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On March 15th three-man delegation from Mongolia visited Region VII. The representatives are on a fact-finding mission as Mongolia reorganizes its civil defense structure to better manage disasters.
Dick Hainje (left), Director for FEMA Region VII, awaits while interpretor Tushig Dul relates his words to a delegation of senior emergency managers from the country of Mongolia. |
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On March 15th three-man delegation from Mongolia visited Region VII. The representatives are on a fact-finding mission as Mongolia reorganizes its civil defense structure to better manage disasters.
The three members of a delegation of senior emergency management officials from Mongolia visiting the U.S. listen as FEMA Region VII Mitigation Division director Bob Bissell gives his briefing. |
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On November 7, 2003, FEMA Region VII Director Dick Hainje presented three 2003 Assistance to Firefighters Grant awards to recent recipients in the state of Missouri. Mr. Hainje made presentations to the High Ridge Fire Protection District, St. Charles City Fire Department and New Melle Fire Protection District. All three departments received grants for fire operations and firefighter safety.
FEMA Region VII Director Dick Hainje (center) presents High Ridge Fire Chief Steve Davis (right) and Deputy Chief Michael Arnhart (left) with a $145,800 fire grant award. The funds will allow the High Ridge Fire Protection District to replace Self Contained Breathing Apparatus units.
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FEMA Region VII Director Dick Hainje (left) tours High Ridge Fire Station 1 with High Ridge Deputy Chief Michael Arnhart (right). |
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FEMA Region VII Director Dick Hainje (right) presents St. Charles Mayor Patricia York (center) and Fire Chief Ernie Rhodes (left) with a $226,532 fire grant award. The award will allow the St. Charles City Fire Department to update Self Contained Breathing Apparatus equipment and bunker gear. |
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FEMA Region VII Director Dick Hainje (right) tours St. Charles Fire Station Number 5 with Training Captain Robb Watkins (left). |
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FEMA Region VII Director Dick Hainje (left) presents New Melle Fire Chief John Loyd (center) and Deputy Chief Rick Massey (right) with a $169,722 fire grant award. The funds will allow the New Melle Fire Protection District to update most of its Self Contained Breathing Apparatus units and purchase a cascade trailer. |
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FEMA Region VII Director Dick Hainje (right) with New Melle Fire Chief John Loyd (left) and Deputy Fire Chief Rick Massey (center) at New Melle Fire Station 1. |
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FEMA Recognizes Johnson County, Kan., For Proactive Floodplain Management
On Thursday, November 6, 2003, FEMA Region VII recognized the proactive floodplain management efforts of Johnson County, Kansas at a ceremony in Olathe. The citizens of the county were honored for their achievements in flood hazard mapping through FEMA's Cooperating Technical Partner (CTP) program. Johnson County Chairman Annabeth Surbaugh was presented with a plaque on behalf of the county and the 20 municipalities participating in the mapping efforts. The maps Johnson County is producing will become part of FEMA's national efforts to modernize floodplain maps and will help guide local planning of future growth. During the ceremony, FEMA and the county formally recognized their partnership through the signing of the Mapping Activity Statement .
FEMA Region VII Director Dick Hainje (left) presents Johnson County Chairman Annabeth Surbaugh (right) with a plaque honoring the county's proactive floodplain management efforts.
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FEMA and county officials formally recognized their partnership by signing the Mapping Activity Statement. From left to right are Johnson County Vice Chairman and Storm Water Management Liaison Ed Peterson, Johnson County Chairman Annabeth Surbaugh and FEMA Region VII Director Dick Hainje.
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Region VII Rolls Out CERT Training Trailers
During October, FEMA Region VII is presenting a Community Emergency Response Training (CERT) training trailer to each state in its four-state area, as well as to representatives of a tribal council representing nine Native American tribes in the region. The trailers will enable the Region VII states and the tribal council to provide citizens with the training to gain the skills they need in order to be self-sufficient for the first 72 hours following a disaster if first responders are unable to get to them. The CERT Program (a component of Citizen Corps) promotes the partnership between first responders and the citizens they serve. CERT trained citizens are a valuable community resource, not only during times of disasters but they can also be utilized on a regular basis for a myriad of community volunteer projects that improve community emergency preparedness.
FEMA Region VII director Richard
Hainje (left) presents the CERT training trailer keys to Gene Krase,
Kansas Emergency Management director, in a ceremony Oct. 23 outside
the state capitol building in Topeka, Kan. (Photo by Steve Larson,
Kansas Emergency Management)
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Members of Olathe's CERT program
pose in front of Kansas' new CERT training trailer after the Oct.
23 ceremony in Topeka. (Photo by Steve Larson, Kansas Emergency Management) |
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FEMA Region VII deputy director
Arthur Freeman (right) presents Nebraska's CERT training trailer keys
to Doug Ahlberg, the Lincoln/Lancaster County Emergency Management
Director, as Nebraska Lt. Gov. Dave Heineman looks on. The ceremony
took place Oct. 16 in Lincoln, Neb. (Photo by Tim Hergenrader, Nebraska
Emergency Management Agency) |
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FEMA Region VII director Richard
Hainje (left) and Steve Cadue, chairman of the Kickapoo Tribe, inspect
the new Community Emergency Response Team training trailer immediately
after a ceremony Oct. 21 at the community center on the Kickapoo Reservation
near Horton, Kan. |
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FEMA Region VII officially took possession of five Community Emergency Response Team trailers October 6 from the University of Missouri Extension Service, Fire and Rescue Training Institute in Columbia, Missouri. The trailers will enable the Region VII states and the tribal council to provide citizens with the training to gain the skills they need in order to be self-sufficient for the first 72 hours following a disaster if first responders are unable to get to them. The CERT Program (a component of Citizen Corps) promotes the partnership between first responders and the citizens they serve. CERT trained citizens are a valuable community resource, not only during times of disasters but they can also be utilized on a regular basis for a myriad of community volunteer projects that improve community emergency preparedness. The trailers will be delivered throughout the region in October. FEMA Region VII contracted with the University of Missouri Extension, Fire and Rescue Training Institute to retrofit and stock the trailers based on their national reputation for supporting CERT training and developing trailers for local teams throughout the United States.
Gary Wilson (right), Interim Director, University of Missouri Extension, Fire and Rescue Training Institute, hands over the keys of the five CERT trailers to Arthur Freeman, Region VII Deputy Director.
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Some of the equipment stored in the new CERT trailers, soon to be distributed to the states and tribal council of FEMA Region VII.(Photo by Casey Wendleton, University of Missouri Fire and Rescue Training Institute) |
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Participants in Monday's handoff included (from left) Tracy Gray, Special Projects Assistant, University of Missouri Extension, Fire and Rescue Training Institute; Gary Wilson, Interim Director, University of Missouri Extension, Fire and Rescue Training Institute; Art Freeman, Deputy Regional Director, FEMA Region VII; Eric Evans, Emergency Management Specialist, University of Missouri Extension, Fire and Rescue Training Institute; Eric Jenkins, Program Coordination Branch Chief, National Preparedness Division, FEMA Region VII; Linda Winkler, Citizen Corps/CERT Program Manager, FEMA Region VII. |
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