The North Carolina Association of County Commissioners (NCACC) – a group that brings together the counties in the state for joint initiatives – just held the final meeting of its “100 Counties Prepared Task Force.”
That task force heard best practices for emergency management preparation and response from industry leaders and then revamped the curriculum for the association’s upcoming 100 Counties Prepared emergency preparedness training for county commissioners.
According to the NCACC, the 100 Counties Prepared training “will equip county commissioners to lead effectively during emergencies such as natural disasters, public health crises and other critical incident situations.”
In recent years, Guilford County has been hit with major winter storms, a pandemic and tornados to name a few of the threats that county commissioners sometimes need to address.
A daylong emergency preparedness course for county leaders is set for Thursday, August 11 at the NCACC’s Annual Conference in Cabarrus County.
That training course is the result of NCACC President and Brunswick County Commissioner Frank Williams’ 100 Counties Prepared presidential initiative, which began in response to Hurricanes Florence, Dorian and Isaias.
Williams said the new program should help counties handle situations when a catastrophe hits.
“I’m excited to see this much-needed training come to fruition,” he said, adding that Emergency management personnel have a lot of training, but county commissioners and elected officials usually have little to no training on how to lead in a crisis.
Guilford County Commissioner Alan Perdue, who was the county’s Emergency Services director before being elected commissioner, is the exception to the rule. Most elected leaders across the state know very little about responding to emergencies.
For more information about the 100 Counties Prepared initiative, those interested can visit www.100countiesprepared.com.
A day long course? That requires more ability and concentration than the majority of Guilford County council members have. Good luck.
Most leaders across the state know very little about anything.
Tell me I am wrong.
Speaking of emergencies, today I recd an email from Medicare.gov. That’s where I get some of my Govt indoctrination. The message was that I should speak to my family about a Covid-Jab for our children age 6 months & up, and a booster jab for children 5 months & up.
As a Medicare user, where did I find a 6 month old child? Or grandchild? At my age, hardly likely.
Medicare sez that the jab is safe and effective at preventing children from getting “seriously sick”. Au contraire, mon freres. According the CDC, last year amongst 1,301,356 cases; 28,000+ of those jabbed DIED, 238,000+ suffered injuries. Furthermore, depending on what sources you choose, the average age of people who died while having Covid was 82 years (roughly the same number of years life expectancy), or up to 85 years. Covid deaths likely included other health impairments. Covid preys on the aged, and those with poor health – LIKE MANY OTHER HEALTH PROBLEMS.
And finally, We have recd four Pfizer Covid Vacs, and last Fall’s flu shot. Did it prevent my having Covid? No. This April, while on vacation, both my wife and I suffered it.
All this, and everything else they can think of, are their “crisis” excuses that they use for CONTROL. Personally, I do trust anyone in Government anymore. Trust is earned; neither given nor taken. Hard to earn, easy to lose. Big Brother has lost me. The looming World Govt that the elite are working on will doom all of us.
Where did you read that the vaccine keeps you from getting covid? It has been well understood that the last few variants are able to infect those that have received the jab. The evidence shows that it reduces severity in 80%+ of those jabbed. No one has said it stops you from being infected and no one has said it is perfect.
In July 2021 Joe Biden said “You’re not going to get COVID if you have these vaccinations,” and “If you’re vaccinated, you’re not going to be hospitalized, you’re not going to be in the ICU unit, and you’re not going to die.”
Oh, now you listen to Biden. LOL. All public health professionals have been clear since Omicron variant became prevalent that the vaccines only reduced hospitalizations and that the vaccines are 80 to 85% effective so breakthrough cases happen.
Because your current so called precedent said so in 2021. Check that fact out moron
Unlike Trumpers, I get my public health information from public health professionals. LOL
Hey comrade, since you’re the defense for Dopey and Dr.Ouchy tell us more about the deaths and injuries…. I would love some of your wisdom and knowledge on these two very “important” issues for the unenlightened. So if you would professor YapYap, please do tell us more.
Didn’t know you were a communist? Not surprised you support a failed governmental system. I myself prefer democracies where a peaceful transfer of power is the cornerstone.
The true emergency now is the Fentanyl deaths. Our young people are dying in record numbers. Not from Covid but another Chinese manufactured scurge.
BNC, I was just talking about the very same subject. The issue is the lying cheating demoncrats can’t use my 36 year old neighbor overdosed on opioids last night to steal/scam an election. Dopey Joe with his magic eightball has already foreshadowed the next big Obama plot… there’s going to be another pandemic!!!! Run for the mailbox! Damned shame these leftist libtards have sooooooo much sympathy for a brainwashed nut job that thinks he/she IT has been mistakenly handed the wrong equipment at birth but not a care about over OVER 100,000 AMERICANS dying because the Demoncrats have opened up the border to allow hundreds of thousands of DEPENDENTS in to our country ILLEGALLY so that once on the teet these criminals will vote for the crooks that got them here! I say the people WE THE PEOPLE, need to take over the responsibility of securing our border and end this ILLEGAL INVASION! It willSAVE AMERICANS. As soon as I post this, a communist like _ _ _ _ _ will respond with BS drivel. We need to TAKE our country back! These idiots STOLE this country and the results of their nefarious deeds are evident. I’m going to start a petition to get these wicked people as far away from WASHINGTON DC as possible. Most of these crooks should face prison time and a lot should face a firing squad ( Biden, Harris, Pelosi, Shumer, Schiff, Cheney, AOC Talib, the penguin Nadler, Omar, Dubin, Myorkis, basically anyone associated with Obama and most certainly OBAMA! He’s the one burning the country down. If you’ve forgotten, that POS set the country ablaze, started all this racial division and ruined the economy. Well this is what it looks like when a Muslim anti American gets a third term as president. Lets be real folks! Dopey Joe doesn’t even know if he’s in the White House or the big house. It’s our responsibility! They are killing Americans!
Spoken like a true sore loser.
Curious about the 100k dead as result of boarder crossings. This is a new one to me. Please explain.
Fentanyl stupid! Opioid overdoses are the LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH ages 18-45 among AMERICANS! Not your stupid commie virus! It’s amazing how just as I predicted the communist named Chris responded with BS drivel. You really are a “stupid son of a bitch” to borrow a phrase from your commandeer and Thief, Dopey Joe.
As for being a sore loser, if the election were legitimately lost I wouldn’t even mention it but since it was RIGGED I’m pissed off about it. Anyone that cares about their freedom and liberty and most certainly the sanctity of a free and FAIR. election would be pissed off. Only a socialist commie POS LIKE YOU would think (as if) the results of this STOLEN ELECTION are better than having a mean tweeter in the White House. Russia, China, Iran, N.Korea and communist like you are the only ones that approve of what has and is still happening to this country. I do EXPECT A RESPONSE _ _ _ _ _!
Lot of acrimony on this article’s comments. This is no way to exchange ideas. All this mud-slinging just makes people mad (which is what our “leaders” want).
Miller,THEY are not OUR leaders! What THEY want is OBEDIENCE! THEY want US to Comply! I WILL NOT! As for mud-slinging? Hell no! I’m just stating FACTS. These Marxist commies like Chris. And the POS politicians he supports want to destroy this country and rewrite the Constitution! They destroy our historical monuments, rewrite our history, make our founding fathers out to be criminal “colonizers” as the Marist atheist like to refer to them. They want to teach our youngest children to conform to THEIR perverse, sick anti-American ideals! These commies/Marxist are destroying this, the greatest country EVER and you want to be polite! NOT ME… She’s worth fighting for to me. These Marxist are a cancer to our FREEDOM! I say CUT THEM OUT! A good start to cleansing this country of the sick minds these Marxist indoctrination camps (public schools &universities) have created would be to HANG ROBERT CRIMO III AND ROBERT CRIMO JR. and if the mother had anything to do with putting guns in the hands of this psychopath HANG HER TOO ON NATIONAL T.V. Then let’s move onto these phony POLITICIANS! Not to worry Chris, a small time Marxist like you will take a while to get to, but YOU and ALL enemies of THE UNITED STATES MUST FACE JUSTICE!