PRINCETON, WV (WVNS) - Mercer County officials are taking a step in the right direction for future disasters, staying a few steps ahead of the game to help their neighbors.

Damage from past disasters, especially the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, led the Mercer County Director of Emergency Services to presenting a Memorandum of Understanding.

The MOU will establish guidelines for cooperation and coordination in the event of public health incidents, emergencies and day-to-day operations. It was presented to the Bluefield Board of Directors.

Keith Gunnoe, the Director of Mercer County Emergency Services, gave examples to how this system would work.

"I can reach out obviously to emergency management to the 911 director John Zilinski Gunnoe states that the MOU will be reviewed each year an

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