Codington County Emergency Management Director Gives Update to Commissioners

Codington County Emergency Management Director Jamie Torstensen says his office had another active month in January with training and calls for service: 

He also touched on the flood outlook for this spring saying the National Weather Service’s Hydrologic outlook indicates a lack a moisture at the current time, which means a smaller threat of flooding: 

He added that weather spotter training will be done virtually this year with the classes starting up the last week in March and continuing into Mid-April.  This area still remains in a low fire danger zone despite the dry weather this winter.  On another topic Tortensen also touched on the latest Covid 19 data: 

Torstensen has been attending meetings this past week with local health officials having discussions about a bigger POD vaccination event, however the planning is still preliminary until the vaccination supplies are increased to the point that can support that effort.