'Mass casualty' drill planned for EC's downtown Saturday
If early Saturday morning you see a lot of law enforcement and other first responders in Elizabeth City’s downtown as well as a number of streets blocked off, don’t be alarmed. What you’re seeing is a large-scale emergency training exercise. Pasquotank-Camden Emergency Management is conducting the hours-long drill Saturday roughly between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. as a test of emergency response in the event of a real-life emergency that...
Governor Abbott Deploys Hurricane Resources To Florida, Tennessee
AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott today announced that he directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) to deploy Texas emergency response and recovery resources to Florida and Tennessee, following requests from the Florida Division of Emergency Management ahead of Hurricane Milton and the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency for Hurricane Helene impacts.