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Region's emergency officials urge benefit of new warning systems

...and region.Besides two tornado sirens in Grovetown and a landline notification program, Columbia County Emergency Management Director Pam Tucker said residents and businesses have many ways to get information, including:? An integrated warning...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-03-31/regions-emergency-officials-u
Augusta deserves much better

...they fight for scraps of power for their inflated egos.We lost a fantastic lady in former Richmond County Emergency management Director Pam Tucker. Once away from the bickering and backstabbing of our glorious city planners, that lady has excelled...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/letters/2012-12-22/augusta-deserves-much-be
1 killed at South Carolina paper plant

...accident happened around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Resolute Forest Products plant in Catawba.County emergency management director Cotton Howell says two employees climbed into an old tank outside the main production area to do some maintenance...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2013-01-22/1-killed-sc-paper-plant
Augusta's ambulance service might be put out for bids after 8 years with Gold Cross

...State Patrol. "I don't think people who are laymen should be on this committee."Smith suggested asking emergency management directors or other public safety professionals from outside Augusta to help determine what it needs."I don't want...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2013-02-02/augustas-ambulance-servi
Augusta fire chief looks back and ahead after first year

...four people in the department's upper ranks, including Chief Howard Willis, who was also Richmond County emergency management director.The fire department had come under scrutiny and criticism after revelations of questionable side businesses...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2013-02-03/augusta-fire-chief-looks
Washington Road reopens after downed power line fixed

Washington Road has reopened after it was closed for about two hours because of a downed power line. The road was blocked to traffic in both directions, and nearby neighborhoods suffered power outages, according to Pam Tucker, Columbia County emergency management director.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2013-02-07/washington-road-reopens-afte
Feds help Fla., but not Ga. after flooding

...way it works with FEMA,'' Camden County Emergency Management Director Mark Crews said. "It's state by state...just waiting for that,'' Charlton County Emergency Management Director Bruce Young said.Crews said that won't...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2012-07-13/feds-help-fla-not-ga-after-f
Ga., S.C. coasts brace for holiday soaking from storm

...forecasters said."A three-day thunderstorm is what it's probably going to be," said Jay Wiggins, the emergency management director for Glynn County, which is about 60 miles south of Savannah and includes Brunswick and St. Simons Island...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2012-05-26/ga-sc-coasts-brace-holiday-s
River rising, flooding expected in Camden County

...deploy if needed. People are moving things out of their houses and tying things down," said Mark Crews, the emergency management director for Camden County. "I think for the most part people are taking the warnings seriously."Crews estimated...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2012-06-29/river-rising-flooding-expected-camd
Flooding prompts Camden County evacuations

...rise, said Mark Crews, Camden County's emergency management director. Residents who left were not being allowed...had past.Bruce Young, Charlton County's emergency management director, told the Florida Times Union that residents...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2012-06-30/flooding-prompts-camden-count