Only a couple weeks until Anderson County’s Emergency Management Director, J. D. Mersman, takes a post with the State of Kansas. Mersman will leave the Anderson County position he’s held since 2013, to go to work at the 16-County Regional Coordinator for the Kansas Division of Emergency Management.
He tendered his resignation to County Commissioners at the August 29th Commission Meeting. Mersman was a volunteer firefighter and Emergency Medical Technician before going to work for the County as Deputy Director of Emergency Management in 2007, then was promoted to the lead position after Marvin Grimes, the department’s first full time director, resigned. He says the position will put him on the road a lot but he will also be able to work remotely.
