Tag: FEMA
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Local EMA officials hope public will note upcoming national emergency alert test on October 4
This is a test, it is only a test. That’s what everyone will need to remember when the clock strikes 2:20 p.m. on Wednesday, October 4, 2023, and a nationwide emergency alert test will occur and send alerts out on televisions, radios and phones. So when you hear the tones or get buzzes on your…
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CERT Team gets County Commission approval, applications being taken until October 1
Polk County’s Board of Commissioners gave their thumbs up for the Emergency Management Agency to form a new Community Emergency Response Team, and the application process for volunteers to take part is now open through the end of September. County Commissioners voted unanimously to allow the EMA to form the team, approve their bylaws and…
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Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium is set to host a mass COVID-19 vaccine site. (Mercedes-Benz Stadium photo) Temporary COVID-19 vaccine site to open in Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Beau Evans of Capitol Beat News Service provided this content for Polk.Today and other readers around Georgia to enjoy. Find additional state and political news at Capitol-beat.org. Federal officials are planning to open a temporary mass COVID-19 vaccination site at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in downtown Atlanta, adding to several other large vaccine sites scattered across Georgia. The…