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Responsibilities of
Emergency Management
The primary responsibility of the Emergency Management Agency
is
to provide professional mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery
services that save lives, reduce injuries and economic loss, and enhance
recovery from disasters. On a day-to-day basis the Emergency Management Agency
has the
responsibility to:
- Coordinate the County 9-1-1 System.
- Provide administration for the County
Special Operations Response Teams.
- Maintain SARA right-to-know files.
- Continue development of the County
Emergency Operations Plan.
- Identify mitigation activities that
lessen the effects of disaster on people and property.
- Exercise plans using a variety of
hazards and scenarios.
- Train responders, volunteers, elected
officials, nursing homes, school personnel or anyone charged with responsibility
before, during and after a disaster.
- Coordinate response and recovery
activities during an emergency or disaster, either as a member of the
on-site incident command team or from a central location called an
Emergency Operations Center.
- Locate, monitor and manage emergency
resources.
- Educate the public about actions to
take before a disaster occurs, disseminate warnings and other critical
information during a disaster and release information about recovery
activities after a disaster.
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