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Emergency Drill Held

Emergency Drill Held

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The Yankton County Office of Emergency Management held a full scale exercise yesterday (Thursday) to test people and systems.

Emergency Manager Paul Scherschligt says they were working with a multi tornado scenario…

 

Scherschligt says they are working with a new system to keep track of equipment and people…

 

The Emergency Operations Center was on full alert due to flooding in the summer of 2011. Scherschligt says that experience plays into the testing they do…

 

The exercise was held in conjunction with Bon Homme County that also involved multiple tornado hits.

 

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