Emergency Management director outlines training, volunteer coordination and modest budget increases

Jul 31, 2026

Emergency Management Director Andrew Delgado briefed commissioners on recent vulnerability assessments, search-and-rescue activity, a volunteer-coordinator effort and modest budget changes including a 4% COLA assumption and overtime contingencies; he announced a $100-per-ticket fundraiser for search-and-rescue.

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Andrew Delgado, the county’s Emergency Management director, told the board the office provided a vulnerability assessment to a local entity this month and helped search-and-rescue teams at summer camps. "We rated some of their plans, training, physical security," Delgado said, and described regional training he hosted to improve personnel and equipment tracking for large incidents.

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