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CSEPP
distribution center open in Anniston
By Dan Whisenhunt
Star Staff Writer
08-06-2006
After a two-month
delay, a
personal protective equipment distribution center is open again in
Calhoun
County.
The new location
for the
distribution center is in the Metro Mail and Printing building at 105 D
Street
in Anniston.
The office opened
Thursday,
Emergency Management Agency Director Dan Long said, but the center had
been
distributing equipment unofficially since July.
People who want to
get air
filters, shelter-in-place kits or information on what to do in case of
an
incident at Anniston's chemical weapons incinerator can call the EMA at
435-0540 or visit the Metro Mail office from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays
through
Fridays.
Metro Mail employee
Patricia
Surret said people can arrange with the center to pick up equipment
after
hours.
Everyone who gets
the
equipment is required to sit through a 45-minute training session, she
said.
People who want
protective
hoods must clear it with Dr. Kishin Gehi, but the EMA covers the cost
of the
visit.
"We keep 20 boxes
of
personal protective equipment on hand," Surret said. The EMA delivers
more
equipment to the center as needed.
Since the center
unofficially
began distributing the equipment in July, it has distributed three air
filters,
three shelter-in-place kits and 12 medical information forms.
Long said the
contract with
Metro Mail will cost the county $6,500 per month.
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