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Sedgwick County emergency management highlights volunteer growth and emergency‑preparedness center need
Summary
Emergency Management Director Julie Stimpson reported the department is largely fully staffed, managing 250–275 volunteers, and described the emergency preparedness center and an ongoing outdoor warning system CIP as priorities to resolve equipment and logistics challenges.
Julie Stimpson, director of Sedgwick County Emergency Management, told commissioners her office is largely fully staffed and that volunteers are a force multiplier but create administrative burdens.
“We have about 250 to 275 volunteers,” Stimpson said, describing Community Emergency Response Team, canine search and amateur radio…
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