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County planner briefs Copperton on 'Up Ahead' app, IPAWS and emergency messaging best practices
Summary
Salt Lake County municipal planner Madison Warner briefed the council on emergency-communications options including the opt-in 'Up Ahead' app for local updates and IPAWS for life-safety alerts, recommended PIO designation, liaison lists, pre-written third-grade-level messages and FEMA/NIMS training.
Madison Warner, municipal planner with Salt Lake County Emergency Management, walked the Copperton Town Council through emergency-communications tools and best practices, distinguishing the opt-in 'Up Ahead' app from federally managed IPAWS alerts and explaining internal steps for incident response.
Warner described 'Up Ahead' as an opt-in messaging tool useful for…
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