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Maine Township Illinois
Emergency Management |
December 2011 |
Chicago-Land Emergency Manager Prepares for Next 'Big
One' |
Just what is the "Big
One" in a mid-western
metropolitan area like
Park Ridge, Illinois?
Flooding? Tornado? Power
Outage? Snowstorm?
Public Health Emergency?
Whatever it is, Bob
Cohen is getting
prepared. As Maine
Township's emergency
manager and director of
the area's Medical
Reserve Corps, Bob has
begun proactively
reaching out to citizens
using a portable
broadcast radio station
named "RadioSTAT."
States Cohen. "When we
did the demo for our
partner [agencies] as
well as our Board of
Trustees, there was
resounding applause for
the capabilities of the
unit. We did reach a
five-mile radius, and it
may have even gone
farther.....exceeding
our expectations,"
Cohen points out that
the local police and
fire department have
many potential uses for
the system and adds that
his initial broadcasts,
have had an unintended
benefit. "We have had
six new volunteers sign
up for our programs, and
the Neighborhood Watch
meetings have increased
in attendance as well".
See more about
RadioSTAT stations
here.
Additional applications
include . . .
- Public health
departments.
- Hospitals.
- RACs.
- MRCs (examples at
this
web link).
- Wildfire information.
- Highway/HAZMAT
incidents.
- Public events.
Contact Bob Cohen,
Director of Maine
Township Regional MRC &
OEM, Park Ridge,
Illinois, phone
847.337.1423.
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