HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-03-07Meeting: Monday March 7th, 2022 at 5pm on Zoom
Present: Ellen Cramer, Debra Walsh, Nicole Koekebacker
Board liaison: Leonardo Vargas-Mendez
(One seat open)
Agenda and Discussion:
Housekeeping
1.No corrections to February 2022 minutes. Approved.
Responsibility/mission items
1.Interaction with the ToD Boards
○No changes made to the town’s SPC page yet.
■https://dryden.ny.us/?page_id=206
■See draft content requested (attached).
■Draft content includes a link to the resources page:
https://sites.google.com/view/drydenspc/resources
○Swift911 was added to the town’s web page.
○Board meeting report from Feb - Nikki
○Next up to attend:
■March 17 - Elly
■April 21 - Sarah
■May 19 - Debra
■June 16 - Nikki
2.Local energy suppliers
○Borger Compressor Station (Eastern Gas) - Elly sent a couple blow down messages
2/18 and 2/21 via Swift911. Notified by Terri Hilliard the manager.
○They did notify Elly of an unscheduled blow down that happened early morning of 2/28.
Notified by Rhonda at 6:45am. Elly did not send a Swift911 msg.
○Need a clear message of what to tell people to expect and do in the event of a blow
down. We could put it on the resources page.
○They are still expecting the upgrades to be completed this month.
3.Disaster preparedness information dissemination
○Elly would like everyone’s address so she can drop off some example FEMA documents.
○Debra brought up sharing a personal emergency information sheet (frig) at tabling
events.
4.Shelters spreadsheet - no discussion
5.Coordinate with other agencies (RC, TC)
○Elly let Geoff Dunn know that Swift911 is on the Town’s front page. There is going to be a
new system replacing Swift911 starting in April -Tompkins County SIREN (or Safety &
Incident Real-Time Emergency Notifications) on the RAVE Mobile Safety platform.
6.FEMA CERT program
○Need to communicate with Christina Dravis.
○There are CERT booklets with the FEMA resources Elly’s dropping off.
Draft submitted 3/7/2022 by Ellen J. Cramer