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Edward Conrow was hired as Brunswick County's director of emergency services in April 2019.

By Vicky Janowski, posted About 4 hours ago Tuesday marked the start of the Atlantic hurricane season. On the heels of an active season last year and forecasters’ prediction for another above-average season during the months ahead, this week’s WilmingtonBiz Talk was a talk with the area’s top emergency officials on preparations.   The panel was Tommy Batson, Pender County’s emergency management director; Edward Conrow, Brunswick County’s emergency services director; and Steven Still, New Hanover County’s emergency management director.   They discussed lessons le...

Brunswick County is one of the fastest growing counties in the state, and its emergency services is working hard to keep up with that growth. In 2017, the StarNews reported that Brunswick County EMS was in need of additional ambulances to keep up with the population growth. Four years later, the population is still growing rapidly -- right alongside the nationwide shortage of health care professionals. Edward Conrow, the Brunswick County EMS director for two years with more than 30 years of EMS experience said, "Nationwide, everyone is going through the same thing. We are always working to k...

Wilmington StarNews The tornado that devastated communities in southeastern Brunswick County late Monday left residents with little time to prepare.  Carol Phillips said she didn't have time to reach her mother in another part of the house as debris began flying through her home's windows. Theah DiSpirito and her family huddled in a hallway bathroom to ride out the storm. Janet Poremski said she received a tornado alert, but by the time it came through the tornado had already hit and moved on. Others say they weren't notified at all. Inconsistent alert systems A late-night phone call fr...

'It happened so fast': NC residents got little warning of deadly coastal tornado Sun News (Myrtle Beach, SC) Feb. 17—BRUNSWICK COUNTY, N.C. — Christian Perrone was at home with his family before the storm hit. Leslie Hayes had gotten home from work not long before, and was talking to her daughter on the phone. Luis Lujano was trying to sleep. The storm woke him up. Then, with almost no warning, a tornado registering wind gusts of 160 miles per hour touched down nearby, sending trees through the walls of their homes, stripping the siding off of houses and totaling cars. Along