July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Group brainstorms on hazards
Group brainstorms on hazards
About 20 residents met Thursday to brainstorm ideas on how to better prepare Jay County to deal with natural disasters and accidents in the process of forming a hazard mitigation plan.
Residents and several public officials worked with representatives from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis' Polis Center to identify areas that could use improvement to help Jay County handle potential future disasters.
The Polis Center's mitigation planner Laura Danielson led the discussion and asked for ways the county might increase public safety in case of fire, tornado, flood, earthquake, winter storms, power outages or hazardous spills among others.
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"These are just to get your brains moving about some of these ideas," she said. "We're brainstorming with the idea that funding would be available (to execute improvements)."
Redkey town board member Teri Taylor came with a list of Redkey-specific improvements, which Danielson used as a jumping-off point to explore and expand on similar issues existed in other parts of the county.
The workgroup discussed several topics including warning sirens, generators, public education, training and equipment, emergency notification systems, combined sewer overflows, flood insurance, and rail and traffic considerations among many other issues.
The ideas collected during the meeting will be folded into the draft plan and returned to the county's Hazus Committee.
"We'll take these back and develop the rest of the plan," Danielson said, at which point the committee will have a chance to review and make changes. "Please keep in mind this is your plan, not ours."
Danielson said that once the committee finishes making amendments to that copy it should be in a format that's "ready to be adopted."
Jay County Emergency Management director Ralph Frazee said Thursday's session was a success even though not all areas were represented.
"I thought the brainstorming went OK," he said. "... I thought there were a lot of good things brought up. If there are things we can do to make that plan work and mitigate some of the concerns, then I think it'll be helpful."[[In-content Ad]]
Residents and several public officials worked with representatives from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis' Polis Center to identify areas that could use improvement to help Jay County handle potential future disasters.
The Polis Center's mitigation planner Laura Danielson led the discussion and asked for ways the county might increase public safety in case of fire, tornado, flood, earthquake, winter storms, power outages or hazardous spills among others.
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"These are just to get your brains moving about some of these ideas," she said. "We're brainstorming with the idea that funding would be available (to execute improvements)."
Redkey town board member Teri Taylor came with a list of Redkey-specific improvements, which Danielson used as a jumping-off point to explore and expand on similar issues existed in other parts of the county.
The workgroup discussed several topics including warning sirens, generators, public education, training and equipment, emergency notification systems, combined sewer overflows, flood insurance, and rail and traffic considerations among many other issues.
The ideas collected during the meeting will be folded into the draft plan and returned to the county's Hazus Committee.
"We'll take these back and develop the rest of the plan," Danielson said, at which point the committee will have a chance to review and make changes. "Please keep in mind this is your plan, not ours."
Danielson said that once the committee finishes making amendments to that copy it should be in a format that's "ready to be adopted."
Jay County Emergency Management director Ralph Frazee said Thursday's session was a success even though not all areas were represented.
"I thought the brainstorming went OK," he said. "... I thought there were a lot of good things brought up. If there are things we can do to make that plan work and mitigate some of the concerns, then I think it'll be helpful."[[In-content Ad]]
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