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Marshall County EMA outlines HazMat response lessons, schedules public safety town hall for Dec. 4
Summary
EMA director gave a quarterly report that covered July–September incidents including a multi-day hazmat release, grant and planning updates, outreach at a senior expo, and proposed two public town-hall sessions on Dec. 4 for public safety stakeholders.
Marshall County Emergency Management Agency Director Jack presented the EMA quarterly report at the Oct. 20 Board of Commissioners meeting, describing recent incident responses, grant activity, planning and outreach and asking to use the county meeting room for a public safety town hall on Dec. 4.
Jack told commissioners EMA coordinated with the National Weather Service during severe weather at the county fair and Lake Fest in July and assisted on-scene decision-making. He reported a multi-day hazmat release at Centus on Aug. 14 that required a multi-agency response, deployment of lighting to work overnight, and mutual aid from South Bend, Elkhart and Warsaw hazmat teams because of the…
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