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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Would You Be Ready if There Were a Disaster in Inver Grove Heights?

Since 9/11, September has served as National Preparedness Month—the goal of which is to educate the public about how to prepare for all manner of emergencies.

What would you do if Inver Grove saw flash flooding or a Katrina-scale storm? What steps would you take if the Prairie Island Nuclear facility in Red Wing melted down? How about if we found H1N1 in Inver Grove Heights?  According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), September 2012 marks the ninth annual National Preparedness Month, which is sponsored by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in the US Department of Homeland Security. The primary goal of National Preparedness Month is to educate the public about how to prepare for emergencies—including natural disasters, mass casualties, biological and chemical threats, radiation emergencies, and terrorist attacks. "We have a city-wide emergency operations plan in place," Inver …

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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

FEMA Funds Fire Department Message Boards

The IGHFD recently used federal grant money to purchase MNDOT-style signage.

The Inver Grove Heights Fire Department recently purchased two traffic message boards with funds from a $190,065 competitive federal grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency Assistance to Firefighter Grant program. The message boards will allow the department to notify and instruct drivers during an emergency from the safety of their vehicles. “Responder safety is number one,” said Judy Thill, fire chief of the IGHFD. Driver impatience and confusion can put firefighters at risk, explained Thill, who has a strong interest in road safety, and has served on state focus groups and committees relating to the topic. According to Thill, up to 25 percent of all roadway incidents are the result of a previous incident. In Minnesota, …

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