During its quarterly meeting Wednesday, the Local Emergency Planning Committee got an update on the Pettis County Emergency Management Agency.
“The committee started out as hazardous materials-specific, but we haven’t had a hazmat incident here since 1988,” said EMA Director Dave Clippert. “Instead, we use these meetings to discuss what’s been going on in the EMA program.”
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