Wilson County News

Wilson County hosts flood evacuation exercise

The Wilson County Office of Emergency Management welcomed local and area state, county, city, and school district employees and elected officials Dec. 3 to its first tabletop exercise held at the new Emergency Operations Center. The multijurisdictional exercise included scenarios and discussions of how to facilitate a safe and effective community evacuation in a flood situation. Members of the Sam Houston State University Institute for Homeland Security brought state-of-the-art Sim Table mapping to assist with visual representations at various flood stages during the exercise.

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