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Nevada County convenes mayors, chiefs and state partners to tighten regional emergency preparedness
Summary
Elected leaders and first-responder chiefs met in a joint Nevada County session to press for better cross-jurisdictional communications, clearer evacuation planning, more vegetation management and legislative fixes to speed hazard mitigation work.
Elected officials and emergency-service leaders from Nevada County, Nevada City, Grass Valley and Truckee met in a joint session to review regional emergency-preparedness priorities, with a consistent focus on communications, evacuation routes, vegetation management and workforce capacity.
Chair Bullock opened the informational meeting by stressing the goal was to produce actionable takeaways for staff and OES partners while noting that no formal actions would be taken at the session. Craig Griesbach, Nevada County Office of Emergency Services director, framed the county’s objective as creating “an oasis here in Nevada County in the face of disaster” by combining planning, mitigation, response and recovery.
Local officials emphasized communications and unified public messaging as top…
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