Metcalfe County Emergency Management Case Study

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Metcalfe County Emergency Management Director Emory Kidd was awarded the Mitigation Manager of the Year by The Kentucky Association of Mitigation Mangers.

Emory has been with the Metcalfe County Emergency Management Agency for 11 years, and prior to that he was a volunteer deputy for six years. During his service, he has not only secured mitigation grant funding for Metcalfe County, but he has coordinated with other local emergency managers to bring much needed mitigation funding to the Barren River Area Development District (BRADD). Metcalfe County sponsored the Barren River ADD mitigation plan update project and Emory has had enormous influence on the Barren River ADD’s multi-jurisdictional, multi-hazard mitigation plan update.

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