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Sedgwick County emphasizes family and pet preparedness; recognizes EMS lifesaving crew
Summary
Ahead of National Preparedness Month, Sedgwick County urged families to include children and pets in disaster plans and recognized two emergency-management employees for academy completion and a paramedic honored as a hometown hero for a cardiac-arrest save.
Sedgwick County used its Sept. 4 meeting to highlight National Preparedness Month and to urge residents to make household plans that include children and pets. Emergency Management Director Julie Stimpson (speaker 9) described practical steps—meeting locations, kits for 3'4 days and microchipping pets—and said the county will distribute checklists and guidance during September.
The commission also recognized two employees who completed the National Emergency Management Basic Academy and honored Sedgwick County EMS paramedic Julie Hackney and her crew as a hometown hero team after they revived a 68-year-old cardiac arrest patient with multiple rounds of medication and five defibrillations. Hackney, reflecting on the call, said, "I feel like I was just doing my job." County leaders said the recognition underscores the daily lifesaving work of first responders.
