Emergency Planning
Special & Functional Needs Sheltering Planning Guide, 2016
The Housatonic Valley Region -Public Health Emergency Preparedness (HVR – PHEP) has completed its Special and Functioning Needs Sheltering Planning Guide. The Guide provides a framework for any municipality to improve sheltering for individuals requiring additional assistance. The next step for the HVR-PHEP is to create training materials for those who work in emergency sheltering.
Housatonic Valley Region Mutual Aid Agreement for Emergency Response and Recovery Activities, 2010
This landmark regional agreement endorsed by area leaders on June 17, 2010 was prepared at the request of municipalities to facilitate emergency responses.
I-84 and Route 7 Expressway Emergency Diversion Plan, 2011
This study has been completed in cooperation with CT DEMHS, CT DOT, COGCNV and local emergency management officials. It will serve as a guide during expressway traffic emergencies
Enhancing Public Health Emergency Mutual Aid in the Housatonic Valley Region, 2006
In 2003, HVCEO received a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, administered through the CT Office of Emergency Management, for regional coordination of local emergency management planning activities. As part of this grant, a needs assessment was conducted which identified the updating and formalizing of Mutual Aid Agreements among the jurisdictions in the Housatonic Valley Region as a priority.