On Wednesday, February 22, 2023, Goochland County Building Inspections, GIS, Information Technology, Public Utilities Customer Service, CERT Program Manager, and Goochland’s Emergency Management participated in Damage Assessment and Crisis Track training provided by Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) at the Central High Cultural & Educational Complex.
This training will be useful when there is severe impact to Goochland’s community from a major event like the June 2022 tornados. The training provided Building Inspectors the information that needs to be gathered when assessing damaged property and how it is captured real-time in the field using the Crisis Track tool on county designated tablets and phones. This data is used by Goochland’s Emergency Operations Center, State Emergency Operations Center, and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to manage response and recovery when those major events happen.
