By Kevin Rector, krector@tribune.com
February 7, 2012 | 9:43 a.m.
When Howard County decided it wanted a system for disseminating emergency information to its citizens via text message, it tapped into a pool of federal funding to create NotifyMeHoward, which launched in November.
When the H1N1 flu virus posed serious threats to the area’s population in 2009, jurisdictions in the region — including Howard — collectively stockpiled the drug Tamiflu in case of an epidemic.
And if a large-scale terrorist attack were to occur in the Port of Baltimore, emergency responders from Howard and other local counties would be able to quickly coordinate assistance efforts with city responders, thanks in large part to the region’s interoperable Central Maryland Area Radio Communications system.
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