Pulaski County EMA
Although the Indiana spring weather did not exactly cooperate, the US Veteran Reserve Corps (US-VRC) still led a successful and informative all-day medical helicopter training for local emergency personnel at Arens Field Airport in Winamac on Saturday, April 18. Warrant Officer Scott Coombs served...
Chemical disasters can happen anywhere, especially in rural Indiana. Incidents involving hazardous materials can occur at small town factories, stone quarries and along railroad tracks that transport dangerous materials and substances. Having a detailed plan on how to respond to an event like this...
Pulaski County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) Director Richel Fox recently gave the Pulaski County Human Services group, “Partners Connect,” an inside look into how the county EMA operates. The lunch meeting took place in the EMA office on Friday afternoon, June 13. In its most basic form, the...
Pulaski County dodged a strong weather system earlier this month, but we won't be lucky for long. It's only a month into winter, so Pulaski County can expect more opportunities for significant snowfall. According to the National Weather Service, on Jan. 5 and 6 some areas in central and southern...
Pulaski County Coroner Jon Frain and Pulaski County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) Director Sheri Gaillard recently resigned from their respective positions. Frain resigned as county coroner in mid-September. However, his name will remain on the ballot for coroner for the Nov. 8 general election...
A request for funding from the incident management team was approved by the Pulaski County Council but not the original amount the team was asking for.
County council members met during a regular meeting Monday evening. All the members met by phone except council president Ken Boswell who was at...
One of the requirements for the emergency preparedness merit badge is to find out who the county’s EMA director is and to learn what this person does to prepare for, respond to, recover from and lessen or prevent a higher degree of damage from various emergency situations. Instead of simply...
A suspicious device found in the Pulaski County Courthouse didn’t contain explosives or incendiary components, according to police.
The device that was found by the maintenance department at about 6:30 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 6, was located in the basement bathroom which is open to the public. ...
Pulaski County Commissioners are weighing the pros and cons of what to do next in regards to the gas smell that is emanating from the basement.
On Monday, during a regular meeting, county maintenance director Jeff Johnston spoke with the commissioners about his recent find during a video inspection...
Pulaski County Council members were not too open about the ideas of the emergency management agency (EMA) purchasing a new vehicle and a new building at a regular council meeting on Monday.
EMA director Sheri Gaillard approached the council with her two requests after she was given permission from...