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Sedgwick County adopts updated emergency operations plan to streamline disaster response
Summary
The Sedgwick County Commission unanimously adopted an updated Local Emergency Operations Plan (LEOP) that trims the county's operations framework and adds incident-scaling guidance; the adoption followed staff remarks about intergovernmental coordination and recovery challenges.
The Sedgwick County Board of County Commissioners on Dec. 3 unanimously adopted a revised Local Emergency Operations Plan, a county framework for preparing for, responding to and recovering from disasters.
Julie Stimpson, the county’s director of emergency management, asked the board to adopt the resolution and described the plan as “the framework the county uses to prepare for, respond to, recover from, and mitigate against, the impacts of disasters.” She told commissioners the document is required by state law and “complies…
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