Cass County opens tactical operation center due to flooding

FARGO — With the worst of the spring flood anticipated to occur this weekend, Cass County is preparing.

For the primary time in three years, the county is opening its tactical operations middle for the spring flood.

From sheriff’s deputies, to the emergency administration workforce, to county engineers, they’re all monitoring the rising water in a single room.

“If we did not have this setup somebody calling in search of sandbags, in the event that they referred to as the dispatch middle must ahead that decision to a different one that might need to ahead that decision to a different individual, so it cuts that center individual out and get individuals on to the useful resource that they want,” stated Cass County Sheriff Jesse Jahner.

With roads being closed and ditches crammed with water, the Cass County emergency supervisor is asking individuals to enroll in

CassClayAlerts

. They might be essential in finding a sinking automobile extra rapidly.

“(The app) multiplies our pressure from most people’s eyes on the market. When response time is essential, attending to these individuals in a rescue scenario is definitely essential for our responders,” stated Cass County emergency supervisor Jim Prochniak.

This weekend, the principle focus of the operations middle is the Harwood space and factors south and east.

“There’s nonetheless a variety of snow on the market. There’s a variety of ditches crammed with water,” Jahner stated.

The command middle is predicted to stay open till the flood waters recede.

The Tactical Operations Middle will be contacted immediately at 701-241-8000.

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