Only 6 of 75 cities, other areas win high scores for emergency communications

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Only six of 75 U.S. cities and regional areas rate top grades for their emergency agencies' ability to communicate during a disaster, according to a draft portion of a federal report

Tuesday, January 2nd 2007, 3:43 pm

By: News On 6


WASHINGTON (AP) _ Only six of 75 U.S. cities and regional areas rate top grades for their emergency agencies' ability to communicate during a disaster, according to a draft portion of a federal report obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press.

The report, to be released Wednesday, gives the highest possible ratings to San Diego, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Washington, Columbus, Ohio; Sioux Falls, S.D., and Laramie County, Wyoming.

The lowest scores went to Chicago; Baton Rouge, La.; Cleveland; Mandan, N.D., and American Samoa.
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