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Emergency management and EMS outline hurricane-season preparations; county adds ambulances and shelter assets
Summary
County emergency management and EMS briefed the board on hurricane-season readiness, shelter capacity and new EMS equipment and ambulances, and urged residents to sign up for alert systems.
Westmoreland County emergency management and EMS staff briefed the Board of Supervisors on hurricane-season preparedness, shelter capacity and recent investments in emergency medical equipment.
Chief Byrd, representing emergency services, said education and preparedness are central ahead of the Atlantic hurricane season that began June 1. Staff urged residents to sign up for the county alert system (RAVE/CodeRed) and to know their evacuation zone; county staff said about 3,500–4,000 residents are signed up so far and that the county plans outreach to increase enrollment. Chief Byrd described the county’s flood and surge vulnerabilities,…
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