Officials came together on April 29 to discuss emergency preparedness and response and answered questions about evacuation plans in flood-prone areas along the Delaware River and its tributaries: the Pompeston, Rancocas and Pennsauken creeks.
“Most people don’t think about emergency management until something goes wrong,” said Cinnaminson Office of Emergency (OEM) Director Danny Norman to the nearly 40 residents attending the Emergency Services Forum at the township municipal building.
The forum’s goal is to learn about emergency preparedness and response and see how it all ties in, explained Norman, adding that OEMs “came into existence during World War II in case of air strikes. Now every state, county and town has an OEM.”…