The Louisiana Department of Natural Resources is partnering with the University of Louisiana at Lafayette to get us the gasoline we need during hurricanes and other emergencies. The department will spend a $600,000 stimulus grant to work with the university’s National Incident Management Systems and Advanced Technologies Institute, or NIMSAT, to enhance the state’s emergency plan. The funding will go toward creating a system so Louisiana can coordinate government and private industry efforts to provide needed fuel during and after mass evacuations. The DNR is in charge of managing fuel supplies in emergencies. NIMSAT works to improve emergency preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation activities for people, businesses and infrastructures through research.
UL institute will boost state’s emergency preparedness
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