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City'9s emergency-preparedness liaison lists drills, hazard-mitigation updates
Summary
Jason Jones, the city liaison to the Emergency Preparedness Committee, described interagency coordination, ham-radio testing for events, an updated five-year hazard mitigation plan coming for promulgation, and purchases of AEDs for city sites.
Jason Jones, the city staff liaison for the Emergency Preparedness Committee, reviewed activities the committee has completed over the past year and asked councilmembers for questions and continued support. He described coordination with neighboring cities and agencies, training exercises, ham-radio readiness at events, and an upcoming presentation of the updated hazard mitigation plan for adoption.
"We also, participated in the Utah great shakeout, the earthquake exercise," Jones said, listing exercises and technology tests undertaken by the committee. He added the committee used ham-radio volunteers across events including town-day parades and has purchased three AEDs to replace expiring units at city facilities. Jones also said the hazard-mitigation plan is updated every five years and will be presented to the mayor for eventual council promulgation.
Why it matters: an updated hazard-mitigation plan and maintained volunteer communications capabilities improve the city'9s readiness for emergencies and help coordinate mutual aid and public-information operations in disasters.
