INTERVIEW: Sonoma County’s New Emergency Management Director on the Future of the Department

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Photo: Erik Bergen, Placer County

 

The new Director of the Emergency Management Division of the Fire and Emergency Services Department is Chris Godley, who talks about when he will officially begin his duties, how he instilled confidence in the Board of Supervisors to move from interim to newly hired, details the latest on the emergency notification program and its current status, how much personal responsibility plays into the success of the emergency notifications, and whether there will be more testing in 2019: