In a Disaster, Woodbridge Has the Trailer
The township was one of 15 municipalities who received a emergency disaster trailer worth almost $10K.
In the next hurricane, Woodbridge will be prepared. That's because the NJ Office of Emergency Management (NJOEM) bequeathed a special Disaster Response and Flood Response Utility Trailer on the township, along with 14 other municipalities. The trailer, valued at $9,830, boasts a generator, basic medical supplies, lighting equipment, tools, tents and evacuation support equipment. Woodbridge was the only municipality in the county or area to get the disaster and flood trailer, although Rahway's Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) obtained a trailer from NJOEM that handles flood emergencies. With the township's various flood-prone areas, the trailer is certain to come in handy. The state has faced 1,196 flood events in the last 15 years…
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Tom Maras
4:25 pm on Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Does anyone know the genesis of that trailer? Is it from FEMA? They had so many they couldn't use after Katrina! more ›