Saturday, December 19, 2009
Pike County "Emergency Management Plan" Meeting
KENTUCKY...
At a meeting of the various department heads for Pike County, plans were devised and assignments of food, medical personnel and equipment were made. The meeting was presided over by Pike County Judge-Executive Wayne T. Rutherford and lasted for the better part of four hours in the conference room of the Pike County Courthouse.
The strategy meeting was sub-divided into three main subject areas, Electrical Power-Water-Health. Plans involving identification of needs for the various departments dealing with the winter disaster were formulated. The tone in the room resembled a War Room, as indeed it dealt with the assignment of personnel and materials. Governor Steve Beshear talked by phone with several persons attending the meeting. He will make an appearance tomorrow (Sunday) at Pike County Central High School and will then tour the Belfry and Phelps area to see first hand the situation.
National Guard troops will also arrive tomorrow (Sunday) and be assigned to their duties. Trucks will be made available to transport food, medical supplies and crucial equipment to areas most severely affected by the snow storm which dumped an average 5 inches on the region.
Paul Hopkins with the Pike County Health Department announced the establishment of a Special Health Needs Center. It will be housed in the East Kentucky Expo Center on the Second Floor. Persons needing the services offered by the SHNC must first call this number for an initial screening...218-3501.
Doug Tackett, Director of the Pike County Emergency Management Office was kept busy during the strategy session locating food and equipment to meet the needs of the thousands suffering from lack of electrical power, food and equipment. Kersoene and propane heaters, chain saws, and food donated by local businesses, and the transportation needed to get these crucial items to the needy took a top priority.
At a meeting of the various department heads for Pike County, plans were devised and assignments of food, medical personnel and equipment were made. The meeting was presided over by Pike County Judge-Executive Wayne T. Rutherford and lasted for the better part of four hours in the conference room of the Pike County Courthouse.
The strategy meeting was sub-divided into three main subject areas, Electrical Power-Water-Health. Plans involving identification of needs for the various departments dealing with the winter disaster were formulated. The tone in the room resembled a War Room, as indeed it dealt with the assignment of personnel and materials. Governor Steve Beshear talked by phone with several persons attending the meeting. He will make an appearance tomorrow (Sunday) at Pike County Central High School and will then tour the Belfry and Phelps area to see first hand the situation.
National Guard troops will also arrive tomorrow (Sunday) and be assigned to their duties. Trucks will be made available to transport food, medical supplies and crucial equipment to areas most severely affected by the snow storm which dumped an average 5 inches on the region.
Paul Hopkins with the Pike County Health Department announced the establishment of a Special Health Needs Center. It will be housed in the East Kentucky Expo Center on the Second Floor. Persons needing the services offered by the SHNC must first call this number for an initial screening...218-3501.
Doug Tackett, Director of the Pike County Emergency Management Office was kept busy during the strategy session locating food and equipment to meet the needs of the thousands suffering from lack of electrical power, food and equipment. Kersoene and propane heaters, chain saws, and food donated by local businesses, and the transportation needed to get these crucial items to the needy took a top priority.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 3:31 PM 
