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Emergency management: county receives $162,298 FEMA reimbursement; hazard‑mitigation plan complete; public classes announced
Summary
The county's emergency management director reported receipt of $162,298.81 in FEMA reimbursements for four of five projects; the final hazard mitigation plan review is complete and will come to the commission for approval; public Stop the Bleed and evacuation town‑hall events are scheduled.
Storey County's emergency management director, Adam Wilson, told the commission on May 6 that the county received $162,298.81 in FEMA reimbursement for four of five 2023 projects; the fifth project (B Street in Taylor) remains under FEMA review and likely will not be reimbursed until later in the year.
Wilson said the county's hazard mitigation plan review (HMP) is finished and will be presented to the board for approval at the next commission meeting. He also outlined outreach and training events: Stop the Bleed classes on May 22 at the Virginia City Senior Center and incident command classes with NDOT Region 2 staff at the end of the month; he also promoted a community town hall on the June 14 Highlands evacuation exercise scheduled for that evening at 6 p.m. at the Virginia City Highlands Community Center.
Wilson described recent regional trainings, including an integrated Quad County emergency management course and a public health summit, and said the county has good turnout for incident‑command and continuity‑of‑operations exercises.
Why it matters: FEMA reimbursements help county recovery and capital repair budgets. The completed HMP and outreach events are part of preparedness and mitigation work that affect local residents and first responders.
Next steps: The hazard mitigation plan will be placed on the next commission agenda for approval and FEMA will continue processing the remaining 2023 project claim for B Street in Taylor.
