during autopsies and other coroner operations and lacks secure, readily accessible storage. Attendees said equipment retrieval was slowed…
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