Regional emergency managers work together during pandemic
Metro emergency managers were activated to help with the COVID-19 pandemic.
and last updated 2021-02-25 06:57:10-05
KANSAS CITY, Mo. â If it can go wrong, Kyle Burns has probably already thought of it.
âI have to think about all the bad things that can happen within the city of Overland Park and how weâre going to plan for those, how are we going to react to those,â explained the emergency management coordinator for the city of Overland Park, Kansas.
The MEMC is made up of his colleagues in municipalities across nine counties surrounding Kansas City: Cass, Clay, Jackson, Platte and Ray counties in Missouri, and Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami and Wyandotte counties in Kansas.