| Davison County Office of Emergency Management |
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| Contact Information |
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Mailing
Address:
Office
of Emergency Management
Jim
Montgomery, Director
Davison
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200 East Fourth Ave.
Mitchell, SD 57301 |
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Telephone:
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605-995-8640
Cell: 770-9610
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Fax:
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605-995-8642
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| Emergency Management Links |
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| Web-Based Incident Information System (W.I.I.S) |
| Login (Password Required) |
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| Emergency Management Introduction / History |
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| The Davison County Office of Emergency Management originally
began as the Davison County Office of Civil Defense. Because
of changing times and the offices involvement with other hazards,
it was renamed as Emergency Management to better reflect its
increased roles and responsibilities. |
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| What is Emergency Management? |
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Emergency Management is management principles and concepts,
such as organization and planning, applied to emergency and
disaster situations. These include the four phases of Emergency
Management; Mitigation (the reduction or lessening of the effects
of emergencies and disasters), Preparedness (getting ready
for those events that may and will happen), Response (effectively
responding to those events as a jurisdiction), and Recovery
(repairing and replacing damages to pre-incident conditions).
In SDCL (South Dakota Codified Law) 33-15-1, Emergency Management is defined
as “the preparation for and the carrying out of all emergency functions,
other than functions for which military forces are primarily responsible, to
prevent, minimize, repair injury and damage resulting from disasters caused by
enemy attack, sabotage or other hostile action, fire, flood, snowstorm, windstorm,
tornado, cyclone, drought, earthquake, or other natural causes and provide for
the relief of distressed humans and livestock in areas where such conditions
prevail whether affecting all or only a portion of the state. These functions
include, without limitation, firefighting services, police services, medical
and health services, hazardous materials, search and rescue, engineering, warning,
communications, radiological, chemical, and other special weapons of defense,
evacuation of persons or livestock, emergency welfare services, emergency transportation,
existing or properly assigned functions of plant protection, temporary restoration
of public utility services, and other functions related to civilian or livestock
protection, together with other activities necessary or incidental to the preparation
for and carrying out of the foregoing functions including cooperation with the
federal government, county and tribal governments, national relief organizations,
public or private organizations and persons.” |
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| Why Emergency Management? |
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South Dakota Codified Law explains the Policy and Purpose
of Emergency Management in South Dakota:
In SDCL 33-15-2 Policy and Purpose, “In order to ensure that preparation
of this state will be adequate to deal with an emergency or disaster, and to
provide for the common defense and to protect the public peace, health and safety
and to preserve the lives and property of the people of the state, it is hereby
found and declared to be necessary: |
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- To create a division of emergency management, and to
authorize the creation
of
local organizations for emergency management in the political
subdivisions of the state;
- To confer upon the Governor, the adjutant general
and upon the executive heads or governing bodies of the political subdivisions
of the state the
emergency
powers provided by this chapter;
- To provide for the rendering of mutual
aid among the political subdivisions of the state and with
other states and to cooperate with the federal government
for the carrying out of emergency management functions, and
- To cooperate
with each association, authority, board, commission, committee,
council, department, division, office officer, task force
or other agent
of the state vested with the authority to exercise any portion of the
state’s
sovereignty. This subdivision does not include the legislative or judicial
branch of the state, of its units of local government, or of Indian tribes.
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| SDCL further orders the establishment of local Emergency
Management organizations: |
- Shall establish a local organization and
develop an emergency plan for emergency management in accordance
with the state
emergency management plan and program.”
- In SDCL
33-15-26 County Emergency Management Organizations, “Each
organized county of this state shall establish a local organization and develop
an emergency plan for emergency management in accordance with the state emergency
management plan and program.”
- In SDCL 33-15-27 Director of local organization
- Duties and powers, “Each
organized county of this state shall have a director who shall be appointed
by the executive officer or governing body of the county, and who shall have
direct
responsibility for the development and implementation of emergency and disaster
plans, organization, administration and operation of the local organization
for emergency management, subject to the direction and control of the executive
officer
or governing body.”
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| Mission Statement |
| " The Davison County Office of Emergency Management's
mission is to protect lives, property and the environment through direction
and coordination of state and local government through the
Preparation, Mitigation, Response and Recovery from damages
sustained by emergency or disaster events." |
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| Office Goals |
| The Davison County Office of Emergency Management Goals are
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- Coordinate, advise and assist political subdivision, businesses
and the populace in the county regarding emergency management
procedures, programs and policies.Develop plans relative
to the County Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) in support
of public
health and safety.
- To insure maximum survival of citizens
in the event of natural or technological emergencies/disasters.
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insure the preparedness of the county and local governments
as well as other public agencies to respond to and recover
from natural or technological emergencies/disasters.
- To
insure maximum survival of county residents by incorporating
concepts of emergency/disaster preparedness in schools,
educational instructions
and public information programs.
- To increase public awareness concerning
home safety, storm safety, etc. through a public awareness
program.
- To initiate and maintain hazardous materials protection
for the county through the Local Emergency Planning Committee
(LEPC).
We also have
the latest images
from the National Weather Service's "Live Doppler
Radar."
To view the latest live "Doppler Radar" just
click the radar image below: |
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