PITTSBURG — Emergency managers from the City of Pittsburg and Crawford County spent the better part of Wednesday discussing how to deal with a disaster — such as a Tornado. The event — sponsored by the Kansas Division of Emergency Management— is called a tabletop emergency planning exercise which is to train key personnel on emergency procedures using a simulated scenario. For this exercise a tornado hit Pittsburg. First responders, utility agencies, hospital representatives and other agencies gathered around the table to talk about what each would do before, during and after the tornado...
