ELMORE CO., AL (WSFA)- The Elmore County Emergency Management Agency & Homeland Security (EMA/HS) Office say they will be coordinating a full scale exercise near Holtville and Deatsville on Tuesday, April 30.

The exercise will take place between 8 and 11 a.m.

The exercise will include participants from a number of agencies including local law enforcement, fire and rescue, emergency medical services, dispatch, EMA, and the Elmore County Board of Education.

The exercise scenario involves a mass casualty incident resulting from a simulated motor vehicle accident involving a loaded Elmore County school bus.

The purpose of the exercise is to evaluate the ability of participating agencies to respond to a transportation mass casualty incident.

The exercise will also allow participating agencies to assess their standard operating procedures or guidelines for responding to this type of emergency situation.

Humane Society of Elmore County News – 29 Apr 13

Rea Cord

Director

     Thanks to Walmart and our fantastic Millbrook supporters our first Supply Drive of the year was a huge success as we received a huge amount of donated supplies and money to help our animals. These supply drives truly help as the money saved purchasing supplies can go to some of our special animals in need like Angela, a very sweet Spaniel mix, who recently started her heartworm treatment.  We are grateful to each of our volunteers for helping out and to everyone who donated items and money so generously.

Alabama Department of Labor Commissioner Tom Surtees announced today that Alabama’s preliminary March unemployment rate remained unchanged at 7.2%. March 2012’s rate was also 7.2%. March’s rate represents 155,071 unemployed persons, compared to 154,790 last month, and 156,224 last year.

In Elmore County, the unemployment rate for March was 6.3%, dwon from 7.4% in March, and down from 6.8% a year ago.

“This month we continued to see the labor force grow, which tells us that more people are re-gaining confidence in the job market. We also saw the number of people with jobs grow by nearly 7,000, with only a slight increase in the number of unemployed,” said Surtees. “Even though the rate didn’t decrease, these are still positive signs.”

The civilian labor force increased in March to 2,164,497, up from 2,157,556 in February and 2,156,362 last year.