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Select Board approves updated local emergency management plan and discusses siren upgrade
Summary
The board approved an updated Local Emergency Management Plan (LEMP) that updates personnel, communication locations and proposes repurposing the firehouse siren as a civil‑defense warning; the emergency director will return with cost estimates.
Greg Leggis, the town’s emergency management director, presented a concise update to the Local Emergency Management Plan and asked the Select Board to approve it for submission to the state. The plan updates named personnel and posting locations and adds an AM radio liaison to expand communications in the event of prolonged outages.
Leggis proposed repairing the fire‑department siren and turning it into a civil‑defense warning for events such as dam breaches. “I’m proposing…to turn that siren in the fire department into a civil defense warning,” he said, and offered to contribute his $500 emergency‑management budget toward initial costs while the town pursues estimates. The board voted by voice to approve the plan and directed Leggis to pursue cost estimates and return with specifics.
Leggis also noted he is pursuing a cot replacement inventory and a pet‑shelter grant; the board asked him to redact personal contact data before wider public posting of the plan document.
