COFEMS Launches Grant - Funded Shelter Trailer
By: Orange County Communications Department
Earlier this month, COFEMS staff prepped the new Shelter Trailer, an innovative project to help our staff be prepared for quicker deployment of necessary supplies to established shelters in the event of a disaster, such as the power outage experienced by approximately 96% of our residents in early January 2022. Among its many supplies, the shelter trailer is
equipped with 100 cots, divided into “ pods ” allowing for easy distribution to separate shelter locations. This project was made possible thanks to a Virginia Department of
Emergency Management State Homeland Security Grant, and will be a resource not only to Orange
County, but to all of the localities with which we have mutual aid agreements upon request. We are proud of the continued efforts of our first responders to envision innovative solutions to provide additional security and safety to our residents.
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