Fauquier County Sheriff Joseph Higgs, Jr. and Emergency Services
Coordinator Philip Myer briefed the Board of Supervisors at a work session recently on the state of the county's emergency preparedness. “We are very prepared to meet and respond to any type of emergency,” said Higgs. “After Sept. 11 nothing seems the same anymore and people are apprehensive, nervous and curious about the county's ability to respond to a terror-related disaster. That's understandable,” he said. Full Story