Lebanon County Emergency Management Agency

The duties and responsibilities of the Emergency Management Agency revolve around specific core functions of the emergency management programs

These are:

• Hazard Identification and Planning: conduct hazard identification and vulnerability analyses that identify the hazards presenting the greatest danger to the jurisdiction and the consequences and impact of the occurrences.
  
  
• Maintenance of the Emergency Partnership: develop and maintain effective relationships with emergency response agencies, as well as, government, private, and voluntary sectors of the community. The objectives of the relationships are to facilitate mutual consultation, exchange information and provide agreements for cooperative action.
  
  
• Emergency Response Systems: the development and maintenance of such systems as communications, warning, emergency public information, damage assessment, shelter, resource management, radiological defense and the emergency operations center.
  
  
• Coordination: coordinate the response and recovery activities of the departments and organizations involved in emergencies. One role for the emergency management coordinator is to serve as chief of staff to the responsible executive, be it a city manager, mayor, or county executive during a disaster or emergency situation.
  
  
• Hazard Mitigation: provide oversight and motivation to departments and agencies to carry out their duties in ways that avoid or minimize potential emergency conditions.
  
  
• Regulatory: participate in and contribute to the legislative and regulatory process as it relates to emergency management.
  
  
• Information: develop and implement public information and public relations activities.
  
  
• Administration: tasks include budget and finance, personnel, programs, supplies and reporting systems.
  
  
• Training: identify training needs and develop, participate in, and provide training programs.
  
  
• Planning: review and revise operation, recovery, mitigation, and other supporting plans on a regular basis.
  
  
• Drills: coordinate drills that test the written plans and procedures of emergency management and supporting agencies that are involved in emergency response and recovery.