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City completes emergency operations center in basement of City Hall

In the event of a major disaster in Hill County, city and county officials will be ready after a new emergency operations center is opened in the basement of Havre City Hall next week.

The approximately 1,200-square-foot room, which has been planned for four years, has Internet connections, phone lines and cable television so the mayor, city department heads, and county commissioners can monitor a situation and present a coordinated response to disasters ranging from a fire to a tornado to a train wreck.

"Other than a major flood, we should be able to use that room for just about any disaster...

 

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