Emergency Managment

Division of Emergency Management

It is the responsibility of Dickey County to maintain an emergency management organization to serve the entire county.

Dickey County must prepare and maintain a local emergency operational plan, exercise that plan, and ensure training opportunities for key officials and responders. Each city with in the state should either participate in its own county's emergency management organization, or maintain one of its own.

It is the responsibility of Dickey County to notify the Division of Emergency Management of their plans, and to designate a person to coordinate emergency management activities on the local level. This "emergency manager" is the key to a successful local program to save lives, protect property, and the environment.

Additional Responsibilities of This Division...

• Providing emergency planning, training and program assistance to 53 counties and their cities, as well as tribal governments
• Maintaining statewide disaster preparedness education programs
• Ensuring that plans, emergency services, and first responders are exercised annually
• Managing a Hazardous Chemical Preparedness and Response Program
• Providing a center for coordinated state-level emergency operations
• Preparing and maintaining a state multi-hazard emergency operations plan that provides for:
  • Alerting and informing the public
  • Assessing the situation
  • Activating volunteers
  • Supporting emergency response
  • Restoring and recovering