GATHERED
TODAY (WEDNESDAY) TO DISCUSS THE
FIRES AROUND LEWIS AND CLARK
COUNTY, AND HOW TO MITIGATE
WILDFIRE RISK GOING
FORWARD.THE COUNTY'S LOCAL
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
COMMITTEE MET FOR THEIR MONTHLY
MEETING.COUNTY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR REESE MARTIN
BRIEFED THE COMMITTEE ON THE
LARGEST FIRES IN THE AREA.MARTIN
ALSO SAID THE COUNTY WILL APPLY
FOR A GRANT FROM FEMA, TO HELP
PAY FOR HAZARD MITIGATIO
WORK.HE ASKED COMMITTEE MEMBERS
FOR STRUCTURES AND
AREAS THEY THINK NEED GREATER
PROTECTION.THE COMMITTEE
INCLUDES REPRESENTATIVES FROM A
VARIETY OF GROUPS.FROM LAW
ENFORCEMENT, TO THE SALVATION
ARMY, TO LOCAL CARE
PROVIDERS.###




{”L-E-P-C WORKS FOR THE COUNTY,
AND THAT INCLUDES ALL THE
RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTY.
SO WE DO WANT TO HEAR DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVES, DIFFERENT ANGLES
ON WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IN A
DISASTER, WHAT WE MIGHT NEED TO
ADDRESS.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF EXPERTISE
IN THIS ROOM, AND WE
REALLY VALUE IT AND LEARN A LOT
FROM IT.”}[***JULIE***]THE
COMMITTEE ALSO
DISCUSSED THE AFTERMATH OF THIS
SPRING'S FLOODING, AND WAYS TO
IMPROVE THEIR RESPONSE TO A
FUTURE FLOODING EVENT.###
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