Emergency Management Agency

County's first drone will be for mapping

The first of three new drones has arrived in Oglethorpe County.  The Parrot ANAFI USA drone, roughly 15 inches by 15 inches in size, will be used by the county for mapping and surveying purposes.

Spencer hopes to gain info from exercise

Douglas Spencer, Oglethorpe County’s administrator for the emergency management agency, has run two smaller mass casualty exercises in preparation for the larger simulation planned for Saturday.

Local Roundup: Emergency agency to hold mass casualty exercise in June

The Oglethorpe County Emergency Management Agency will hold a mass casualty exercise from 10 a.m. to around noon on Saturday, June 7. Several emergency services will participate in the exercise, which will simulate a multi-vehicle collision.