BRODHEAD - The Emergency Management Committee is seeking volunteers. There is a required, two-hour class to become a volunteer. The first is at 1:30 p.m., Thursday, March 23, at the Green County Sheriff's Department, training room. The second class is at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 5, at the Justice Center, basement meeting rooms, 2 and 3, Monroe.
Pre-registration is required. Please call the emergency management office at 328-9416. Volunteers assist citizens and property owners by serving as disaster damage assessment team members for the Brodhead area.
The no-cost, two-hour initial training is being provided by Green County Emergency Management personnel and the Wisconsin Department of Emergency Management.
Damage assessment teams respond to the scene of disasters and severe weather incidents immediately after they occur. Damage assessors work closely with Emergency Management agencies and first responders to assess damage to private, business, and government buildings and property.
Brodhead Police Chief Tom Moczynski said that, over the past decade, municipalities throughout Green County have suffered damages for severe weather and flooding that were serious enough for Presidential Disaster Declarations to be issued. As a result, hundreds of thousands of dollars to repair public roadways, bridges, dams and other infrastructure; as well as individual assistance awards, have been received to assist in damage repair.
The chief added that damage assessment teams serve a vital role in assessing disaster related damage to communities within the 24 hours immediately following a disaster.
Those assessment reports in turn are forwarded to county, state and federal agencies to set a process in motion that can lead to disaster recovery funds being allocated to entire communities and their citizens. Any citizen over the age of 18 is strongly encourage to consider volunteering for this position.
Pre-registration is required. Please call the emergency management office at 328-9416. Volunteers assist citizens and property owners by serving as disaster damage assessment team members for the Brodhead area.
The no-cost, two-hour initial training is being provided by Green County Emergency Management personnel and the Wisconsin Department of Emergency Management.
Damage assessment teams respond to the scene of disasters and severe weather incidents immediately after they occur. Damage assessors work closely with Emergency Management agencies and first responders to assess damage to private, business, and government buildings and property.
Brodhead Police Chief Tom Moczynski said that, over the past decade, municipalities throughout Green County have suffered damages for severe weather and flooding that were serious enough for Presidential Disaster Declarations to be issued. As a result, hundreds of thousands of dollars to repair public roadways, bridges, dams and other infrastructure; as well as individual assistance awards, have been received to assist in damage repair.
The chief added that damage assessment teams serve a vital role in assessing disaster related damage to communities within the 24 hours immediately following a disaster.
Those assessment reports in turn are forwarded to county, state and federal agencies to set a process in motion that can lead to disaster recovery funds being allocated to entire communities and their citizens. Any citizen over the age of 18 is strongly encourage to consider volunteering for this position.