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Somerset County emergency management adds IPAWS capability and starts pet-response team
Summary
The county’s new deputy director reported implementation of IPAWS wireless emergency alerts, improvements to sheltering and prestaged equipment, and the creation of a community animal response team to help residents evacuate with pets; quarterly resiliency meetings were also launched.
Somerset County’s emergency-management deputy director told commissioners the department has completed work to send Wireless Emergency Alerts (via IPAWS) to targeted areas of the county, expanded sheltering plans and prestaging of equipment, and stood up a community animal response team to assist people who bring pets to shelters.
The deputy director,…
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