This week has basically been a continuance of the last couple of weeks. As I’ve mentioned before, Emergency Management is all about being able to successfully multi-task. As of now, I am continuing to make phone calls to each of the municipalities within the county in order to acquire their emergency management information for when it comes to debris management. A common problem that occurs is that individuals do not take this type of situation or information seriously until a disaster/storm hits and the problem actually occurs. That is why the Department of Public Safety strives to make sure they have plans in place for these types of situations and can handle it accordingly and quickly. Remember, “Failing to plan; is planning to fail.”
Not only am I making phone calls, but I am also going through and updating each emergency checklist for the counties Dam Emergency Action Plans. These specific dams are categorized into hazard levels and helps to determine which ones are more at risk than others when storms occur. The checklists that the EOC (Emergency Operations Center) follow are extremely important and list who needs to be contacted and in what order to contact them. The phone numbers and other contact information need to be as up-to-date as possible or it could slow down the process when an emergency occurs and put towns and citizens in danger. I never actually realized just how important the “little things” are when it comes to planning until I started to intern here. I don’t think people realize just how important the Department of Public Safety is and what each person here goes through on a daily basis to make sure the counties residents are safe.
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