• Real Time Flood Inundation Mapping
  Weekly meetings continue with the project team. The contract with Merrick and Company has been issued and we are proceeding with the development of a project area for the mapping, DTM, and planimetrics.

• Web Site
  More information has been added weekly, including more detail on the progress of our activities and projects.

• Stream and Precipitation Gages
  All of the gages are operational and reporting data. OEM met with members of the National Weather Service, DIAD Incorporated, Blue Knight Graphics, and others to coordinate the reporting of the real time information from the gages to the NWS. Plans are to eventually have the live gage information reporting through LDAD and also available on the OEM Website.

• Project Impact Presentation
  The OEM has developed a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation summarizing our first year as a Project Impact community. The presentation begins with our designation as a Disaster Resistant Community under Project Impact and outlines briefly the steps we went through to develop our Project Impact strategy. Topics from Risk Analysis and Vulnerability Assessment to Partnerships and Project Overviews are covered.

• Disaster Preparedness and Response Planning
  OEM is developing a comprehensive all hazards community response plan for disasters. The plan includes a GIS based "watch desk" concept pre-identifying emergency shelters equipped with back-up power and automated emergency staffing. A public education program is being developed along with this plan, including community maps, so citizens will automatically know where to respond in their neighborhood for help in a disaster. The plan covers situations such as losing all phones, including 911 lines, and will be operational before Y2K.

• Emergency Auto-Dialer
  Contract negotiations are complete and a purchase order has been issued with Dialogic Corporation for the auto-dialing notification system. The implementation phase of the project is underway.

• Emergency Planning Course
  Blair Leist and Iola Fleischer attended the "Emergency Planning" class in Silverthorne on June 16th and 17th, sponsored by the Colorado OEM.

• Emergency Management Course
  Blair Leist attended the "Principles of Emergency Management" class sponsored by the Colorado OEM in Pueblo July 13th through 15th.

• Community Education
  Iola Fleischer represented the OEM at a community Y2K meeting and Disaster Preparedness meeting on June 19th.

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