Lake County Press Debuts Survive This! Preparedness Program Led by Resilience Team

Libertyville readers got a local preparedness prompt when Lake County Press published a community initiative piece titled "Survive This! Lake County Press launches emergency preparedness initiative" by Else Madsen on March 3, 2026; the article's visible summary says the initiative "aims to build local preparedness awareness and connect" while the remainder of the item is behind the site's login gate. The Lake County Press page shows a paywall message with "Login to continue reading" and an invitation to "Sign Up Now," and the page carries the site copyright line, "Copyright © 2026 Lake County Press, a CherryRoad Media Newspaper. All rights reserved."

The Lake County Press post appears amid recent county investments in emergency infrastructure. On June 27, 2025 Lake County celebrated the completion of the Lake County Regional Operations and Communications Facility on the county's Libertyville campus; the GovDelivery release states, "After more than a decade of planning and coordination, regional 9-1-1 consolidation partners and federal, state and local officials gathered today to celebrate the completion of the Lake County Regional Operations and Communications (ROC) Facility, a central hub that will strengthen 9-1-1 services and emergency response across the county." The ROC is described as "over 37,000 square feet" and the release says it "will house three major operations," naming two: "LakeComm, a consolidated 9-1-1 emergency communications center" and "The Joint Emergency Telephone System Board (JETSB) of Lake County, which receives 9-1-1 surcharge funds and provides operational" — the release excerpt supplied to this report is truncated at that phrase.

The visible Lake County Press excerpt does not specify leadership, staffing, event dates, funding or whether the "Survive This!" initiative is formally partnered with county agencies. The March 3, 2026 item was labeled a "community initiative piece" in the site metadata, but the article text available without subscription is limited to the truncated phrase about building awareness and connection. Else Madsen is credited as the author on the Lake County Press page.

The county's ROC Facility and its named components present concrete resources as the backdrop for any countywide outreach. LakeComm's role as "a consolidated 9-1-1 emergency communications center" and JETSB's receipt of 9-1-1 surcharge funds position the Libertyville hub as the county's operational center for emergency calls and funding oversight, according to the June 27, 2025 release.

As Lake County Press' "Survive This!" initiative debuted March 3, 2026, the public facts available online show the program's stated aim in brief and the county's recent infrastructure build-out; full program details, named organizers or explicit ties to LakeComm or JETSB were not visible in the published excerpt.