Bobbie Bicknell Coray, Reporter
Rich Civic Times
RANDOLPH, Utah. November 6, 2017. “It may flood again this year, because weather
patterns look similar to last year,” said Bryce Nielson, Emergency Management Director. He is upgrading the Emergency Plan for Rich
County and rewrote the hazmat plan. Now written
approval of the Commission Is needed. The
plan delineates who is responsible for what in an emergency. The Commission will vote on it in the December
meeting.
Nielson said that the biggest issue was the flooding in
Garden City and on the east side of the lake. “I tried to warn people that this
was coming, this was snow melting on snow and the flooding was expected.”
Emergency Management spent money for sand bags out of the
County Emergency Fund, but next year Garden City should be somewhat
responsible. There was flooding like
2017 in 2010. Garden City needs to look
at water runoff areas in new subdivisions as they are built. This year Azure Cove was dredged out in
anticipation of flooding and it did work.
Commissioner Bill Cox said, “If we have a winter like last
winter we will have issues of the lake being too full.” Nielson said they are letting water off the
lake. But he is concerned that Pacific
Corps is taking a big risk keeping the lake full. Last
year Dingle was flooded for weeks. If the canals fill with snow and the rain
comes, Harbor Village should prepare for flooding. Commissioner Norm Weston said that the county
should have the sandbags available and sand.
Nielson did some training about communication during
emergency, mostly Garden City people came.
Neilson got his ham radio license and there are two or three operators
in the area who will help in an emergency. He went to the public safety
meetings this year in Ogden, and was involved in a mock mass casualty drill and
learned about how to deal with relatives of victims. He is
thinking about a Facebook page to notify people in the county about planned
electric outages or emergency conditions.
Garden City has a Logan Canyon page which allows people to find out
about weather and road conditions.
Nielson said that there needs to be an assistant emergency
manager when he is out of town. That assistant could be paid hourly.
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