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Sumner County emergency management briefs commissioners on storm response; agencies cite heavy call volumes and continuing outages
Summary
EMA director Ken Weidner reported on county response to the January ice storm, noting thousands of calls and dispatches, evacuations at assisted-living facilities, generator/fuel preparations and ongoing coordination with mayors for debris removal and individual assistance registration.
Sumner County Emergency Management Director Ken Weidner gave commissioners a detailed report on the county’s response to the late-January ice storm, describing high call volumes, evacuation activity at assisted-living facilities and continuing utility outages.
Weidner said county planning began as early as Jan. 11 as forecasts shifted, and coordination took place across law enforcement, fire, EMS, highway crews, utilities and municipal leaders. He reported that the ECC…
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