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Emergency management director presents 200‑page after-action report on recent floods; cites response successes and procedural lessons
Summary
Cobb County EMA director Joe Esway presented a nine‑month, 200‑page after‑action report on the flood response, praised local responders for rapid evacuations, noted a false dam‑failure call that nonetheless likely saved lives, and recommended updates to shelter procedures and hazard‑mitigation planning.
Cobb County Emergency Management Agency Director Joe Esway presented an after-action report on the recent flood that he said took nine months to compile and runs about 200 pages. Esway told the council he reconstructed timelines from 911 tapes and radio transmissions and approached the work as an inspector-general–style review to capture operational strengths and weaknesses.
Esway credited local responders — police, fire, swift-water rescue teams and dispatch staff — for a swift, well-coordinated response that…
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