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New emergency-management lead outlines ham-radio backup, hazard-mitigation work and Starlink proposal
Summary
Sergeant Lance Best, newly leading emergency management, described district preparedness structures, ham-radio backup communications, the county hazard-mitigation plan and a proposal to outfit a deployable trailer with Starlink internet to support field operations. He also flagged potential state wildfire interface mapping and related insurance/fee implications.
Sergeant Lance Best, newly assigned as the city’s emergency-management lead, briefed the council on Sept. 16 about preparedness programs, intercity coordination, drills and equipment priorities.
Best told the council the emergency-management program runs district and precinct structures with block captains who collect and report immediate neighborhood status during incidents; those reports feed the city’s emergency operations center. He said the East-Side Emergency Managers group meets regularly with neighboring cities and that the city participates in county-led multi-jurisdictional hazard-planning work.
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