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North Las Vegas proclaims August 2025 Emergency Management Awareness Month, honors local responders
Summary
The council recognized local emergency-management personnel for recent deployments to Texas floods and declared August 2025 Emergency Management Awareness Month; city emergency manager Ben Erickson accepted the proclamation and described a 'ready and resilient' outreach campaign.
The North Las Vegas City Council read a proclamation declaring August 2025 as National Emergency Management Awareness Month in the city and presented certificates to personnel who deployed with Nevada Task Force 1 to assist during July flooding in Kerr County, Texas.
Mayor Goins Brown and council members thanked emergency managers and first responders for their service. The mayor highlighted Jeremy Hines' role as a technical information specialist who created mission maps and supported search efforts; Captain Michael Rogers and his canine partner Pop Tart were recognized though Rogers was not present to accept his certificate in person.
Ben Erickson, the city's emergency manager, accepted the proclamation and outlined the city's new "ready and resilient" campaign intended to increase community preparedness and resilience. "It's an honor to take this proclamation," Erickson said, and he thanked his team including administrative staff and deployed personnel. Erickson said the city will post campaign materials and improvements on the city's website and encouraged community participation in preparedness efforts.
Council members and staff noted that the NVTF1 deployments supported situational awareness and search-and-rescue coordination during the Texas response. Details about any follow-up training schedules or specific budget support for the campaign were not provided at the meeting and remain "not specified."
