The Marshall County EMA will leave a few things as they are, but update a few other items in its Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan.
A discussion took place Monday morning when Emergency Management Agency Director Clyde Avery approached the Marshall County Commissioners. Several incidences over the past six months required the preparation of “After-Action” reports.
Corrective action was recommended by the state on a few of those incidents, according to Avery.
“A lot of those had to do with incident management, primarily with the implementation of incident command,” says Avery. “The activation of the emergency operations center, either by virtual method or actuality, and communications.”
A bit of discretion is allowed by the local EMA Advisory Board. They voted to leave the County’s Comprehensive Emergency Plan as it is in response to the recommendations.
Avery says his offices and the board have since completed a “Communications Annex” to the Comprehensive plan that puts them in compliance with guidelines for communications systems.
“The biggest part of it is the upgrade in the current 800 mHz system to being P25 compliant,” says Avery. “It included a new template.”
Amateur radio organizations are involved too. The Marshall County Commissioners approved the Comprehensive Plan Revisions unanimously.
The document is designed to address the four areas of emergency management: mitigation, preparation, response, and recovery.
