Blueprint for apocalypse. ...more

March 25, 2009

Think of it as a blueprint for apocalypse recovery. When natural disasters strike Hernando County, officials need a plan to bring order to the chaos. The document they turn to is called the "local mitigation strategy." ...more

March 25, 2009

Blueprint for apocalypse would bring order to chaos. ...more

March 24, 2009

Hernando County has more than 250 active volunteers on its Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) who are trained to respond to emergencies and disasters. ...more

December 28, 2008

Patella appointed permanent director ...more

December 3, 2008

In what the county's administrator called "a very important moment," the county commission on Tuesday approved a deal to hand over the emergency management department to the sheriff's office. ...more

December 3, 2008

County commissioners on Tuesday are expected to approve an interlocal agreement that will transfer daily oversight of the emergency management department to the sheriff's office. ...more

December 1, 2008

Since Sumter County folded its emergency management operations into the sheriff's office about 10 years ago, the arrangement has been "working perfectly," said Judd Wright, director of the Sumter County Emergency Management Department. ...more

November 27, 2008

'Working perfectly' in Sumter County ...more

November 27, 2008

Storm provides trial run, little else. ...more

August 20, 2008