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| Office of
Emergency Management Responsibilities |
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| Introduction |
| The Davison County Office of Emergency Management is responsible
for the coordination, maintenance, or oversight of many various
programs and projects. This list includes
but is not limited to the following: |
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| Responsibilities |
- Assists and coordinates with the implementation and maintenance
of emergency shelters to meet specified standards.
- Obtains
cooperation of property owners, civic leaders, and professional
groups in providing facilities and services for emergency
preparedness.
- Confers with business and governmental representatives
to assist in local emergency planning.
- Reviews emergency
plans to coordinate with changes in state or federal policies
and military technology.
- Addresses interested civic, social,
and religious groups to stimulate awareness of emergency
preparedness activities.
- Directs inspection and inventory of
emergency supplies and equipment and requisitions needed
materials or arranges for
equipment maintenance.
- Assists in providing warnings and
survival information to communities before, during, and after
community emergencies.
- Directs activities of headquarters
technical, clerical, and administrative staffs and assign
paid or volunteer workers
to duty during simulated
or actual emergencies.
- Reviews and recommends alterations in
local emergency planning to coordinate with changes in economic
character of community
or region.
- Plans, organizes, and coordinates all disaster
response programs involving mitigation, preparedness, response,
and recovery
for Davison County
to include its municipalities.
- Establishes and reviews
standard operating guidelines for all aspects of the emergency
operations plan and the emergency
operations center.
- Recruits and trains volunteers
- Functions as the Liaison between
emergency volunteers and the County Emergency
- Management
Office.
- Attends meetings, workshops, conferences and seminar.
- Develops
a budget for administrative and supporting facilities and
equipment.
- Applies for and administers financial assistance
relative to administration, emergency / disaster
operations.
- Conducts hazard analysis and
vulnerability assessments for the County to include its
municipalities.
- Has responsibility to comply
with SARA Title III as far as establishment and operation
of the Local
Emergency
Planning Committee and the
Community Right to
Know Act.
- Acts as the counties agent
when dealing with drainage issues / water mitigation
issues
in the County.
- Serves as point of contact
involving environmental issues, releases, and
accidents involving
the need for SD Department
of Environment
and Natural
Resources.
- Acts as an advisor to
the jurisdictions elected and appointed officials during
an emergency
or disaster
operation.
The Director will act
as the principal advisor
to the Board of County
- Commissioners
and other community leaders within
the County.
- Directs and co-ordinate's,
as directed by the Chief Executive,
the use
of all public
and
private resources
available
to local government
to
provide for the
capability of dealing with
the effects of natural or manmade
disasters.
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| The Office is also responsible for three major programs: |
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Davison County Local Emergency Planning Committee
Davison
County Search & Rescue Team
James Valley Critical Incident
Stress Management Team |
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Mailing
Address:
Office
of Emergency Management
Davison
County
200 East Fourth Ave.
Mitchell, SD 57301 |
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Telephone: |
605-995-8640 |
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Fax: |
605-995-8642 |
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Cell: |
605-770-9610 |
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