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Caldwell County opens Cages Mountain EMS base, warehouse as FEMA reimbursements return $9M for Hurricane Helen response
Summary
County officials reported April 27 that the newly opened Cages Mountain EMS base has been operational for a week with roughly 40 calls and that an 89,000 sq ft Hickory Springs warehouse is online; staff also said FEMA obligated about $9 million to reimburse county Hurricane Helen expenditures, including roughly $6.1 million for debris removal.
Caldwell County officials reported April 27 that a new Cages Mountain EMS base and a large county warehouse are both online, and county staff said FEMA has obligated roughly $9 million to reimburse county expenditures tied to Hurricane Helen.
County Manager Shane Fox said the Cages Mountain base at 1901 Connley Springs Road, a project discussed for nearly two decades, went into service the previous Monday. "We put this base online last Monday, so we are now seven days in," Fox said. "As of last week's call, we had already ran 40 calls out of that base."
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