SPECIAL: Medically vulnerable individuals asked to fill out online form

March 27, 2020

Who Should Sign Up for the Registry?

Individuals with special medical needs include those who would need assistance with medical or personal care during evacuations and sheltering because of physical or mental impairments. Please sign up for the registery if you or a loved one…

Use life support systems; such as oxygen, a respirator, a ventilator, dialysis, a pacemaker, or are insulin dependent
Have trouble walking or moving around
Are visually impared, hard of hearing or deaf, or have other sensory ailments
Have speech, developmental or mental health disabilities
Use service animals.

Please take the time to fill out the online form: Medically Vulnerable Population Online Form.

NEWS

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BY ADAM HOLT | May 28, 2025

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Remembering those who gave all

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Submitted by TRENTON SMEDLEY | May 14, 2025

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By BARBARA PROFFITT | May 14, 2025

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