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5.071 documents for Columbia County Emergency Management

- Blizzard Cleanup Total so Far Is $1.7 Million ; Officials Seek Federal Funds.
Early estimates indicate the cost of cleaning up after this month's blizzard could total nearly $1.7 million for Columbia and Boone County. The Columbia/Boone County Office of Emergency Management is collecting information from Boone County entities and will submit it to the State Emergency Management Agency.
- Columbia Daily Tribune
- February 17, 2011
- New Hat, Honey? Volunteer's Presence Always Noticed
Honey Shore has worn a lot of hats in her career - literally. As the volunteer public information officer for Martinez- Columbia Fire Rescue and the Columbia County Emergency Management Agency Dive Team, she carries a firefighter's helmet and baseball cap in her trunk.
- Augusta Chronicle, The
- August 01, 2007
- Number of 911 Calls Keeps Rising
Calls to the local 911 operations center increased for a third- straight year in 2010. The Columbia/Boone County Office of Emergency Management is reporting a 1.14 percent increase from 2009 totals, with 71,092 emergency calls for the year. The increase is the second consecutive year calls topped the 70,000 mark, according to a news release.
- Columbia Daily Tribune
- January 12, 2011

- Sirens Activated On Spotter Information
Emergency warning sirens were activated around 1:49 p.m. today when people in Columbia saw cloud rotation that the National Weather Service could not see on its radar. The Columbia/Boone County Office of Emergency Management activated the sirens after being inundated with calls from weather spotters, public safety personnel and residents, said Director Zim Schwartze. What locals saw that the radar did not see was a storm cloud that began to rotate and descend from the sky near Stadium Boulevard and Interstate 70. The small funnel cloud ascended quickly and continued across Columbia just north of I-70 until it passed Highway 63.
- Columbia Daily Tribune
- May 26, 2011
- Blizzard Cleanup Total so Far Is $1.7 Million
Early estimates indicate the cost of cleaning up after the blizzard two weeks ago could total nearly $1.7 million for government entities in Columbia and Boone County. The cost is a preliminary estimate, according to a news release from the Columbia/Boone County Office of Emergency Management. The office is collecting information from government entities in Boone County about their expenses from the blizzard and subsequent cleanup efforts, then submitting that information to the State Emergency Management Agency in an attempt to recoup those expenses through public assistance offered to county governments by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
- Columbia Daily Tribune
- February 16, 2011
- Olsen Picked As Interim Emergency Management Director
The Public Safety Joint Communications board yesterday made leadership appointments to ensure stability of Columbia and Boone County's shared Public Safety Joint Communications and Office of Emergency Management agencies for the next six months. Scott Olsen
- Columbia Daily Tribune
- May 25, 2012
- Officials Plan Week of Weather Awareness
Severe Weather Awareness Week will be observed next week by the Columbia/Boone County Office of Emergency Management to assist residents in planning for severe weather. The week is designed to help individuals, businesses, schools, government entities and families develop and review their plans in the event of severe weather, according to a news release. Since 2004, 448 tornadoes have been reported in Missouri. Those tornadoes have killed 51 people, injured 572 and left millions of dollars in damage. "Thunderstorms can spawn high winds, lightning, flooding triggered by heavy rainfall, hail, and tornadoes. It's important to be ready for everything that thunderstorms could throw at us," Director Zim Schwartze said in the release. "As with any kind of disaster threat, preparedness is the k...
- Columbia Daily Tribune
- March 05, 2011
- Storms Cause Minor Damage
A tornado warning for southeastern Boone County expired late yesterday afternoon as reports came in on minor storm damage in the area. The Columbia/Boone County Office of Emergency Management activated outdoor warning sirens around 3:35 p.m. across the county after the National Weather Service issued the tornado warning.
- Columbia Daily Tribune
- March 05, 2011
- Tornado Warning Triggered Sirens
Tornado warning sirens were activated throughout Boone County just after 5 p.m. yesterday when the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for southeastern Boone County. Zim Schwartze, director of the Columbia/Boone County Office of Emergency Management, reported that a trained storm spotter saw a wall cloud near Old Hartsburg Bottoms Road and that large hail, heavy rain and high winds accompanied the storm.
- Columbia Daily Tribune
- April 24, 2011
- Storms Cause Minor Damage
A tornado warning for southeastern Boone County expired late yesterday afternoon as reports came in on minor storm damage in the area. The Columbia/Boone County Office of Emergency Management activated outdoor warning sirens around 3:35 p.m. across the county after the National Weather Service issued the tornado warning.
- Columbia Daily Tribune
- March 06, 2011