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Adams County emergency teams report lessons learned after May EF-2 tornado; officials highlight shelter readiness and need for staffing protocols
Summary
Sheriff’s Office and Office of Emergency Management presented an after-action review of an EF-2 tornado near Bennett, highlighting quick activation of an emergency operations center and a disaster assistance center, while recommending clearer staffing protocols, joint public information processes and sheltering agreements.
The Adams County Sheriff’s Office and the county’s Office of Emergency Management (OEM) briefed the Board of County Commissioners on an after-action review of an EF-2 tornado that struck east Adams County in May, describing strengths in the response and identifying improvements for future severe-weather incidents.
Sheriff Jean Claps and Michael Beam of OEM said the county’s emergency operation center (EOC) was staffed rapidly, initial situation reports were issued within 90 minutes and partners stood up a disaster-assistance center two days after the event. OEM staff credited quick damage quantification tools and praised the coordinated effort by county departments, the town of Bennett, Red Cross, utilities and fire…
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