Lamont and state officials urge emergency preparedness

Lamont and state officials urge emergency preparedness

Connecticut’s Governor and other state and local officials held a press conference today to remind residents to take emergency preparedness seriously. The conference was held in Oxford, the site of last year’s flash flood that took the lives of two people. “Be prepared,” said Ronnell Higgins, Commissioner of the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection (DESPP). “We will continue to emphasize that, as we continue to work our way thr…