Wisconsin Emergency Management News
Fall has fully arrived in Wisconsin and with it comes the end of daylight saving time. As users change the clocks back an hour on the weekend, ReadyWisconsin encourages to use some of the extra time to check the carbon monoxide detectors and smoke alarms in the home, while also making sure the home emergency kit is ready for the upcoming winter. Warning devices “Carbon monoxide detectors and smoke alarms provide a critical early warning to potentially life-threatening situations in your...
Hazard mitigation plans helps fight flood and storms that causes damage to life and property September's damaging rainfall was a powerful reminder of why such a mitigation plan is needed. In late September, the fierce storms that struck Clark County caused enough destruction to warrant a federal disaster declaration and lent urgency to the county's efforts to reduce damage from future storms. At the time disaster struck, Clark County Emergency Management Director Mich...
