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Bannock County partners with Idaho State University on BRIC grant to strengthen emergency preparedness
Summary
Office of Emergency Management described a multi-part BRIC-funded effort with Idaho State University to improve resilience mapping, community outreach and capacity-building; staff to use ISU analysis to seek further grant funding.
Wes Jones, director of the Bannock County Office of Emergency Management, briefed commissioners on a multi-pronged resilience project coordinated with Idaho State University under a BRIC (Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities) grant.
Jones said ISU is conducting analysis and a capacity diagnosis that county staff will use to identify needs—such as GIS work for wildland‑urban interface mapping and rural addressing—so the county can pursue…
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