Harvey County 911 team that responded to Hesston shooting receives state award
Harvey County’s emergency communications team has received a state award for its handling of three significant incidents last year.
The Kansas Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials honored Harvey County with the Team of the Year award for its overall excellence and team-oriented response to the active-shooter incident at Excel Industries in Hesston on Feb. 25, prairie fires that burned more than 11,000 acres in western sectors of the county a month later, and a triple homicide and suspect search in October.
The award was created to recognize a team of public safety communications employees who worked together on an incident, event or project.
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This story was originally published April 13, 2017 at 6:26 PM with the headline "Harvey County 911 team that responded to Hesston shooting receives state award."