Part of Lincoln County was temporarily left without emergency communications service July 19 after a sheared fiber cable left residents unable to use telephone or internet services. Lincoln County Administrator Carrie Kipfer updated commissioners Aug. 6 on a plan Emergency Management Agency Director Casey Stevens is developing to mitigate a future outage.
Stevens is proposing a network of electronic signs directing residents how to make an emergency call if phone and internet services fail. “He is working on an MOA (memorandum of understanding) with the idea of creating a network of county, municipal and local business signs with a message alerting residents how to contact medical and law enforcement officials if such a situation occurs,” she said. Kipfer told commissioners the plan may lead to other local, county and statewide organizations adopting a similar plan.
