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Emergency Management reports on grants, wildfire plan and portable generator options

Jerome County Board of Commissioners · March 16, 2026

Summary

Emergency Management coordinator updated the Board on DHS grant processing, local trainings including an ammonia preparedness briefing, work on the county wildfire protection plan, and options for portable generators in coordination with the City of Jerome and the American Red Cross.

Kirsten Hartley updated the Board on grant processing through the Department of Homeland Security and trainings she attended, including a local emergency preparedness presentation about ammonia in the Magic Valley. She said she is working on a county wildfire protection plan.

Hartley also described options for locating portable generators, outreach to the City of Jerome and the American Red Cross about available equipment, consideration of reusing a previous Administration Offices generator and the need to retain insurance on that unit. She said she had been added to the list of personnel notified of road closures.

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