I'm the safety manager for a company of over 400 staff and we were informed by the state emergency services that the surrounding areas were expected to flood once the Wivenhoe Dam released excess water around 0200 local time (1600 GMT).

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As director of emergency services for the state of Arizona, Bobrow has made public education a major focus, with billboards, radio spots and other messages, driving people to a teaching website .

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But Kenyon International Emergency Services, the private company hired by the state to remove the bodies, is on call if any other body is found, said Bob Johannessen, a spokesman with the state Department of Health and Hospitals.

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Experts from federal and state environmental agencies were going in to determine how dangerous it was for the emergency services, the official said.

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That is not to suggest that anyone in my state would begrudge the use of federal funds to provide emergency assistance, though they might believe that state and local governments are much better suited for the planning and delivery of such emergency services.

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Prior to implementation of the Motorola system in 2002 we had serious interoperability issues between federal, state and local police, fire, rescue, emergency medical, utilities, transportation, schools and other related services.

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