There is an emergency operations plan [for the town]. We update it when we need to.

Unlike every other town, we don't have a plan for downtown so when state officials say we have to put something there, we do it,

We always coordinate our efforts with FEMA and the state EOC, (Emergency Operations Command),

We always coordinate our efforts with FEMA and the state EOC, (Emergency Operations Command).

When we wrote the strategic plan for 2004-05 it most definitely represented a very enthusiastic undertaking, to say the least. However, we were able to once again, accomplish everything we set out to do, and more importantly, exceed what we originally intended to accomplish.

My father, when I was very young, used to say to me, 'If you are ever in an emergency, if you are ever in a fire and everybody gets very excited, very emotional, then you become the calmest person in the room',