Office of Emergency Management collaborates to be prepared in times of crisis

Since starting in May of 2021 as the Phillips County emergency manager, Broc Pelle has become well entrenched in the complexities of county-level emergency management and its inherent collaboration with local, regional and state partners.

Pelle is primarily responsible for coordinating and directing the planning, organization, control and implementation of local emergency management activities. That includes keeping an Emergency Operation Plan updated and an Emergency Operations Center at the ready if an incident requires it be activated. It also entails educating others to be prepared for dis...