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Health department to assemble 100 disaster kits in Hillsboro; drills and trainings under way
Summary
Vernon County Health Department staff reported plans to assemble 100 disaster kits in Hillsboro in collaboration with Gundersen St. Joseph’s Hillsboro and summarized recent preparedness trainings and HAZMAT response coordination.
Vernon County Health Officer Amy Kleiber reported preparedness activities including a disaster-kit build planned in Hillsboro to distribute kits to 100 families. The event will supply 5-gallon buckets containing items such as a weather radio and medication lock box.
The minutes note recent trainings and drills: a spontaneous volunteer refresher course, WebEOC and Weaver test drills, and collaboration with emergency management. Kleiber also reviewed a recent HAZMAT response to a lithium battery fire with an associated hydrogen fluoride release; La Crosse County HAZMAT assisted. The board received these updates as informational and did not record additional directives.
