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Emergency Management
Emergency Management utilizes an all-hazard, county-wide approach to minimize the impact of natural and human-caused incidents. We identify hazards; develop emergency and mitigation plans; coordinate response activities and train incident personnel. We work with cities, community organizations, and regional partners to promote emergency preparedness and improve incident response.
What is Emergency Management?
Emergency Management protects communities by coordinating and integrating all activities necessary to build, sustain, and improve the capability to prevent, mitigate against, prepare for, respond to, and recover from threatened or actual natural disasters, acts of terrorism, or other man-made disasters.
The Priorities of Emergency Management are to:
- Protect Life
- Protect Property
- Protect the Environment
Who is in charge of Emergency Management in Morrow County?
Oregon law, under Oregon Revised Statute 401.305, declares that “Each county of this state shall, and each city may, establish an emergency management agency which shall be directly responsible to the executive officer or governing body of the county or city".
In Morrow County, the overall emergency management responsibility rests with the County Board of Commissioners. The responsibility to oversee the Emergency Management program has been delegated to an appointed Emergency Manager. The Emergency Manager is not the person in charge of a response to a disaster …instead, this position is responsible for coordinating the plans of the various components of the emergency management system prior to the incident, and during an emergency, assisting in coordination and support of the incident with:
- Fire and police,
- Emergency medical services,
- Public works,
- Volunteers, and
- Other groups contributing to the community’s management of emergencies.
Emergency management seeks to promote less vulnerable communities with the capacity to cope with hazards and disasters.
