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North Bay Village emergency manager outlines FEMA changes, Everbridge alerts and CERT plans
Summary
Emergency Manager Rich Waisman reviewed potential FEMA rule changes, the village’s Everbridge notification system, sandbag distributions and plans to stand up a community emergency response (CERT) team to help neighbors after a storm.
Rich Waisman, the village’s emergency manager, described his four core duties — prepare, respond, recover and mitigate — and warned that impending FEMA policy changes could affect future disaster declarations and funding distributions.
Waisman said the village is monitoring FEMA developments and coordinating with Miami-Dade County Department of Emergency Management. He recommended residents sign up for Everbridge alerts and noted sandbag-distribution times and locations will be posted on the village website and social channels. “We’re investigating the creation of what’s called the community emergency response team or a CERT team,” he said, describing volunteer training and equipment to support neighbors after an incident.
Waisman also reviewed the village’s flood-mitigation work, including pumping stations that run on generators. He clarified that the village does not operate an official shelter (the local school sits in a flood zone) and that county-operated shelters — including those that accept pets — are the primary options when evacuations are ordered.
