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Acton, Emergency Management Director

Organization: Acton "Safety Net" Leadership Summit
Facility Type: Walk-in Resource
Status: Open

Address:
472 Main St (Town Hall) for John Murray and Town Manager
Box 2212, 371 Main St for Police
Acton, MA 01720

Region:East Coast
County/Parish:Middlesex



Main/General Business Number: 978 264 9612, Town Manager Steve Ledoux (Mark Hald Asst Town Mgr) and Frank Widmayer Police Chief 978 263 2911
Website: http://www.acton-ma.gov/police

Other Contacts:(hidden)
Make Checks Payable To: Town of Acton
Hours: 24 hours at 978 263 2911



Areas Served: Acton, Boxborough, Concord (other towns pending "mutual aid" agreements)

Fee For Service: No


This organization provides Temporary or Permanent Service? Permanent

Notes:

2015 Blizzard: Shelters set up and stocked w/food. Call 978 263 2911 to see which one is closest to you...

The Acton Town Hall and the Acton Police Department are available to help citizens in emergency situations.

In the event of a public disaster:

John Murray is listed on the (Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency) MEMA site as the Acton Emergency Management contact. But he's no longer an employee.

Doug Halley, Health Director has been charged with developing a "Pan-Demic" response plan. He, along with his staff and a team from Boston University, created a VERY comprehensive disaster response plan that seems to be applicable to any public disaster. Among the topics covered, which Doug is prepared to respond to: shelter operations management, food operations management, santitary infrastructure management, and supply logistics. As part of this project, the group is compiling lists of cell phone numbers of key operations managers, business managers (i.e. warehouses, food logistics (local supermarkets), etc). The group has started negotiating Mutual Aid agreements with other towns, and businesses to allow quick response on a regional basis.

Dore Hunter (978 264 9603 or 978 263 0882) heads up the Acton Neighborhood Network, a community "communications" network consisting of volunteers in each neighboorhood that check on elderly residents etc. 978 263 0882. Dore is a Selectman, as has military experience. HAM radio operator.

Acton has a local radio station with emergency broadcast instructions for volunteers to get it up and running in a disaster situation. WHAB 89.1 FM.

Gail Sawyer, gsawyer@acton-ma.gov. She's listed on the MEMA site as the CERT coordinator for volunteer training.

Likely shelter location:

Acton-Boxboro High School Auditorium: Charter Road, Acton

- EOC Director: Listed as John Murray at the MEMA site
- EOC Communications Director: Probably Steve Ledoux (Town Manager), 978 264 9612
- EOC Technology Director (for Wide Area Networking & local comms): Mark Hald, IT person for the town, and John Covert for the Cable TV/INet
- EOC Supplies Director: unassigned. Probably Dean Charter, municiple properties: 978 264 9629
- EOC Medical Director: unassigned. Probably Doug Halley, Health Director
- EOC Kitchen Operations: unassigned
- EOC School Operations Director: unassigned. Probably Marie Altieri, the head of the School Commitee: 978 264 9418 or Bill Ryan, Superintendent of Schools, or his operations manager JD Head.
- EOC Animal Rescue Director: unassigned, Acton Animal Hospital? 978 263 7477
- EOC Volunteer Coordinator: Gail Sawyer ? (gsawyer@acton-ma.gov) listed on the MEMA site as the CERT, Citizen's Corps leader for Acton.

Also, Acton, like Concord, has a "network" of people that communicate in the event of a disaster or just in times when there's something that a lot of people should know, like that there's been a prison break. The network consists of Neighborhood Coorinators that help get "the message" out, if there's a safety-oriented "situation."

Automated reverse 911 in place at Police Station.

ANN Emergency FRS Common Frequency: Channel 12 - 467.6625 MHZ Code Zero

Acton Neighborhood Network is a volunteer, part time, private, community building, informal organization intended to provide inter and intra neighborhood communications and prepare for emergencies and home land defense. Due to the nature of its undertaking there is always some likelihood that its communications will not be timely or complete, citizens should be guided accordingly.

Info Source/Changes:
MEMA website is where I found the Emergency Ops Director, but I know him personally and believe that he's a likely candidate. My thoughts regarding other options are in the notes. Terra
corrected zip/added region/county
(see full history)

Created At: Wed Jun 21 03:20:43 +0000 2006
Updated At: Mon Jan 26 20:54:17 +0000 2015
Updated By: tfri


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