HOUSTON – HENRY COUNTY: On this fire scene and a lot of scenes you will find Henry County Emergency Management Director Matt Hatcher. He is a paramedic and trained fireman. And he responds to working structure fires and wrecks with injuries, especially major wrecks.
THANK YOU to Ray Marler, Chairman of Henry County Commission and to the Henry County Commission for the support you give in your Emergency Management responding.
In Houston County, the Dothan-Houston County Emergency Management at one time responded. Under former Emergency Management Dirtectors Bobby Clemmons, Shelby Womack, Clark Matthews and Chris Judah, the Dothan – Houston County Emergency Management responded to calls, most especially in the county. The City of Dothan has enough resources. In the county, the volunteer agencies were glad to see EMA on the scene to yield it’s support.
The current Dothan-Houston County Emergency Management Director, Mark Powell, a former Dothan Fireman, does not respond or get outside Ross Clark Circle. Not many of the volunteers know the current EMA Director and he never responds to anything. RSN feels that is at the direction of the Houston County Commissioners ( Brandon Shoupe – Chairman, D1 Curtis Harvey, D2 Tracy Adams, D3 Ricky Herring, and D4 James Ivey ) They bought him a new truck but he does not even have a radio.
People like Ricky Herring and James Ivey do not think EMA needs to respond. If that is correct, James Ivey, Captain over Communications with Sheriff Department, should be looking after communications. However he runs to a lot of calls and makes traffic stop almost every morning traveling to and from the Sheriff Department. Ivey is more active in the field then the Captain over Patrol Services.
For some unkown reason, someone named it EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
Now I like Mark Powell, but he does not respond to anything, does not ever attend the Houston County Fire Chief Association, Houston County EMS Meetings or Houston County Rescue Meetings. Powell DOES NOTHING as to emergency response or assist the volunteers in needs. Dothan – Houston County Emergency Management is in reality a non existance agency of four full time people which cost Houston County over $ 130,000.00 a year rent to be in the emergency operations center.
Never believe the Houston County Commission when they say they are wise stewards of your taxpayer dollars.
