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Fairfield County emergency managers urge preparedness, explain recovery steps during Severe Weather Awareness Week
Summary
Emergency management staff briefed county leaders on local severe‑weather risks, alert enrollment, and post‑disaster relief paths — including FEMA, SBA loans, Ohio assistance and local seed‑funding needs — and called for residents to document damage and enroll in alerts.
Garrett Blevins, presenter, briefed the Fairfield County Board of Commissioners on Severe Weather Awareness Week and walked through the county’s preparedness and recovery tools.
Blevins described the county’s primary hazards — high winds, tornadoes, hail and flash flooding — and said county staff integrate National Weather Service warning polygons into the county GIS to help trigger official alerts. He noted more than 10,000 residents are enrolled in the county’s local alert systems and that over 20,000 receive weather warnings when polygons intersect siren zones.
He outlined how…
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