On Monday, September 17, 2018, the Georgia Telecommunicator Emergency Response Taskforce (TERT) deployed a team of eight Communications Officers to Sampson County, North Carolina in response to an Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) request. Sampson County, NC was impacted by Hurricane Florence and the TERT team from Georgia will provide relief for their staff by providing calltaking and dispatching operations. The team consists of the following members:
Mandy Ptak (Baldwin County E-911)
Lauren Stallings (Cherokee County E-911)
Jessica Austin-Hashimoto (Cherokee County E-911)
Stephanie Jones (Roswell Police Department E-911)
Savannah Roberts (Paulding County E-911)
Eve Cogsdell (Paulding County E-911)
Kailey Gould (Habersham County E-911)
Elizabeth (Beth) Alewine (Habersham County E-911)
The team is expected to return on Sunday, September 23. Please visit follow updates on the Georgia TERT Team on our Facebook page or Twitter account. For more information on the TERT program, visit www.gatert.org or www.njti-tert.org.