Emergency Management

WHO WE ARE

Warren County Emergency Management works to protect the lives, property, and well-being of our community before, during, and after emergencies and disasters.

Emergency management is a coordinated effort involving local government, public safety agencies, schools, healthcare organizations, businesses, nonprofit organizations, volunteer groups, and state and federal partners. Together, we work to prepare for hazards, reduce risk, coordinate emergency response, support recovery, and build a more resilient Warren County.

Emergency Management takes an all-hazards approach, preparing for and responding to a wide range of natural, technological, and human-caused hazards that may affect our community.

WHAT WE DO

Warren County Emergency Management works with local agencies, organizations, and community partners to prepare for, respond to, recover from, and reduce the impacts of emergencies and disasters.

Our responsibilities include:

• Emergency Planning: Developing and maintaining plans for hazards that may affect Warren County.
• Preparedness: Providing public education, training, exercises, and preparedness resources.
• Response Coordination: Coordinating information, resources, and support during emergencies and disasters.
• Emergency Operations Center: Supporting coordination of response activities when the EOC is activated.
• Hazard Mitigation: Identifying ways to reduce future risks and strengthen community resilience.
• Recovery: Supporting damage assessment, resource coordination, and community recovery following a disaster.
• Community Partnerships: Working with government, public safety, businesses, nonprofits, volunteers, and residents to build a prepared and resilient community.

Warren County Emergency Management regularly reviews and updates emergency plans to ensure they reflect current hazards, resources, procedures, and community needs.

Plans may be reviewed and updated in coordination with local governments, emergency responders, public safety agencies, healthcare organizations, schools, businesses, nonprofit organizations, and state and federal partners.

Warren County Emergency Management assists public officials, public health, emergency responders, schools, businesses, nonprofit organizations, and the public in preparing for emergencies and disasters. We coordinate response and recovery efforts, promote hazard mitigation, and support a whole-community approach to protect the safety and welfare of Warren County residents before, during, and after an emergency.

Warren County Emergency Management works in partnership with public, private, nonprofit, and community organizations to promote a comprehensive, risk-based approach to emergency management. Through preparedness, mitigation, response, recovery, education, collaboration, and accountability, we strive to build a safer, stronger, and more resilient Warren County.

Emergency management is an ongoing process that takes place before, during, and after an emergency. Warren County Emergency Management focuses on four key areas:

MITIGATION, includes actions taken to reduce or eliminate the long-term risks and impacts of hazards. Examples include hazard mitigation planning, floodplain management, infrastructure improvements, and other projects that reduce future disaster impacts.

PREPAREDNESS, involves planning and preparing before an emergency occurs. This includes emergency planning, training, exercises, public education, resource coordination, and encouraging residents and businesses to develop their own emergency plans.

RESPONSE, includes actions taken during and immediately following an emergency to protect lives, property, and the community. This may include coordinating emergency responders and resources, supporting emergency operations, communicating information to the public, conducting damage assessments, and assisting with other immediate needs.

RECOVERY, involves the activities necessary to restore the community following an emergency or disaster. This may include restoring essential services, assessing damage, coordinating assistance, supporting affected residents and businesses, and identifying ways to reduce future risks.

Warren County Emergency Management is a coordinated effort to mitigate against, prepare for, respond to and recover from an emergency or disaster. The Emergency Management Agency’s office is a result of the changing attitude of governmental bodies. They are changing from a reaction point of view to a readiness state.