Alicia Tate-Nadeau

Capitol News Illinois

Illinois Emergency Management Agency shares lessons learned from pandemic

SPRINGFIELD (CNI) – The Illinois Emergency Management Agency was forced to adapt quickly to a new role when the COVID-19 pandemic first hit last year, and the agency’s director told a legislative committee that more work needs to be done to prepare for the event of another statewide disaster. “Even though we provide resources to counties and local jurisdictions during times of disaster, we really never had a logistical arm to the organization. That has since changed,” IEMA Director Alicia […]

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