City of Porterville declares local emergency
The Porterville City Council on Monday issued a Declaration of Local Emergency in response to the recent storms. As a result of the local emergency...
The Porterville City Council on Monday issued a Declaration of Local Emergency in response to the recent storms. As a result of the local emergency declaration, the City's Emergency Operations Center has formerly been activated in conjunction with a Unified Command with Tulare County. The Porterville City Council issued the declaration on the advice of the County of Tulare and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. After issuing the declaration, the city immediately implemented an emergency response plan and Porterville Fire Chief Bryan Cogburn was named as incident commander for the city's emergemcy response team.