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Newberry County emergency staff review response to ice and snow storms, seek FEMA reimbursement
Summary
Emergency services director Tommy Long told County Council the county activated its EOC for an ice event, opened a shelter at Goldman School and used a warming center; the ice event is a state-declared incident and may be eligible for FEMA reimbursement. Staff will circulate an after-action email for council feedback.
Emergency Services Director Tommy Long told Newberry County Council on Feb. 4 that county emergency staff held multiagency briefings and activated the emergency operations center (EOC) to coordinate response to a recent state-declared ice storm and a later snow event.
"We held daily briefings about 3 days prior to the event at the EOC," Long said, describing broad participation by county agencies and partners. For the ice event the county…
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