An eye-opening experience

New county emergency manager reflects on his first month on the job

  • Ben Crabtree, Hamilton County’s new director of emergency management, works in his office located in the main fire station in Aurora.
    Ben Crabtree, Hamilton County’s new director of emergency management, works in his office located in the main fire station in Aurora.
    About a month into his new job as Hamilton County Emergency Manager, Ben Crabtree says at times he feels like he has been drinking from a fire hose when it comes to all the things he has to become familiar with in the position. However, he is grateful that the man who held that office for 17 years, Kirt Smith, has spent much time in the past few weeks helping bring him up to speed on w...

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