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COMMUNITY INFORMATION:
Missouri's Current Level: ELEVATED
The NOAA Weather Satellite is one of the resources EMA Director Bob Gosnell uses to monitor weather conditions
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The City of Bernie has a very active Emergency Management Agency. The office is located in the Community Center at 503 South Walnut in the Southeast corner. The mailing address is EMA PO Box 605 Bernie MO 63822. Bob Gosnell is Bernie's EMA Director. He retired from Missouri Southern Healthcare in Dexter where he was the Director of Facility Services and was responsible for policy and procedures for disaster, and has over 30 years experience in this field. Bob has also been serving as a reserve officer for the Bernie Police Department at the level of corporal since 1997. The EMA is responsible for City Policy and Procedures involving emergencies in Bernie. During bad weather EMA is responsible for weather watching and notifying citizens of storms approaching. EMA will be there to head all emergency efforts, whether it be bad weather or natural disasters such as earthquakes or tornadoes. The EMA director has been given permission to expand the department to include radio and emergency equipment, local and internet communications, along with additional personnel where needed. The EMA office will also be the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) for emergencies when needed. Bob will have maps of the city and county along with diagrams of power, water, and sewer of the city and surrounding areas to help in emergency situations. He is also making a list of special needs in the community and surrounding areas. Future plans for the Community Center are seminars on Earthquake preparedness or mitigation, Cold/Hot weather, and Tornado preparedness. Plans are being established to house community families following a disaster. If your group or organization is interested in a preparedness seminar or guest speaker please contact EMA director.
Bob Gosnell can be contacted at the following numbers:
Bernie EMA team Zach Voss, Randy Barnes, Christopher Barnes, and EMA Director Bob Gosnell. Not pictured are Justin Cobb, Bobbie Cobb, and Cassandra Voss. |
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Other Web Sites of Interest: State SEMA Home Page http://sema.dps.mo.gov/semapage.htm Federal FEMA Home Page http://www.fema.gov/ Home Land Security Page http://www.dps.mo.gov/HomelandSecurity/index.htm Local Weather http://weather.gov/
The EMA team at a recent meeting work to make improvements to the EMA facilities located in the Bernie Community Center. Meetings are held regularly to make sure that EMA, Bernie officials, and Bernie emergency responders are well prepared to handle any type of disaster.
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 Tom Roy with the Stoddard County Public Health Center at the recent "Pandemic Flu" seminar This seminar is the first of several planned to educate the public on emergency preparedness. |
EMA team members present at the Pandemic Flu Seminar: EMA Director Bob Gosnell, Bobbie Cobb, Cassandra Voss, Zach Voss, Justin Cobb, and Randy Barnes
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