Severe Thunderstorm Season 2017 is flying by! Spring is already here and summer is quickly approaching! Is your home, car, work, school pre-

pared for severe thunderstorms and flooding? Prepare your emergency kits, make a plan and remember if there is

water over the road “Turn Around, Don’t Drown!”

In this issue:

Joint Communications Cut-Over

MU POD

Severe Thunderstorm Season

CERT Training

OEM Calendar

BE PREPARED. STAY SAFE.

Office of Emergency Management Newsletter, April 2017

Our Mission is to provide a comprehensive and integrated emergency management system that coordinates community resources to

protect lives, property and the environment through mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery from all natural and manmade

hazards that may impact our county.

Check us out online: https://www.facebook.com/BooneCountyOEM/ https://twitter.com/boonecountyOEM

University of Missouri MMR Point of Dispensing

On February 15th—17th, the Office of Emergency Management provided

support to the University of Missouri as they held a MMR booster point of

dispensing (POD). This POD was conducted to provide a MMR booster to MU

students to aid in controlling the Mumps outbreak on campus. Over the three

day POD approximately 1,5000 vaccinations were given. OEM staff provided

assistance in planning, student check in, and check out operations.

Joint Communications Cut-Over

The Office of Emergency Management is very excited that Joint Communications made the transition to the Emergency Communications Center between 2:00 AM and 11:00 AM on April 6th. Joint Communications is now dispatching out of the Emergency Communications Center. After the successful transition directors and managers of 911, OEM and IT hosted a BBQ for ECC employees. Their new address is: 2145 County Drive, Columbia, MO 65202. The new main administrative line is: 573-554-1000. The public non-emergency reporting number remains the same: 573-442-6131.

Holiday OEM Staff Event Public Event

April 13: CERT Meeting

April16: Easter

April 17: Tax Day

April 19: LEPC Quarterly Meeting

April 25: FMACC Regional Exercise

April 27: FMACC Regional Exercise After Action Review

May 4: EOC Activation Workshop #5

May 4: NOAA Weather Radio Day at Orschlen’s

May 8: Truman Day

May 11: Management of Spontaneous Volunteers in

Disasters Training

May 14: Mothers Day

May 18: LEPC Tabletop Exercise

May 23-25: CERT Train the Trainer

May 29: Memorial Day

June 6: Social Media Tools and Techniques Training

June 18: Fathers Day

OEM Calendar

Boone County Community Emergency Response Team

On March 10th-13th OEM in conjunction with the Boone County Fire Protection District hosted a Community

Emergency Response Team Basic Training for new members of Boone County (CERT). The training was held at the

Boone County Fire Protection District Training Center on Roger I Wilson Memorial Drive. It was a three day, 20-hour

course that trained members on emergency management, fire suppression, first aid, medical triage, and light search

and rescue. Upon conclusion of the course, we proudly welcomed 16 new members to the team, including three of

our staff members—Tom Hurley, Elizabeth Thompson, and Jordan Wright. Our staff members will attend further train-

ing in May to become course instructors.

These individuals are now able to assist first responders in the event of a large scale emergency or disaster. They have

the skills needed to ensure their families, homes, and neighbors are checked on, and provided for, in the initial

response effort post disaster. During prolonged events they will be able to aid in tasks such as wide area search, light

search and rescue, triage and prioritizing of victims, and many other functions.