Emergency manager details grant activity, wildfire response and reimbursements
Summary
Region 51 Emergency Manager Brandon Meyers reported on recent grant submissions and reimbursements, mutual‑aid wildfire response including the Cottonwood fire, ongoing hazard-mitigation plan updates, training and outreach activities, and the slow state/federal reimbursement timeline.
Brandon Meyers, Region 51 Emergency Manager, updated the board on quarterly grant work, mutual‑aid responses and hazard‑mitigation activity.
Meyers said his office has been preparing 2025 emergency management program (EMPG) and hazard‑mitigation grant submissions and working through 2024 hazard‑mitigation reimbursement requests. He reviewed coordination with neighboring counties on quarterly budgets and noted that county hazard‑mitigation plans and LEOPs are being updated. Meyers also outlined extensive training, exercises and public outreach conducted this quarter, including volunteer and medical‑reserve work, school presentations and participation in Nebraska Land Days and other events.
On wildfire response he briefed the board on the Conwood/Cottonwood fire, which he said burned about 129,000 acres and required multi‑jurisdictional incident teams and reimbursement work that remains in process. He told commissioners federal and state reimbursement processes remain slow, in part because of backlogs at state agencies; several projects remain open pending final documentation.
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