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Fire chief urges unified ‘one voice’ messaging as Tamarac readies for hurricane season
Summary
Fire Chief Jonathan Fraser told the City Commission that the city’s incident command system will lead during emergencies, urged commissioners to empower the city manager and the PIO for a single verified message, and outlined sign-ups, sandbag distribution and site‑security plans ahead of June 1.
Fire Chief Jonathan Fraser told the Tamarac City Commission on May 11 that hurricane season preparations are well underway and that the city will operate under an incident command structure when an emergency is declared.
“Everybody’s got a plan until they get punched in the mouth,” Fraser told the commission, urging officials to rely on the city’s incident command and public information office during a storm. He asked the commission to “empower the city manager” to request necessary emergency expenditures and to direct the city’s single public-information voice so residents receive consistent, verified instructions.
Fraser and the city’s emergency management staff described several immediate steps for community…
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