State Emergency Operations Center ready when disaster strikes

When disaster strikes in Alaska, the Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management’s (DHSEM) State Emergency Operations Center is ready to respond, as it did this week to western Alaska.
Emergency management specialist Karl Edwards is ready to go when the call for help comes in.
“I always, always, always have my passport,” Edwards said.
His backpack is by his side with all the tools he might need.
“Communications are the hardest thing,” he said.