Community emergency management communications planning underway

It’s often said that to everything there is a season.

For La Conner’s emergency management commission, that means development of a comprehensive guide addressing all disaster scenarios.

“We’ve been working on flooding issues hot and heavy for quite a while,” Town Administrator Scott Thomas said at the the commission’s Dec. 12 hybrid meeting. Now we need to develop a process and procedure for our (emergency management) plan.”

Identifying groups within the community that will need extra assistancen is key.

“How do we accommodate persons with disabilities in emergency shelters?” he asked. “How do...