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Emigration Canyon council declines to adopt countywide comprehensive emergency plan, votes 3-2
Summary
After more than an hour of briefing and questions, the Emigration Canyon Municipal Council voted 3–2 against adopting the countywide Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan (CEMP). Council members said they want more time to review annexes and training details; staff were directed to return the item in February.
The Emigration Canyon Municipal Council voted 3–2 against adopting a countywide Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan after a lengthy presentation and discussion on the plan’s scope, training and staffing.
The plan, presented to the council as a replacement and expansion of the district’s existing emergency operations plan (EOP), is meant to move beyond response and recovery to include mitigation, preparedness and hazard-specific annexes. Proponents said the CEMP would fold the EOP into a single “foundation” document and permit faster development of annexes addressing wildland fire, evacuation, alerting and other local risks.
Brian Buckout, municipal emergency management planner for the Metropolitan Service District (MSD), told the council the CEMP “absorbs” the EOP and adds hazard-specific appendices and FEMA-style…
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