Carole,

Wonder no more – I would be glad to get you caught up on our efforts. The Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP) has spent millions of dollars over the last ten or so years specifically targeted at Public Education.

Since day one communicating the risk to the community has been our main concern. We wanted to make sure the public knew the risk was there, had a plan of action should an incident occur and reassure them that efforts were being made to decrease this risk daily. We accomplished that goal by going out into the communities, issuing FREE Shelter in Place Kits and Portable Room Air Cleaners, distributing emergency education information to schools, civic groups and local community leaders. I think we did a very good job. Our yearly surveys show that we are getting our message out.

Our six-county region continues to receive millions of dollars each year for Alert and Notification. This money goes toward upgrading and maintaining our state of the art 800 MHz communications system, providing much needed funding to our first responder community and many other projects; all with the goal of providing the ultimate in protection for our citizens.

This is just the tip of the iceberg regarding this subject. If I can help you in any other way let me know. My email address is sdover@tcema.co.talladega.al.us .

Steve Dover
Public Information Officer
Talladega County EMA (AL)

I have a friend who worked for JACADS on Johnston Atoll destroying chemical weapons. He loved (and hated) the place and he moved to Anniston when the island facility was closed in 2000.

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