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Somerville staff say current emergency notification chain will be refined; councilors told mass alerts impractical during active events
Summary
Committee members were briefed June 9 on the city’s emergency-notification procedures. Staff said IGA currently helps route alerts to ward councilors and the administration is working to streamline notification for at-large councilors while minimizing extra burden on emergency personnel during live incidents.
Somerville City staff told the Public Health and Public Safety Committee on June 9 that the city’s current emergency-notification process routes information to ward councilors through the IGA office and that staff are working to refine procedures so at-large councilors receive timely updates without increasing demands on emergency…
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