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Douglas County adopts updated emergency operations plan, highlights siren maintenance and NIMS alignment
Summary
The Douglas County Board unanimously approved an updated Local Emergency Operations Plan after a presentation outlining statutory duties, National Incident Management System alignment and training exercises; officials warned aging warning sirens will need costly replacements despite added redundancy and preventive maintenance.
Whitney Shipley, the county’s director of emergency management, presented the Douglas County Board of Commissioners with a revised Local Emergency Operations Plan (LEOP) and explained why the board must formally approve updates every five years.
Shipley said the plan fulfills statutory obligations under the Nebraska Emergency Management Act and integrates local procedures with federal processes established under the U.S. Stafford Act and the National Incident Management System. "We have had five presidentially declared disasters in the past two years," Shipley said, citing the increased…
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