Cass County emergency management hires assistant, adjusts grants and readies exercise

Speaker 8, reporting for emergency management, said the office relocated to the Fargo Cass Public Health building to gain space and that an assistant, Megan Burns (from KLJ), will start March 2. The presenter said a grant funding period shifted (the office now operates October 1–September 30 instead of July 1–June 30) and that new position task‑book requirements are part of the emergency‑management performance grant.

Speaker 8 said severe flooding looks unlikely at the countywide level this spring but cautioned that rural communities could still see culvert failures and overland flooding. They said the county closed its public‑assistance project tied to the April 2022 storm (disaster recovery project DR‑4553) and that they will coordinate with Fargo to plan an active‑assailant exercise at the National Guard Armory this summer; local participation by sheriff’s deputies and rural EMTs was noted.

Speaker 8 also said they are making ID badge and card‑reader services available to rural fire and EMT departments to support mutual‑aid access and urged staff to contact the office for badge production.

No county action was taken during the update; the office requested continued coordination and participation in planned training and exercises.