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Atchison County appoints James Stewart as emergency management director and adopts Region K hazard mitigation plan
Summary
The county commission approved Lieutenant James Stewart’s appointment as emergency management director and adopted the FEMA-reviewed Region K hazard mitigation plan, actions the board said preserve eligibility for several federal mitigation grants.
Lieutenant James Stewart, recently designated to serve as Atchison County’s emergency management director, was formally appointed by the county commission and given authority to represent the county to the Kansas Department of Emergency Management.
Stewart, who said he has spent the past months reviewing mutual-aid agreements and the county Emergency Operations Plan, told commissioners he is positioning the office to update the EOP, run a full-scale HAZMAT exercise and…
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